Ioannis E. Kotoulas
ARTICLES BY: Ioannis E. Kotoulas
Iranian Oppression Causes a Backlash
The oppressive, internal anti-human rights policies of Iran's Islamist regime continue affecting all levels of society and often reach levels of a true Orwellian dystopia....
Iranian Hardliners and Media Praise the Attack on Salman Rushdie
Friday's gruesome attack on Salman Rushdie, the British-American author of the novel "The Satanic Verses," has been greeted with enthusiasm by Iranian media and state...
Iran’s Long Reach Threatens Israeli Gas Drilling and American Troops
As Israel fights against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, Iran's proxies keep up the tension on other possible fronts, threatening...
Under Erdogan, Turkish High School Textbooks Praise Jihad
The United States helped bring about the 9/11 attacks because it sees "itself as one above equals in international relations," a history book assigned to...
Iran Vows Revenge After US-Israel Declaration on Nuclear Program
In the wake of President Joe Biden's Middle East visit, Iran is upgrading its hostile rhetoric and its nuclear weapons capabilities. Biden's visit, with stops...
Islamists Try to Renew Push for Ilhan Omar’s Flawed ‘Islamophobia’ Bill
The Combating International Islamophobia Act, which appears stalled in the US Senate, is receiving a new boost from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the...
Islamist Terrorism Resurfaces in Scandinavia
The man who opened fire in an Oslo gay bar on Pride Night last month has deep ties to an extremist leader dubbed "the most...
Iran Descends Into Outright Piracy and Confrontation With the West
Iran's defiance of the norms of international law and its subversion of the West continues with no relenting in its intensity and scope. Now, Iran...
The Dangerous Alliance Between Putin, Russia, and Chechen Jihadists
As Russian casualties in Ukraine continue to mount, numbering in the reported thousands, Moscow is turning to Syrian and Chechen Islamic fighters as strategic assets....
From ‘Defund the Police’ to ‘Defund Israel’
A coalition of activists and politicians, such as the "Squad," that repeatedly called on authorities to "defund the police" last year is focusing on a...
Opposition to UAE Arms Deal Plays Into Iran and Turkey’s Strategy
The recent US government decision to sell arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) raised objections from politicians and NGOs, even when the sale forms...
The West Can’t Trust a Turkey Ruled by Erdogan
The recent row with France further established Turkey's role as an ideological instigator of tension between Islamist elements and the West, and its capability of...
