Global Politician
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Global Politician is an online magazine of politics that publishes analysis of current events, as well as interviews with politicians, government officials, diplomats, book authors and terrorists. It was founded in October 2004 and is based in New York.
. Vaknin in the past served as an economic advisor to governments in Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern and Central Europe, and as a financial consultant to leading businesses in Israel, Switzerland, Russia, Macedonia and the Czech Republic. The associate editors are Ryan Mauro, Ross Kaminsky, Bhuwan Thapaliya and Ghazal Omid
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The magazine's stated goal is to go beyond traditional news found in media to publish about events missed by mainstream media. It publishes 5-7 op-ed pieces daily, and several investigative reports and interviews per month.
The website allows people to contribute, on following conditions that are posted on its Get Published page:
However, Global Politician has published articles from an anonymous right-wing blogger called "Fjordman
", an anonymous Norwegian
blogger who writes about Islam
and Muslim immigration
and the danger that he believes it poses to Western civilization
.
Description
The Editor-in-Chief of the Global Politician is Sam VakninSam Vaknin
Shmuel Ben David "Sam" Vaknin is an Israeli writer. He is the author and publisher of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited , editor-in-chief of the website Global Politician, and runs a website about narcissistic personality disorder .Race, Tim. , The New York Times, July 29, 2002, p...
. Vaknin in the past served as an economic advisor to governments in Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern and Central Europe, and as a financial consultant to leading businesses in Israel, Switzerland, Russia, Macedonia and the Czech Republic. The associate editors are Ryan Mauro, Ross Kaminsky, Bhuwan Thapaliya and Ghazal Omid
Ghazal Omid
Ghazal Omid is an Iranian-Canadian author. She wrote an autobiographical work entitled Living In Hell: A True Odyssey of a Woman's Struggle in Islamic Iran Against Personal and Political Forces. She is known in the United States as an advocate for human rights and women's rights and is also a Shi'a...
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The magazine's stated goal is to go beyond traditional news found in media to publish about events missed by mainstream media. It publishes 5-7 op-ed pieces daily, and several investigative reports and interviews per month.
The website allows people to contribute, on following conditions that are posted on its Get Published page:
However, Global Politician has published articles from an anonymous right-wing blogger called "Fjordman
Fjordman
Peder Are Nøstvold Jensen is a Norwegian far-right anti-Islamic blogger who writes under the pseudonym Fjordman. Jensen wrote anonymously as Fjordman starting in 2005, until he disclosed his identity in 2011. He has been active in the counterjihad movement, which argues that multiculturalism,...
", an anonymous Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
blogger who writes about Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
and Muslim immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
and the danger that he believes it poses to Western civilization
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
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Interviews—partial list
- President of Sri Lanka Chandrika KumaratungaChandrika KumaratungaChandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...
. - Prime Minister of Macedonia Nikola GruevskiNikola GruevskiNikola Gruevski has been Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia since 27 August 2006. He has led VMRO-DPMNE since May 2003. He was Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government led by Ljubčo Georgievski until September 2002.- Personal life :...
. - President of Macedonia Boris TrajkovskiBoris TrajkovskiTrajkovski died on 26 February 2004 in a plane crash en route to an economic conference in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aircraft crashed in thick fog and heavy rain on a mountainside in southeastern Herzegovina, near the villages of Huskovici and Rotimlja some eight miles south-south-east...
. - President of Lebanon Amine GemayelAmine GemayelAmine Pierre Gemayel was President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988 and is the leader of Kataeb Party.Born in the Lebanese village of Bikfaya, Amine Gemayel is the son of Pierre Gemayel, founder of the Kataeb Party...
. - UK Spy Glen JenveyGlen JenveyGlen Jenvey, born April 9, 1965, is a British journalist who states that he has devoted much of his time to infiltrating, undermining and exposing radical Islamic groups...
who Identified The People Behind London Bombings. - Hezbollah Official Abdallah Kassir.
- UK MP Brian BinleyBrian BinleyBrian Arthur Roland Binley is a British Conservative politician, and the Member of Parliament for Northampton South.-Early life:...
- Iran's Nukes Won't Be Bombed. - Saddam's General Ibrahim Al-Tikriti.
- Iraqi General Ali Ibrahim Al-Tikriti — WMD went to Syria.
- Jim GilchristJim GilchristJames "Jim" Walter Gilchrist, Jr. is the American co-founder and president of the Minuteman Project, an activist group whose aim is to prevent illegal immigration across the United States's southern border.-Early life:...
of the Minuteman Project. - Brazilian Former Guerilla/Terrorist and Current Congressman Fernando GabeiraFernando GabeiraFernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira is a Brazilian politician, author and journalist. He has been a federal deputy for the State of Rio de Janeiro since 1995....
. - Fathi Abou al-Aardat, Senior Fatah Leader and Secretary of the Palestine Committee and Union in Lebanon.
- Israeli MK Benny Elon.
- Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Boueiz.
- Hezbollah's political officer and director of foreign media relations Hussein NaboulsiHussein NaboulsiHussein Naboulsi is Political Officer and Director of Foreign Media Relations of the Hezbollah Party in Lebanon.-External links:**...
. - South African Freedom Front General-Secretary Colonel Piet UysPiet UysPetrus Lafras Uys was a Voortrekker leader during the Great Trek.He was born in Swellendam, the third son of Jacobus Johannes Uys...
. - Head of Lebanon's National Liberal Party Dory ChamounDory ChamounDory Chamoun is a Lebanese politician who leads the National Liberal Party, and is also a prominent member of the Qornet Shehwan Gathering, a coalition of politicians, academics, and businessmen who oppose the pro-Syrian March 8 Alliance and Syrian influence in Lebanon.Dory Chamoun is the elder...
. - Interview with Lebanese Parliament Member Nayla MoawadNayla MoawadNayla Moawad is a Lebanese politician. Outside of Lebanon, she is best known as the widow of former President René Moawad, who was assassinated on 22 November 1989. Within Lebanon, she is a high-profile politician in her own right, having served as a member of the National Assembly since 1991...
. - Alex LinderAlex LinderAlex Linder is the owner and operator of the Vanguard News Network , an antisemitic, white supremacist website launched in 2000 by Alex Linder. VNN is one of the most active white supremacist sites on the Internet, according to the Anti-Defamation League . Its motto is "No Jews...
of the Vanguard News Network.
Other notable contributors
- Faisal KuttyFaisal KuttyFaisal Kutty is a Canadian lawyer, writer and human rights activist. He is a law professor and widely quoted commentator and public intellectual. He is the son of Islamic scholar Shaikh Ahmad Kutty.-Education:...
- Michael S. HartMichael S. HartMichael Stern Hart was an American author, best known as the inventor of the electronic book and the founder of Project Gutenberg, a project to make ebooks freely available via the Internet...
Ebooks inventor and founder of Project GutenbergProject GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books...
writes on computing topics.- Glen JenveyGlen JenveyGlen Jenvey, born April 9, 1965, is a British journalist who states that he has devoted much of his time to infiltrating, undermining and exposing radical Islamic groups...
(as researcher) - Dominic WhitemanDominic WhitemanDominic Whiteman is an internet security expert and writer, working in the United Kingdom.He is the director and spokesman for the VIGIL network, a privately financed counter-terrorism think-tank...
External links
- Global Politician
- Global Politician Alexa Rank - 159,921 as of May 27, 2007. Listed as one of Alexa's top "Movers and Shakers" in May 2007.
- Global Politician at the Internet Archive since November 2004.
- Glen Jenvey