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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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Tough Choices for Ankara
November 8, 2021 Another operation by the Turkish Armed Forces in Syria is looming. President Erdogan gave the signal last month. Military reinforcements were sent to the border. On October 26, the Turkish parliament approved a motion extending authorization to launch … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, China Syria, PKK/YPG, Russia Syria, Summit for Democracy, Syrian conflict, Turkey, Turkey Syria, Turkish foreign policy, US Syria
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Presidents Biden and Erdogan Meet in Rome
November 1, 2021 A month ago, I concluded a post with the following: “Presidents Biden and Erdogan may meet in Rome, but a genuine reset in Turkish-American relations remains mission impossible in the short term. The Biden-Erdogan meeting would focus … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Erdogan, COP26, G20, Turkey, Turkey climate change, Turkey-US relations, Turkish foreign policy
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Turkey at a Dead End
October 26, 2021 On October 19, the European Commission published its “Turkey 2021 Report”. For a first impression I took look at the “Key findings of the 2021 Report on Turkey”. The word used to characterize our democracy, civil society … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Erdogan, EU's Turkey report, persona non grata, Turkey, Turkey-EU, Turkey-US, Turkish foreign policy
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Turkish Foreign Policy Must Restore Its Republican Settings
October 19, 2021 Afghanistan developments could only divert Turkey’s attention from Syria for a while. With the meeting on September 29 between Presidents Putin and Erdogan, and the latter’s comments signaling another operation against the PYD/YPG, we are back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, Astana process.de-escalation zones, Idlib, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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The World Needs a Broad Coalition Against Terrorism
October 12, 2021 On July 8, 2021, in remarks on the drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan President Biden said: “We went for two reasons: one, to bring Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell, as I said at … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Biden, Biden-Xi, China, ISIS, Middle East, Russia, Taliban, terrorism, terrorist challenge, Turkish domestic politics, Turkish foreign policy
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Turkey’s Vicious Circle of Foreign Policy
October 5, 2021 In late September, President Erdogan traveled to New York and addressed the UN General Assembly. He also hoped to have a face-to-face meeting with President Biden. When such a meeting failed to materialize, President Erdogan vented his … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Erdogan, Erdogan-Putin, Idlib, Lavrov, Russia, S-400s, Sochi meeting, Syria, Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, US
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