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Tarik Cyril Amar

32 ARTICLES
Tarik Cyril Amar, is an historian from Germany at Koç University in Istanbul working on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory.

Shutting the EU and Ukraine out of the talks is the only way to peace

With Russia and the US finally sitting down for negotiations, we now live in a slightly more normal world. It is already certain that the...

The Putin-Trump call was a true turning point

The US cutting loose both Kiev and Brussels is the way to end the war and that’s a good thing. The only thing more dangerous...

No Western training can save Ukrainian conscripts from their own commanders

A celebrated military cooperation project produces losses, mass desertion, scandal, but no learning. “President-elect” Trump is about to turn into simply “president.” Signs are multiplying...

Geopolitical auto-asphyxiation: Here’s why Germany is heading for irreversible decline

Berlin is unable or unwilling to finally abandon a pernicious groupthink that subordinates its interests to Washington’s misguided political agenda. Oops, he’s done it again:...

Trump is a nightmare for the EU in more ways than one

With its submissiveness to the US and contempt for its president-elect, the bloc’s set itself up for a perfect storm of punishment. For a man...

France is a perfect example of centrist elites wrecking the West

Political crises seem to be taking down Western nations one by one, their leaders clinging to hubris and showing a disdain for democracy. It is...

Biden’s last gamble: Is Washington trying to start World War III?

With the outgoing US president seemingly eager to throw a final tantrum before his time is up, it’s up to Moscow to be the...

Zelensky is clearly fighting a fantasy war, not the real one

The Kiev regime seems stuck between the manic and the delusional in its attempts to keep evading the facts. What do you do when you...

Has Iran just tested a nuclear weapon?

An earthquake-like tremor has sparked speculation that it was more than seismic, perhaps an underground explosion. In the late evening of October 5, seismic tremors...

Why this man is the most important political prisoner alive

Julian Assange tells 46-nation gathering in Europe why Washington must not be let to trample on others’ independence and sovereignty. As the world teeters on...

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