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Toward Protracted War in Ukraine
May 2, 2022 On April 27, at a meeting with the Council of Lawmakers, President Putin accused the West of always pursuing a policy of containing Russia. He said no one could imagine the creation of an “anti-Russia” on historical … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Cold War, Finland, NATO, Putin, Russian invasion, Sweden, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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Russia’s Indiscriminate Attacks Spark Outrage
April 11, 2022 On April 5, 2022, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that assertions of “war crimes” are a pretext to torpedo the ongoing negotiations at a time when some light, however dim, has appeared at the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blinken, China-Ukraine, EU-Ukraine, Lavrov, NATO, Putin, Russian invasion, Stoltenberg, 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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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 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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Another Setback for Transatlantic Relations
September 22, 2021 In a recent post I said, “Moscow and Peking were no doubt delighted to see the US get bogged down in Afghanistan for two decades, just as Washington was delighted to watch USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan end … Continue reading
The Retreat from Afghanistan and Turkey’s Victory Day
August 30, 2021 Many military and intelligence experts predicted that the withdrawal from Afghanistan would not be an easy operation. With chaotic evacuations and the devastating twin bomb attacks of last Thursday, they proved right. Through the withdrawal Washington not … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Ataturk, Biden, fighting extremism, ISIS, ISIS-K, Kabul airport, NATO, Taliban, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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The Taliban Are Back
April 19, 2021 An open-ended US/NATO military engagement in Afghanistan was never an option. The aim was achieving optimal conditions for withdrawal. In a Washington Post op-ed on March 12, 2012 President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron mentioned shifting to … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, China, NATO, Russia, Taliban, Turkish foreign policy, US Afghanistan
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