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Tallha Abdulrazaq

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Tallha Abdulrazaq is an award-winning academic and writer, with a specialism in Middle Eastern strategic and security affairs.

Tallha Abdulrazaq is an award-winning academic and writer, with a specialism in Middle Eastern strategic and security affairs.

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Swedish hypocrisy: Silencing Anne Frank critic, enabling the Quran burning

Swedish officials pick and choose when they want to be free speech absolutists, and when they decide a horrific red line has finally been crossed.

Swedish hypocrisy: Silencing Anne Frank critic, enabling the Quran burning

Swedish hypocrisy: Silencing Anne Frank critic, enabling the Quran burning

In the Tory leadership race, white is what’s right

To the world, the UK's Conservative party wants to broadcast an image of diversity by fielding minority candidates. But there’s a lot else at play.

In the Tory leadership race, white is what’s right

In the Tory leadership race, white is what’s right

The US undermines itself by turning a blind eye to Iranian proxies

Why does Washington give Tehran’s violent proxies – which today are aiding Russia against Ukraine – a free pass?

The US undermines itself by turning a blind eye to Iranian proxies

The US undermines itself by turning a blind eye to Iranian proxies

Sadr the Saviour or Sadr the Scourge?

The positive rebranding of Muqtada al Sadr by international media and experts serves to entrench the broken post-2003 Iraqi political order, not fix it.

Sadr the Saviour or Sadr the Scourge?

Sadr the Saviour or Sadr the Scourge?

No, saying ‘Paki’ is never ‘banter’

The indifference towards racial slurs - and the violence they entail - attests to how deeply ingrained racism is in modern Britain.

No, saying ‘Paki’ is never ‘banter’

No, saying ‘Paki’ is never ‘banter’

Iraq has elections, but not a democracy

The country’s militias and politicians only care about lining their own pockets rather than dealing with the concerns of the people.

Iraq has elections, but not a democracy

Iraq has elections, but not a democracy

Iraq’s revival of military conscription shows desperation, not militarism

Conscription is highly politicised and the use of military and paramilitary institutions has become another lever for Iraqi politicians to exploit.

Iraq’s revival of military conscription shows desperation, not militarism

Iraq’s revival of military conscription shows desperation, not militarism

20 years after 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ has brought the US only defeat

America’s prestige has been irreparably tarnished, its credentials diminished, and is now in global retreat as hungry powers rise to challenge it. It only has itself to blame.

20 years after 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ has brought the US only defeat

20 years after 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ has brought the US only defeat

Like Afghanistan, Iraq’s ‘democracy’ could as easily unravel

Baghdad relies heavily on American military and economic aid, and the fall of Kabul demonstrates the inherent instability of US client states.

Like Afghanistan, Iraq’s ‘democracy’ could as easily unravel

Like Afghanistan, Iraq’s ‘democracy’ could as easily unravel

If Tunisia falls, democracy dies in the Arab world

Rolling back democracy won’t remove the desire for freedom in the Arab world.

If Tunisia falls, democracy dies in the Arab world

If Tunisia falls, democracy dies in the Arab world