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President Biden’s Foreign and Security Policy
January 16, 2025 Last Monday, at the US State Department, Mr. Biden delivered his last foreign and security policy speech as president.[i] His remarks were only words of praise for the achievements of his four years at the White House. … Continue reading
Türkiye at an Inflection Point
December 19, 2024 The history of Türkiye-West relations over the last fifteen years has been characterized by a lack of meaningful dialogue, unfriendly rhetoric, and confrontation despite a promising beginning. In April 2009 President Obama came to Ankara on his … Continue reading
The Year 2024 in Review
December 16, 2024 People aspire to democracy. Regardless of their respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, and the rule of law, all regimes claim to be democratic in some form because it remains the ultimate source of legitimacy to govern. … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Gaza war, HTS, Iran, ISIS, Israel US, Middle East, PYD-YPG, Russia, Syria, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine war
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The Race Toward January 20th
December 2, 2024 The year 2024 was largely dominated by the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Lebanon, and in mid-summer attention started to shift toward the US presidential election. President Biden was determined to run for a second term. A … Continue reading
The ICC Deals a Blow to Israel and the West
November 25, 2024 This is how I started a post a year ago, two months after the Hamas onslaught of October 7: “Jews are a gifted people. They have made great contributions to science, culture, and the arts. Israel is … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, EU Gaza, Gaza war, ICC arrest warrants, Israel, Netanyahu
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President Trump and the Middle East
November 13, 2024 The stunning comeback of Mr. Trump as President-elect has triggered speculation about the future of US foreign policy, particularly regarding the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The latter’s past decade might offer some clues into … Continue reading
The West in Disarray
October 14, 2024 The November 5, US presidential election is only three weeks away. On January 20, 2025, the new US president will take office. Thus there will be a six-week period of transition. Then the new president will form … Continue reading
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Tagged China-West, Gaza war, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran-Israel, Turkish foreign policy, two-state solution, Ukraine war, US election, US-Israel, war in Lebanon
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Escalation in the Middle East
September 30, 2024 Last week, world leaders, though not all, gathered in New York to engage in the annual high-level General Assembly debate to “explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development” to use the … Continue reading
Blasts in Lebanon
September 20, 2024 At least 37 people were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, when pagers and walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah, exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the operation. Israeli … Continue reading
“Normalizing” Relations between Türkiye and Syria
September 2, 2024 Hafez al-Assad was the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until he died in 2000. He was the number one regional enemy of Türkiye. Starting in the mid-1980s, Syria provided the PKK and its leader Ocalan with … Continue reading
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