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High Time for Diplomacy
May 16, 2022 Last week, the US House of Representatives approved 40 billion dollars in additional aid for Ukraine by a vote of 368-57. The package of military, economic and humanitarian support was 7 billion dollars more than the 33 … Continue reading
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Tagged Finland, G7, NATO expansion, Putin, Russian invasion, Sweden, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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The War in Ukraine and Turkey’s Relations with NATO Allies
April 27, 2022 On Monday, April 25, following their visit to Kyiv, Secretaries Blinken and Austin spoke to the traveling press. They were asked the following question: “… do you see a scenario where international support enables Ukraine to avoid … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Blinken, Guterres, Navalny, Osman Kavala, Russian invasion, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict, the Question of Crimea
April 4, 2022 On March 25, Russian General Staff deputy head Colonel General Sergey Rudskoy announced that the significant reduction of the Ukrainian military potential will now make it possible for Russia to concentrate on the main goal: the liberation … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Crimea, Macron, Merkel, Putin, Russian invasion, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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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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