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Europe’s Time of Troubles
October 24, 2022 For centuries Europe remained the world’s main battleground. But the number of casualties of the two world wars, occurring within four decades, dwarfed the losses and devastation of the past conflicts. And as the Second World War … Continue reading
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Tagged EU, EU-US relations, Russian invasion, transatlantic relations, Turkish foreign policy
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The West Needs to Write a Success Story
August 22, 2022 With the war in Ukraine, “the emerging world order” has become a current topic with conflicting opening gambits. The West argues for the rules-based international order, the body of rules, norms, and institutions that govern relations. Among … Continue reading
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Tagged China, EU, Russia, strategic competition, Syrian conflict, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine war, US, world order
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The Rising Cost of the Lack of Strategic Dialogue
August 15, 2022 In another ten days, it will be six months since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The news of the war no longer makes the headlines. Because it only takes time for the most unexpected, for … Continue reading
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Tagged China, EU, Russia, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine, US
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The War in Ukraine and West’s Summit Meetings
March 27, 2022 The following was my summing-up of the Ukraine conflict seven years ago: “News from Ukraine and Ukraine-related developments are not encouraging. The Minsk cease-fire remains fragile. Political and economic difficulties facing Ukraine show no sign of abating. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, China, EU, G7, NATO summit, Putin, Russia sanctions, Russian invasion, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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US/NATO Talks with Russia, Episode 2 Begins
January 31, 2022 On January 26, the US and NATO delivered their written responses to Russia’s security demands in Eurasia. A day later, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the media that the responses offer grounds for serious talks only on … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, China, EU, European security, Israel-Turkey, Lavrov, NATO, NATO expansion, Putin, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine
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Intermission in Russia-US Talks
January 22, 2022 I had concluded an earlier post on the Ukraine crisis with the following: “In Russia, President Putin is at the helm, steering a steady course. “In the West, the picture is more complicated. What is clear is … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, EU, European security, Lavrov-Blinken, NATO expansion, Putin, Russia, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine
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Russia-US/NATO Talks, Episode 1
January 17, 2022 In mid-December 2021, Russia handed the West two draft documents, “Agreement on Measures to Ensure the Security of the Russian Federation and Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”[i] and “Treaty Between the United States of … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, EU, European security, NATO, NATO expansion, Putin, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine, US-Russia relations
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Russia-West Negotiations Start
January 10, 2022 With the New Year and Christmas celebrations behind, the world is back to the realities of the day. And the new year’s first surprise was the turmoil in Kazakhstan. In their phone call of December 30, Presidents … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, EU, European security, Finland, Kazakhstan, NATO, NATO expansion, Putin, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine
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The Year 2021 in Retrospect
December 22, 2021 The top foreign and security policy item of 2021 was the strategic competition between major powers. Its subtitles were “China’s ascendancy”, “Russia’s resurgence” the “waning of American power”. The rise of authoritarianism, democracy’s decline, the failure of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021 in review, Biden, China, EU, Middle East, Putin, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US, Xi
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The Standoff at the Russia-Ukraine Border
December 13, 2021 On December 7, 2021, Presidents Biden and Putin had a two-hour video conference. According to the White House readout of the meeting, “President Biden focused on what he described as “threatening” movements of Russian troops near the … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Black Sea, eastern Mediterranean, EU, Finlandization, Greece, NATO, Normandy format, Putin, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine, Zelensky
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