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A new report from The Henry Jackson Society, Turkey and The West in Syria: Course Correction, argues that Western policy towards Turkey must change in light of the nature of Turkish involvement in Syria. Having initially attempted to improve relations with …
Posted in Publication, Turkey
By Michael Hartfield
On Monday 28th November the Henry Jackson Society were delighted to host Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak and Marcus Sheff, to discuss curricula in the Middle East. Both speakers gave an insightful discussion on the importance of curricula, as textbooks …
Originally published by The Week
The EU’s security commissioner has warned of the threat to Europe posed by Islamic State militants fleeing Mosul.
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Kyle Orton, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, believes the group is deliberately giving up its caliphate.
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Originally published in The Telegraph
US-backed Syrian rebels say they are within 48 hours of reaching the Isil-held town of Dabiq, which is regarded by the jihadists as the preordained site of the final apocalyptic battle between Muslims and Christians.
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But analysts believe a …
After capturing the border town of Jarablus from Islamic State, Syrian rebel fighters sat awaiting instructions from their Turkish commander. None of them quite knew where they were heading next.
“We were told there would be multiple stages in the offensive, …
TIME: 18:15-19:15, Wednesday 20th July 2016
VENUE: Committee room 3A, House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA
SPEAKER: Major General Yaacov Amidror, former National Security Advisor to the P.M of Israel and ex-Head of the National Security Council
For a summary …
Legitimate concerns about President Erdogan’s increasing authoritarianism and Islamisation could never have been resolved by undemocratic means
In spite of rising authoritarianism in the Turkish state driven by Erdogan over recent years, this coup could not be justified. Erdogan is a …
Originally published in The Express.
Officials in Brussels promised Turkey £2.5billion and visa-free travel by June if it clamps down on the number of migrants making their way into Europe through its borders.
As EU bureaucrats continue to thrash out a deal, Tom …
TIME: 10:30-11:30, Wednesday 16th December 2015
VENUE: Committee Room 15, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
SPEAKERS: General Yosef Kuperwasser, Former Head of Israel’s Military Intelligence &
Dr. Jacques Neriah, former Diplomatic and Political Adviser to the late PM Yitzhak Rabin
To attend please RSVP to: rsvp@henryjacksonsociety.org
#HJSEvents
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As Turkey downs a Russian Warplane, HJS’s experts have been speaking about the breaking news story to the media, as well as our recent report on Russian air and sea incursions.
Executive Director Dr Alan Mendoza says: “The situation in Turkey …
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Posted in Egypt, Event Transcript, Extremism, Iraq, ISIS, Islamism, Religious Fundamentalism, Syria, Turkey, Uncategorized, United Kingdom
The following is a summary of an event with Raffaello Pantucci chaired by Henry Jackson Society Research Fellow Hannah Stuart; it reflects the views expressed by the speakers and not by The Henry Jackson Society or its staff.
For a …
Originally published in Breitbart
An East London academy rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted is to be inspected by counter-terrorism officers. The move comes after four of its pupils travelled to Syria to become jihadi brides while a further four had their passports …
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Posted in Event Transcript, Extremism, Islamism, Religious Fundamentalism, Syria, Terrorism & Security, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yemen
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On 11th July, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is affiliated with the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Kurdish National Council (KNC; a group of 15 Syrian Kurdish groups in Syria), signed an agreement …
According to a US government source privy to the Nato meeting called by Turkey on Tuesday, Ankara has requested that the alliance draw up contingency plans for a no-fly zone to protect Turkish territory in the event of further acts …
Posted in Middle East, Middle East, Opinion Editorial, Syria, Turkey
Last week’s Muslim Brotherhood victory in Egypt has led to much discussion and debate about the shape and form of potential Islamist-led governments in the Arab Middle East.
The Egyptian military junta managed to conduct a transitional process after toppling Mubarak, …
The weekend before last I was in Hatay province, in southern Turkey, interviewing Syrian rebels and activists, who all complained of the lack of foreign assistance in toppling the Assad regime. Even the “non-lethal” aid that the Obama administration had …
Posted in Middle East, Spotlight, Syria, The Scoop, Turkey
This commentary is from two separate articles written by Michael Weiss and published by Now Lebanon!
Part 1 is available here
Part 2 is available here
“This is where they took Harmoush.”
I was standing on a road outside the Altinozu refugee camp in …
The short answer is yes. Although it won’t happen tomorrow or without assistance especially from the United States, which is evidently first going to allow Kofi Annan to try his luck getting Iran to broker a peace deal. But Abdullah Bozkurt, a columnist at …
Posted in Middle East, Spotlight, Syria, The Scoop, Turkey