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Turkey’s Imperative to Restore Democratic Rule
March 31, 2022 In its early years, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government launched an open-ended accession process with the EU. From day one, the process ran into difficulties because the EU countries behaved as if they regretted … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, EU-Turkey, Istanbul talks, NATO-Turkey, Putin, Russian invasion, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Montreux Convention
March 3, 2022 The Turkish Government has decided to close the Turkish Straits to all warships as a result of Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine. So, I thought that an updated version of a post I had written two years … Continue reading
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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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-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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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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