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Recalibrating America’s Relationships
March 1, 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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The Path to Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
January 13, 2021 On Monday, Presidents Putin, Aliyev, and Prime Minister Pashinyan held a second trilateral meeting in Moscow, exactly two months after the first one on November 9, 2020. They signed another Statement which focuses on the “unblocking of … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Minsk Group, Nagorno-Karabakh, Putin, Russia, Turkish foreign policy
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More Than a Lost Year
December 22, 2020 The main foreign policy topics of the past decade have been China’s ascendancy, relations between the West and a resurgent Russia, the rise of authoritarianism, democracy’s decline, the failure of multilateralism and climate change. With the Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, CAATSA Turkey, China, Iran, Israel, mİDDLE eAST, Russia, Trump, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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Nagorno-Karabakh: The Road Ahead (2)
December 14, 2020 With the signing, by President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan, of the Russian-brokered statement on a complete ceasefire and the termination of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh the conflict has entered a new phase.
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Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, France, Iran, Minsk Group, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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Nagorno-Karabakh: The Road Ahead
November 30, 2020 The last round of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan started on July 12, 2020. During the war between 1988-1994, Armenian forces had occupied not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also the seven surrounding districts of Azerbaijan before a Russian-brokered … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, France, Iran, Minsk Group, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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Turkey’s Relations with Russia
October 19, 2020 In the beginning of the Syrian conflict Russia and Turkey were on diametrically opposite sides. Almost a decade later, despite some cooperation, they are just putting up with one another.
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Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, S-400, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy
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Tough Times for the People of Belarus
August 31, 2020 Following the Belarus presidential election, protesters took to the streets claiming that the result was rigged. With Ukraine conflict continuing across the border, theirs was an act of courage. Riot police reacted with violence. President Lukashenko has … Continue reading
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Tagged Belarus, China, EU-Belarus, Georgia, Hong Kong, Lukashenko, NATO, Putin, Russia, Stoltenberg, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine, US-Belarus
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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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The Hagia Sophia
July 10, 2020 “Turkey is a bridge between East and West” is a widely used metaphor to define not only Turkey’s location between Asia and Europe but also its history, identity, culture with its blessings and contradictions. The city of … Continue reading
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Sad Times for Democracy
July 5, 2020 China had a two-term limit on its president since the 1990s. Xi Jinping became president in 2012. In April this year, the National People’s Congress approved the removal the two-term limit, effectively allowing him to “remain in … Continue reading
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Tagged China, democracy's decline, Putin, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Xi Jingping
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