The Program on Peace-building and Human Rights convened a panel on “Human Slavery and Trafficking in Conflict Zones” on May 10, 2017.
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David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, writes in the Boston Globe that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Presisdent Trump with a list a untenable demands and go home empty handed.
David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, writes in the Huffington Post that Serbia represents the epicenter of Russia’s anti-American agenda to destabilize pro-western states.
David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, writes in the Huffington Post that Serbia represents the epicenter of Russia’s anti-American agenda to destabilize pro-western states.
Times Square, New York City
April 23, 2017
It is an honor to be here today. I thank the Knights and Daughters of Vartan for inviting me.
The so-called special relationship between Turkey and the United States rests on two fallacies. Turkey is a secular democracy, and Turkey is an indispensable member of NATO.
Turkey is not secular. Nor is Turkey a democracy. Last weekend’s sham referendum is proof of Turkey’s tilt towards dictatorship under President Tayyip Erdogan.