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The Middle East Dimension of the Standoff at the Belarus-Poland Border
November 15, 2021 The standoff over migrants on NATO’s and the European Union’s eastern flank is turning into a wider political conflict. For Belarus’s EU neighbors this is a deliberate retaliation for EU sanctions. Ukraine is reinforcing border guards to … Continue reading
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Tagged Belarus, EU, Middle East, migrants, NATO, Poland, refugees, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy
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Tough Choices for Ankara
November 8, 2021 Another operation by the Turkish Armed Forces in Syria is looming. President Erdogan gave the signal last month. Military reinforcements were sent to the border. On October 26, the Turkish parliament approved a motion extending authorization to launch … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, China Syria, PKK/YPG, Russia Syria, Summit for Democracy, Syrian conflict, Turkey, Turkey Syria, Turkish foreign policy, US Syria
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Presidents Biden and Erdogan Meet in Rome
November 1, 2021 A month ago, I concluded a post with the following: “Presidents Biden and Erdogan may meet in Rome, but a genuine reset in Turkish-American relations remains mission impossible in the short term. The Biden-Erdogan meeting would focus … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Erdogan, COP26, G20, Turkey, Turkey climate change, Turkey-US relations, Turkish foreign policy
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Turkey at a Dead End
October 26, 2021 On October 19, the European Commission published its “Turkey 2021 Report”. For a first impression I took look at the “Key findings of the 2021 Report on Turkey”. The word used to characterize our democracy, civil society … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Erdogan, EU's Turkey report, persona non grata, Turkey, Turkey-EU, Turkey-US, Turkish foreign policy
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Turkish Foreign Policy Must Restore Its Republican Settings
October 19, 2021 Afghanistan developments could only divert Turkey’s attention from Syria for a while. With the meeting on September 29 between Presidents Putin and Erdogan, and the latter’s comments signaling another operation against the PYD/YPG, we are back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, Astana process.de-escalation zones, Idlib, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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The World Needs a Broad Coalition Against Terrorism
October 12, 2021 On July 8, 2021, in remarks on the drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan President Biden said: “We went for two reasons: one, to bring Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell, as I said at … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Biden, Biden-Xi, China, ISIS, Middle East, Russia, Taliban, terrorism, terrorist challenge, Turkish domestic politics, Turkish foreign policy
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Turkey’s Vicious Circle of Foreign Policy
October 5, 2021 In late September, President Erdogan traveled to New York and addressed the UN General Assembly. He also hoped to have a face-to-face meeting with President Biden. When such a meeting failed to materialize, President Erdogan vented his … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Erdogan, Erdogan-Putin, Idlib, Lavrov, Russia, S-400s, Sochi meeting, Syria, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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The Quad Meeting
September 29, 2021 On September 15, 2021, President Biden, Prime Ministers Morrison, and Johnson announced the creation of AUKUS. On September 24, President Biden, Prime Ministers Morrison, Modi, and Suga convened in Washington in person as “the Quad” for the … Continue reading
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Tagged AUKUS, Biden, China-US, India, Japan, Modi, QUAD, Rules-based order, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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Another Setback for Transatlantic Relations
September 22, 2021 In a recent post I said, “Moscow and Peking were no doubt delighted to see the US get bogged down in Afghanistan for two decades, just as Washington was delighted to watch USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan end … Continue reading
How Long the “Wait and See” to Judge the Taliban
September 20, 2021 The world is waiting to see whether the Taliban has changed or not, if so to what extent. Countries involved in Afghan affairs know that they would not witness fundamental change but hope for a move towards … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Taliban, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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