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Anti-Semitism in the EU

According to a study commissioned by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), anti-Semitic manifestations increased in five European countries in the years 2002 and 2003. Igal Avidan talks with EUMC director Beate Winkler about the study’s findings and recommendations.
Relations between India and Pakistan

"Islamabad Wants to Improve Relations with India"

Last November's terrorist attacks on Mumbai continue to put a strain on relations between India and Pakistan. According to Thomas Bärthlein, however, it would seem as if the situation is changing for the better
The Arab Parties in Israel

A Debacle Avoided

It was only at the very last minute that the Arab parties managed to convince unsatisfied Arab voters to turn out to vote in the Israeli elections. Gil Yaron reports that the feared split between Arab and Jewish Israelis failed to occur
Arab Intellectuals in Israel Demand Recognition

We, Too, Are the People!

At the end of last year, Arab intellectuals in Israel published a document in which they did not only insist on equal status for the Arab-Palestinian minority, but they also list an extensive series of demands on the Israeli state. Joseph Croitoru reports
Turkey's Membership Negotiations with the EU

Breakthrough or Break Down?

After two years of virtual standstill in accession negotiations between the EU and Turkey, this will be the decisive year in determining the direction of negotiations. Daniela Schröder analyses the possible scenarios
Interview with Peter Waldmann

Identity Problems as a Driving Force for Jihad

According to the terrorism expert Peter Waldmann, ideology plays a secondary role in the radicalisation process of militant Islamists in the West. The main problem, he argues, are problems with their identity and acceptance in society. Peter Waldmann spoke to Sheryn Rindermann
A Study of the Security Situation in Afghanistan

A More Positive Evaluation for Kunduz and Takhar

In northeastern Afghanistan, international involvement is perceived as an important security factor by the local population – this according to the results of a new study. But interpretation of the results should be critically assessed, explains the study's author Jan Koehler, in conversation with Ulrich von Schwerin
Lebanon Three Years on from the War against Israel

Calm Before the Storm

Beirut is bursting at the seams – only three years after the war against Israel in 2006, tourists are flooding back into Lebanon. Although the country's situation is relatively stable, relations with Israel remain tense, as Birgit Kaspar reports from Beirut
Protests in Iran

"There's No Going Back!"

Despite the threats and violent tactics used to defend the regime, the "green opposition movement" continues to protest against electoral fraud in Iran. Alessandro Topa reports from the Teheran demonstrations
Interview with Raoul Motika

"Turkey Is a Culturally Creative Country"

We live in a highly developed information age, and yet many false ideas about Turkey are still circulating. Raoul Motika, head of the recently founded "TurkeyEuropeCentre", corrects some of this misinformation in an interview with Thilo Guschas