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Tarik Cyril Amar

83 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.




Germany’s rotten centre is heading for a reckoning

As the AfD heads to its party congress in Erfurt, Germany’s collapsing mainstream braces for protests, panic, and a deeper political rupture In the summer...

Arrogance and downfall: Germany gets a well-deserved UN put-down

Berlin’s defeat exposed a state that lectures the world, backs war, excuses hypocrisy, and still expects prestige on demand. “Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall” (arrogance...

‘Burn for us’: The real message of US-EU ‘nuclear sharing’

Washington has made Brussels another offer the Europeans are too slavish to refuse – even if it paints a giant target on their backs. There’s...

The true bane of real US conservatives

Thomas Massie’s fall shows what really destroys principled US conservatism: not the left, but obedience to the Israeli lobby. As an inveterate leftie with an...

Here’s why many Western leaders’ approval ratings are tanking

The difference between ideology and citizens’ lived experience is becoming explosive. Every political and social order comes in two flavors: What its small elite and...

Blockade, blackmail, invade: Is the US preparing a military attack on Cuba?

Washington is using a familiar script: Sanctions, then threats. Next comes force – under a trumped-up false pretext. American imperialism may be absolutely lawless and...

The Spoiled Prince of Kiev: Zelensky has deceived and ruined his country with Western help

An ex-aide lays bare the corruption, lies and coercion in Ukraine’s leadership – while Western backing keeps the system alive. Rudyard Kipling, a modern classic...

Trump is punishing Germany for not enough appeasement

Berlin’s years of obedient Atlantic loyalty have ended in troop cuts, shelved missiles, and fresh humiliation from Washington. Despite what Western mainstream media, think-tanks, and...

Dead empire meets zombie empire: King Charles III’s US visit can’t mask the reek of corruption

The British monarch’s trip showcases an alliance held together by shared complicity and decline. King Charles III has gone to Washington, ostensibly to help the...

Mein AI – Palantir’s Alex Karp wants us to know he has big plans

The surveillance giant is not even hiding its truly evil plans for humanity anymore, and its only downfall might be its hubris. Once the Nazis...

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