Interview with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
| Bild: | Turkey's foreign policy has been under the spotlight in recent months, with many Western commentators expressing concern about a perceived swing toward a more Middle Eastern orientation. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu speaks to Ayşe Karabat about his country's new regional role

The Transformation of Palestine
| Bild: | The Heinrich Böll Foundation hosted a symposium on "The Transformation of Palestine" in Berlin. At the gathering, experts re-appraised the history of the Palestinians since the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948. Bettina Marx reports

Massacres in Nigeria
| Bild: | The latest bloodshed in Nigeria has again revealed deep divides in the country. In many regions, Christians and Muslims fiercely oppose each other - not just for religious reasons, but for political ones, too. Joscha Weber reports

Election Monitoring in the Iraqi City of Kirkuk
| Bild: | In the current parliamentary elections the Kurds have left no stone unturned to gain control over Kirkuk – they are not prepared to share the region's rich oil income. Birgit Svensson observed the election in the contested city for Qantara.de

Interview with Iran Expert Vali Nasr
| Bild: | Political scientist Vali Nasr is an advisor to US President Barack Obama and is viewed as one of the country's leading specialists on Iran. In his view, recent reform movements in the Islamic world are partially driven by a new middle class. Ramon Schack spoke to him

Power Struggle between AKP and Army in Turkey
| Bild: | Following the latest arrests of high-ranking officers in Turkey, charged with conspiring to overturn the government, the military is coming under increasing pressure. The days when the military pulled the strings seem to finally be over, says Jürgen Gottschlich

New Strategy Needed for Iraq
| Bild: | With violence in Iraq having picked up again over the last few months – and set to further intensify with the country's general elections approaching – it is time to rethink current Western strategy in Iraq. What is needed is a regional solution to the conflict, argues Chris Luenen

Mohammed el-Baradei in Egypt
| Bild: | The former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed el-Baradei, received an enthusiastic welcome from opposition supporters on his return to Cairo. However, it remains to be seen whether or not he will put himself forward as a candidate at the forthcoming presidential elections. Amira El Ahl assesses the situation

Lebanon's Sunni Palestinians
| Bild: | The fate of the residents of the Nahr al-Bared refuge camp stands as a stark reminder that despite their Christian co-nationalists being granted Lebanese citizenship decades ago Lebanon's Sunni Palestinian population continues to suffer from severe and systematic discrimination. Austin Mackell reports

Interview with Anwar Ibrahim
| Bild: | As leader of the opposition, Anwar Ibrahim is one of Malaysia's most influential politicians. In this interview with Rizki Nugraha he speaks about Muslim-Christian relations, the influence of religion on politics and the outlook for democracy in his country

Interview with Mohsen Kadivar
| Bild: | Katajun Amirpur talks to the Iranian reformist theologian Mohsen Kadivar about the current state of the Green Movement in Iran and the most recent declaration to be issued by Iranian intellectuals

| Bild: | Few political issues are as contested as Turkey's possible accession to the European Union. Will Ankara be able to meet all the criteria in the long term? In our dossier, sponsored by the Ernst Reuter Initiative, we take a look at political, societal and cultural relations between Turkey and Europe

| Bild: | Islamism is generally considered to be a religious ideology that aims at influencing the political sphere and at ultimately implementing sharia laws. In this dossier we take a look at the different facets of Islamism in various regions of the world