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A Nationalism for Justice not Dominance

A Nationalism For Justice, Not Dominance

Despite the nation-state becoming the dominant political structure in the world and nationalism becoming the dominant ideology of nations, for many scholars, nationalism is often associated with aggressive policies and discrimination against non-members of a […]

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Kurdish Women Guerrilla 

In the heart of the Middle East, a region that is plagued by religious fundamentalism and women are almost invisible in the political and social activities, a political and militarily movement exists which women play […]

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  • There are many similarities between the process of secularism and its failure in Turkey and the same process in Iraq, Syria and Iran. In all cases, secularism was intertwined with nationalism in an authoritarian framework, [...]
  • This article discusses a missed opportunity for a democratic secular Iran in 1979, due to the disease of Tehran-centrism, a “syndrome” of concentration of political decision making, media focus, and cultural privilege in Tehran, and [...]
  • The fact that the Iraqi people have not heard about any suicidal attack or seen a car bombing on the streets in the last few years is a victory for humanity, not just the Iraqi [...]
  • As mentioned in the section on Continuity, the Middle East is experiencing many ongoing conflicts between various state and non-state actors. Its conditions are unstable, and its future is uncertain, particularly regarding human and environmental [...]
  • The Middle East has witnessed numerous interstate wars since the establishment of its new nation-states in the last century. The causal factors of these wars vary from ideological to economic, natural resource, and territorial conflicts, [...]