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Ukraine Crisis: A Reminder from the Middle East
February 7, 2022 The Russia-West standoff over Ukraine continues. The US and its European allies are warning of a serious risk of a Russian offensive against Ukraine. Moscow is claiming that the US is trying to pull Russia into an … Continue reading
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Tagged China, China-Russia relations, Iran, Islamic State, JCPOA, Middle East, Putin, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine, Xi Jinping
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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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Turkey’s Middle East Policy Coming Full Circle
December 6, 2021 The so-called “Friends of Syria Group”, now history, held its first meeting in Tunis on February 24, 2012. On April 1, 2012, it met for the second time in Istanbul. Later that month in 2012, Turkey’s Foreign … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Dhabi, Arab Spring, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Syrian conflict, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, UAE
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Migration Tragedies to Continue
November 29, 2021 Last week, twenty-seven migrants lost their lives trying to cross from France to Britain in an inflatable boat. Coming soon after the standoff at the Belarus-Poland border, the tragedy briefly caught the world’s attention. Britain and France … Continue reading
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Tagged Ataturk, Belarus-Poland, Channel deaths, Middle East, migration, secularism, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy
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Spy Games Between Israel and Turkey
November 22, 2021 In late October Turkish news outlets reported that fifteen individuals suspected of spying for Israel were arrested as part of a security operation. Reportedly, the suspects were spying on senior Hamas officials based in Turkey who were … Continue reading
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Tagged Bennett, Erdogan, Herzog, Israel, Middle East, Oknins, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy
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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 World Needs a Broad Coalition Against Terrorism
October 12, 2021 On July 8, 2021, in remarks on the drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan President Biden said: “We went for two reasons: one, to bring Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell, as I said at … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Biden, Biden-Xi, China, ISIS, Middle East, Russia, Taliban, terrorism, terrorist challenge, Turkish domestic politics, Turkish foreign policy
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The Global War on Terror: Two Decades On
September 13, 2021 A few days after 9/11 President George W. Bush, in impromptu remarks said, “this crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while. His use of the word “crusade” raised concerns in Europe among those … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Ataturk, Middle East, Taliban, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy
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Coming to Grips with Taliban’s Comeback
August 23, 2021 On February 19, 2021, in his first address to the global audience at the 2021 Virtual Munich Security Conference President Biden said, “I speak today as President of the United States at the very start of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Biden, Kabul airport, Kabul evacuation, Middle East, Taliban, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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Global Leadership: The Moral Dimension
July 19, 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 Afghanistan, America is back, Biden, global leadership, Iraq, Libya, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US foreign policy, Yemen
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