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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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Fighting King Covid XIX
May 11, 2020 Two months ago, underlining the regrettable shallowness of the concept of “international community”, I said that the world now needs the kind cooperation commensurate with the enormity of the coronavirus challenge, like emergency meetings at the UN … Continue reading
The Idlib Problem Still with Us
April 27, 2020 Coronavirus is seen as the greatest global challenge of modern times. Because, the death toll in some countries has reached tens of thousands. Just as important is the shock of unpreparedness, helplessness and vulnerability of a technologically … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, Idlib, Syrian conflict, Turkey-Syria, Turkish foreign policy
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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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Front Lines of the Battle Against Covid-19
March 27, 2020 “Operation Enduring Freedom”, “Operation Resolute Support”, “Operation New Dawn”, “Operation Unified Protector”, “Operation Decisive Storm”, to name a few, were recent decades’ ambitiously titled military interventions seeking to achieve narrow ends. Although diplomacy and multilateralism were sidelined, … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, Idlib, international community, Libya, Syrian conflict, Turkish foreign policy, Yemen
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The Moment of Truth for the “International Community”
March 14, 2020 Mr. Kofi Annan who served as the seventh Secretary General of the UN from January 1997 to December 2006 was a remarkable diplomat and a statesman. In September 1999, in a speech on “the meaning of international … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, international community, Kofi Annan, pandemic, Turkish foreign policy, U.N., unilateralism, W.H.O.
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