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Republican primaries & Reflecting on US-Egyptian Relations

Republican primaries & Reflecting on US-Egyptian Relations

Salafist (excuse me, “deeply Catholic”) Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum appears back in the race for chief elephant after trouncing Mitt Romney in Minnesota and Colorado. But beware: Minnesotans are an unpredictable lot, with the only [...]

The Caliphate in the Dutch media: The resistance against Dutch colonialism in Indonesia – Part 3

The Caliphate in the Dutch media: The resistance against Dutch colonialism in Indonesia – Part 3

The Dutch plans against resistance: “Stop the Caliphate” The Dutch newspapers from the period 1850 – 1930 also made clear what plans the Dutch made in order to deal with the unrests in Indonesia and to [...]

The Caliphate in the Dutch media: The resistance against Dutch colonialism in Indonesia – Part 2

The Caliphate in the Dutch media: The resistance against Dutch colonialism in Indonesia – Part 2

The Dutch insight in the Indonesian resistance: “Khilafah is the cause” Over the period 1850 – 1930 most analysts in the Dutch newspapers were of the opinion that the problems of the Dutch in Indonesia all [...]

The Caliphate in the Dutch media: The resistance against Dutch colonialism in Indonesia – Part 1

The Caliphate in the Dutch media: The resistance against Dutch colonialism in Indonesia – Part 1

The Dutch and Indonesian history books disagree strongly on the history of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia.  Most history books in The Netherlands use the Indonesian term tempu dulu to describe this period of history. Tempu dulu [...]

Syria and the Line Between Imperialism and Humanitarianism

Syria and the Line Between Imperialism and Humanitarianism

Anyone who followed Twitter during last week’s BBC Question Time would have seen a barrage of criticism four letter insults towards one of the panelists after a question to the panel on Syria. A member of [...]

Gaddafi, Imperialism and Western Hypocrisy

Gaddafi, Imperialism and Western Hypocrisy

David Cameron’s statement regarding the killing of Moammar al-Gaddafi  will go down as another piece of brash hypocrisy, which would be breathtaking if it was not so expected from the British premier. He mentioned that he [...]