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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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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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The Hagia Sophia: Balance Sheet of the Past Week
July 19, 2020 It has been a week since the Hagia Sophia was reconverted to a mosque through the annulment of the government decree of 1935 which had turned it into a museum. The change was presented as an auspicious … Continue reading
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Tagged Ataturk, Ayasofya mosque, EU, Hagia Sophia, Mehmed the Conqueror, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, UNESCO
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2019: The Year in Review
December 22, 2019 During the past year, climate change, corruption, street protests, polarization and disarray in the West dominated the global agenda. Frequent fires are part of California’s natural state but since the 1970s, the amount of area burned in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, climate change, corruption, EU, polarization, street protests, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US, West
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2018 In Retrospect
December 25, 2018 It has been a chaotic year with no or little progress in overcoming world’s outstanding challenges: U.S.-Russia tensions, Middle East turmoil with numerous sub-titles, Ukraine conflict, the future of the JCPOA, North Korea’s nuclear program, migration, trade … Continue reading
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Tagged Ataturk, EU, the year 2018, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, U.S.
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The US Withdraws from the Iran Nuclear Deal
May 9, 2018 Yesterday President Trump announced that he is terminating United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and re-imposing sanctions lifted under the deal. From the very beginning of his presidency Mr. Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged China, EU, Germany, Iran sanctions, JCPOA, North Korea, P5+1, Russia, Trump on Iran, Turkish foreign policy
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