Adam Bensaid

The real reasons behind US opposition to Turkey's S-400 purchase

The United State’s threatened sanctions on Turkey and its previous exclusion from the F-35 program are rooted in undeclared motives, and the inability to admit that the Patriot missile system is not what it’s claimed to be.

Is France’s racism problem rooted in denial and discrimination?

How attacking so-called Islamic separatism without admitting to creating institutional exclusion of minorities has only deepened France’s social faultlines.

Canada is doing little to stop anti-Islam hate crimes and mosque vandalism

Muslims were among the first arrivals to Canada in 1882, but that means little to the rising wave of anti-Muslim sentiment and hate in the country.

Turkey’s TB2 drones are changing modern warfare

Offering a force multiplier to its users, TB2 drones are behind Azerbaijan’s rapid advance on the strategic Lachin highway linking occupied Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.

Algeria’s popular movement may be crushed on the dawn of a new constitution

Granting himself unparalleled sweeping powers, Tebboune’s new constitution promises an entrenched state that cuts off the public’s legal avenues for change not in line with the executive’s wishes.

A military breakdown of the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

With both countries only a stone’s throw away from each other and holding considerable missile stocks, the risk of civilian deaths and urban devastation are higher than ever before.

There’s a second wave of Covid-19 coming, and it could be rough

With global deaths approaching 1 million, the approaching flu season leaves many believing the only solution may be to wait for a vaccine.

Myanmar blames the Rohingya for Covid-19, and that's a death sentence

Between being blamed for a second wave of infections, and being denied access to healthcare, the Rohingya are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The law, and origin story of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia

A landmark ruling has reversed a previous decision preventing worship in the Hagia Sophia after its conversion into a museum in 1934.

France’s ‘Muslim’ problem and the unspoken racism at its heart

French Muslims continue to struggle with unemployment, social immobility and systemic racism, in spite of the French government’s calls for integration, which runs into deep-founded racism with every turn.

How France engineered North African ethnic rivalry to further colonisation

To realise its dreams of North African hegemony, France wielded ethnic and cultural diversity as a weapon and engineered sectarian discord to achieve its colonial goals.

Algeria simmers with anger, as regime pushes ahead with elections

In spite of low expected voter turn-out, the regime is expected to ignore protestor demands and do its best to claim a win for stability.