This assessment is based on extensive conversations, over many years, with Turkish political and security officials—as well as conversations with their U.S. and European counterparts characterizing those outlooks. For more on the overall attitudes toward the United States and the West, see..…

The “African unicorn” was not the first extraordinary legend to have been transformed into fact by European colonizers. For centuries, European maps had depicted monsters, particularly to the south and west of the Nile, reflecting the medieval view of that region as the “outer..…

The Caliphate idea resonated with many young Muslims, especially in the West. European government, while making multiculturalism the raison d’étre of their respective states, failed to integrate Muslim immigrants into their society. ..…

he is playing game with West, as part of his decades-long bid to become member of European Union. ..…