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The Rules-based International Order
May 10, 2021 The “rules-based international order” is now a recurrent theme in policy statements by senior officials of the Biden administration. Secretary Blinken, meeting with his Chinese counterparts in Anchorage on March 18, 2021, started the talks by saying … Continue reading
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Tagged China, international order, multilateralism, Russia, Turkish foreign policy, UN, US
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The Taliban Are Back
April 19, 2021 An open-ended US/NATO military engagement in Afghanistan was never an option. The aim was achieving optimal conditions for withdrawal. In a Washington Post op-ed on March 12, 2012 President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron mentioned shifting to … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, China, NATO, Russia, Taliban, Turkish foreign policy, US Afghanistan
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China and the US: A Competitive Relationship
March 16, 2021 Following the Second World War, the standoff between the US and Russia, NATO and the Warsaw Pact was called the Cold War. Nonetheless, in 1969, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed. The same year, Strategic Arms Limitation … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchorage meeting, Biden, Blinken, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Turkish foreign policy, US, US-China, Wang Yi
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Recalibrating America’s Relationships
March 1, 2021 On February 19, President Biden addressed the global community for the first time. At 2021 Virtual Munich Security Conference he defined the partnership between Europe and the US as the cornerstone of all that the West hopes … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, China, Iran, Macron, Merkel, Munich Security Conference, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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More Than a Lost Year
December 22, 2020 The main foreign policy topics of the past decade have been China’s ascendancy, relations between the West and a resurgent Russia, the rise of authoritarianism, democracy’s decline, the failure of multilateralism and climate change. With the Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, CAATSA Turkey, China, Iran, Israel, mİDDLE eAST, Russia, Trump, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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Tough Times for the People of Belarus
August 31, 2020 Following the Belarus presidential election, protesters took to the streets claiming that the result was rigged. With Ukraine conflict continuing across the border, theirs was an act of courage. Riot police reacted with violence. President Lukashenko has … Continue reading
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Tagged Belarus, China, EU-Belarus, Georgia, Hong Kong, Lukashenko, NATO, Putin, Russia, Stoltenberg, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine, US-Belarus
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Sad Times for Democracy
July 5, 2020 China had a two-term limit on its president since the 1990s. Xi Jinping became president in 2012. In April this year, the National People’s Congress approved the removal the two-term limit, effectively allowing him to “remain in … Continue reading
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Tagged China, democracy's decline, Putin, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Xi Jingping
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The Day of Reckoning
June 15, 2020 The end of the Cold War raised hopes for a more peaceful and stable world with the “international community” collectively confronting global challenges. This proved a myth. After three decades, all we hear now is Cold War … Continue reading
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Tagged China, coronavirus, Russia, Turkish foreign policy, US, US protests
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Confrontation over Hong Kong
May 26, 2020 In April 2017, President Trump hosted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for a two-day summit at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. After their meeting, Mr. Trump spoke of “tremendous progress” in the U.S.-China relationship. A year later, … Continue reading
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Tagged China, global supremacy, Hong Kong, Hong Kong-China, Hong Kong-U.S., Turkish foreign policy, U.S.
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Sailing in Uncharted Waters
April 7, 2020 The Arab Spring threw the Middle East in chaos. Then came the Ukraine conflict and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. As the Syrian conflict moved up on the international agenda the former receded. Despite on and off official … Continue reading
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Tagged China, coronavirus, E.U., global order, Russia, Syrian conflict, Turkish foreign policy, U.S.
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