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Putting France-US Relations Back on Track
December 5, 2022 Last week President Macron paid a state visit to Washington, the first of the Biden administration. In widely reported remarks, “France has jumped to the head of the queue,” said Professor Charles Kupchan, who was a senior … Continue reading
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Tagged US, France, Russia, Putin, Turkish foreign policy, Macron, Biden, Ukraine war, Scholz, France-US relations, Macron's visit to US
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Toward an Inflection Point
November 28, 2022 President Erdogan’s handshake with President al-Sisi has once again triggered criticism about the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leadership’s foreign policy U-turns. On the list were the relations with the UAE, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. … Continue reading
The G20 Summit
November 17, 2022 As admitted by its member states, the G20 is not the forum to resolve security issues. But in a time of international turmoil with the war in Ukraine, strategic competition between major powers, the Covid-19 pandemic, global … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Xi meeting, G20 summit, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine war, US-China relations
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Russia’s Withdrawal from Kherson
November 14, 2022 Last Friday, following an announcement by the Russian military that it had completed its withdrawal from Kherson, Ukrainian soldiers entered the city prompting nationwide celebration. Coming weeks after he declared the Kherson region a part of Russia … Continue reading
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Tagged Kherson, Putin, Russia's withdrawal, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine war
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China-West Relations and the Scholz Visit
November 7, 2022 On June 14, 2021, Mr. Biden arrived in Brussels on his first trip to Europe as President. His principal task at the NATO summit was to put behind America’s allies’ troubled relations with the Trump White House … Continue reading
Global Uncertainty Continues
October 31, 2022 This was a revealing month for the world. In Beijing, President Xi Jinping presented to the Chinese Party Congress the report of the Central Committee in a two-hour-long speech.[i] Having secured a third five-year term as president, … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Macron-Holtz, Putin, Russia, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US, war in ukraine, Xi Jinping
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Europe’s Time of Troubles
October 24, 2022 For centuries Europe remained the world’s main battleground. But the number of casualties of the two world wars, occurring within four decades, dwarfed the losses and devastation of the past conflicts. And as the Second World War … Continue reading
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Tagged EU, EU-US relations, Russian invasion, transatlantic relations, Turkish foreign policy
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A Brief Look at the Past as Escalation Continues in Ukraine
October 17, 2022 On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Soon after, the former republics of the USSR declared independence one after the other. In some cases, the separation of paths proved more … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimea, Putin, Russia-Europe, Russia-Georgia war, Russia-US, Sevastopol, Turkish foreign policy, war in ukraine
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The Turkey-West Conundrum
October 10, 2022 Almost five years ago I said that the alliance between Türkiye and the US which, despite ups and downs had stood the test of time, was under considerable strain, and the so-called “telephone diplomacy” which did not … Continue reading
The Russia-West Propaganda War
October 3, 2022 More than four years ago I said: “The Ukraine conflict dealt a blow to Russia-West relations, more severe than the one dealt by the Russia-Georgia war of 2008. It has led to greater turbulence. Because, while Georgia … Continue reading
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