Tag Archives: US

China-US Relations

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

August 1, 2022 Presidents Biden and President Xi Jinping had their next-to-last call on March 18, 2022, less than a month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since then,

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President Biden’s Upcoming Visit to Saudi Arabia

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

President Biden’s Upcoming Visit to Saudi Arabia July 12, 2022 Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, in an interview with newspaper editors in Cairo in March 2018 said that Türkiye, Iran, and extremist groups represented a … Continue reading →

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A Recast Strategic Landscape from One NATO Summit to the Next

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

July 4, 2022 G7 met in Elmau, Germany, on 26-28 June 2022. The communiqué issued following the meeting stressed G7’s condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and reiterated that G7 will stand with Ukraine for as long as … Continue reading →

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A World of Incertitude

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

June 27, 2022 With the war in Ukraine, the “emerging world order” has once again become a current topic even though the use of the word “order” in the global context does not correspond to its Merriam-Webster definition which is … Continue reading →

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Strategic or Suicidal Global Competition?

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

June 20, 2022 On June 15, the New York Times reported that heat waves are becoming more frequent, hotter, and longer-lasting than in previous decades, according to scientists. The US National Climate Assessment noted in 2018 that the frequency of … Continue reading →

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Russia Proposes a New Security Architecture in Europe and Beyond

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Ali Tuygan

January 3, 2022 The year 2021 is now behind us. Nonetheless, its final act will dominate the international stage in the months to come.

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The Year 2021 in Retrospect

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

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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Turkish Foreign Policy Must Restore Its Republican Settings

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

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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Turkey’s Vicious Circle of Foreign Policy

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

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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The Quad Meeting

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

September 29, 2021 On September 15, 2021, President Biden, Prime Ministers Morrison, and Johnson announced the creation of AUKUS.  On September 24, President Biden, Prime Ministers Morrison, Modi, and Suga convened in Washington in person as “the Quad” for the … Continue reading →

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