October 31, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Graham Fuller, Iran, Israel, Jihad, Russia, US Middle East policy •
Washington Does Have a Clear ME Policy—It’s Just the Wrong One Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 31 October 2017 Washington media, think tanks, various commentators and now John McCain continue hammering on an old theme— that the US has “no policy towards the Middle East.” This is fake analysis. In fact the US very much does […]
October 7, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Catalans, Graham Fuller, independence referendums, Kurds, national language •
Who Gets to Have a State? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 7 October 2017 The past two weeks have seen two referendums vote for national self-determination. The Iraqi Kurds voted for independence but the referendum was rejected by the central government in Baghdad. Then Catalans in Spain voted for their own independent state in a referendum […]
September 22, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Graham Fuller, Iranian Kurds, Iraqi Kurds, Syrian Kurds, Turkish Kurds •
The Future of the Kurds Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 23 September 2016 Of all the peoples of the Middle East who have suffered through various wars and manipulations by the US and other foreign powers over the past century, the Kurds are probably the only people whose national cause has actually improved during the more […]
September 13, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: China, Graham Fuller, Japan, North Korea, nuclear weapons, Russia, South Korea, US •
North Korea—the Deeper Issues Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 13 September 2017 It’s hard to make up a character like Kim Jong Un—his demeanor that reeks callow youth, corpulent self-indulgence, bathing in the adulation of his attendant military brass who sport the highest crowned military visors in the business, the adoring public applause as he presides […]
August 22, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: China, global order, global polliceman, Graham Fuller, Russia, US •
Global Disorder- What Are the Options? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 22 August 2017 Global disorder is on the rise. What can the US do about it? There are two fundamentally different approaches one can take—it all depends on your philosophy of how the world works. The first school thinks primarily in terms of law, order […]
August 8, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Bahrain, Graham Fuller, Iran, Oman, Persian Gulf, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Wahhabis, Yemen •
Dark Signs in the Persian Gulf Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 8 August 2017 The political and economic assault against Qatar by a Saudi-led coalition so far shows no signs of succeeding in bending Qatar to its will. More seriously, it raises ominous signals for the future of geopolitics in the Arabian Peninsula. That future may […]
July 22, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Graham Fuller, Iran, Russia, Syria, Trump •
Trump Pulls the Plug in Syria Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 21 July 2017 Every once in a while President Trump manages to get something right. This time it is the decision to call off the broad US covert assistance to the Syrian opposition forces fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. Asad has been notoriously brutal […]
July 11, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Caliphate, Graham Fuller, ISIS, Mosul •
The Fall of ISIS—A Major Landmark in Muslim History Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 11 July 2017 The fall of the primary ISIS stronghold in Mosul in Iraq represents a turning point strategically, politically, ideologically and even religiously in the Muslim world. Mosul has been the largest symbolic center of the ISIS “Caliphate” over which the […]
June 28, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Donald Trump, Graham Fuller, US leadership, US politics •
Is Trump “Objectively Progressive?” Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 28 June 2017 What on earth does “objectively progressive” mean—and how could Donald Trump be viewed as a “progressive” of any kind? It may have been Karl Marx who first used the term—in a way that turns reality upside down. Basically it means that a leader or […]
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Why did Turkey Issue an Arrest Warrant Against Me?
December 7, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: attemptedTurkish coup, Erdogan, Graham Fuller, Gulen, US •
Why did Turkey Issue an Arrest Warrant Against Me? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 7 December 2017 On 1 December 2017 the government of Turkey issued an arrest warrant against me, accusing me of personal involvement, right on the scene in Istanbul on the night of 16 July 2016, helping direct the failed coup attempt against […]
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