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From Arab Spring to Turkish Autumn
November 7, 2016 The EU summit held in Brussels on December 17, 2004 decided that accession negotiations with Turkey would start on October 3, 2005. The process was accordingly launched at the Luxembourg Intergovernmental Conference. This was two years after … Continue reading
Aleppo and Mosul: A Tale of Two Cities
October 24, 2016 It was widely reported last week that Syrian opposition fighters backed by Turkish warplanes and artillery dealt a major psychological blow to ISIL by capturing Dabiq which, though a small town of marginal strategic importance in northern … Continue reading
A Critical Week for the Middle East
October 17, 2016 It takes an expert to explain the identity, evolution, affiliation and the objectives of the different groups battling in Syria. The history of groups bringing together major international actors involved in the conflict is less complicated but … Continue reading
And Now It’s Iraq
October 10, 2016 In a region characterized by conflict, “zero problems with neighbors” was not even an illusion. It was a misguided public relations stunt which boomeranged becoming an embarrassment for Turkish diplomacy. In recent years, Turkey’s relations with Israel, … Continue reading
Syria: Scant Hope for a Breakthrough
September 26, 2016 On February 22, 2016, the US and the Russian Federation, Co-Chairs of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), issued the “Joint Statement on Cessation of Hostilities in Syria”. Six months later, in the absence of any progress, … Continue reading
Turkey’s Syria Policy: A Course Correction?
September 15, 2016 Turkey’s foray into the Syrian conflict has been, beyond a shadow of a doubt, our worst foreign policy blunder since the founding of the Republic in 1923. The political, security, economic, and trade costs are too obvious, … Continue reading
Turkey’s Troubled Relations with Europe
August 15, 2016 In retrospect, one of EU’s major foreign and security policy mistakes was the blunting of whatever momentum Turkey’s accession process had. It goes without saying that this was also Turkey’s failure. Had both sides acted with foresight, … Continue reading
President Obama and the Middle East (2)
August 1, 2016 On July 28, 2016, David Nakamura of the Washington Post reported that President Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention at a time when the nation is more starkly polarized than before. The words “starkly … Continue reading
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Quo Vadis Turkey? (2)
July 25, 2016 A year-and-a-half ago I wrote (*): “We Turks need to understand that our success as a nation, especially in the field of foreign policy, depends first and foremost upon our internal peace and stability. The amount of … Continue reading
A Critical Meeting in Moscow
July 20, 2016 The need for US-Russian cooperation for the resolution of Middle East problems, prominently among them the Syrian conflict, had been obvious from the start (1). On February 22, the United States and the Russian Federation, Co-Chairs of … Continue reading
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