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In Germany and Austria, migration is primarily viewed from a security policy perspective. As a result, immigration is fundamentally seen as a challenge. Various terrorist attacks in Europe, including attacks on Austrian and German soil, have reinforced this view.
The social, political, and economic potential inherent in migration tends to be neglected in the public’s perception. Yet there are many examples demonstrating this potential, notably the two Germans from an Alevi-Turkish migrant background who developed Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
One reason for the rather constrained perception of migration in Germany and Austria is the historical failure of both countries to advance a national integration policy, as previously argued by this author. As a result, an atmosphere of scepticism toward Islam and Muslims prevails, with the public debate dominated by voices arguing that Islam does not belong in Germany or Austria.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan s deadly serious colonial project
The neo-Ottomanism propagated by Erdogan has long been more than rhetoric and symbolic politics. This can be seen from recent developments in parts of northern Syria, where Turkey is in the process of permanently securing its sphere of influence. Joseph Croitoru reports
Since 2016 Turkey has launched a series of military operations in parts of northern Syria, wresting back control not only from IS militias, but above all from the autonomous Kurds that live there. With the help of its vassals in the Syrian Interim Government (SIG), Turkey is pursuing nothing less than a colonial project in the northern Syrian border region – a project it obviously intends to use to extend its area of influence further southwards.