Tag Archives: US

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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How Long the “Wait and See” to Judge the Taliban

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

September 20, 2021 The world is waiting to see whether the Taliban has changed or not, if so to what extent. Countries involved in Afghan affairs know that they would not witness  fundamental change but hope for a move towards … Continue reading →

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The Retreat from Afghanistan and Turkey’s Victory Day

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

August 30, 2021 Many military and intelligence experts predicted that the withdrawal from Afghanistan would not be an easy operation. With chaotic evacuations and the devastating twin bomb attacks of last Thursday, they proved right. Through the withdrawal Washington not … Continue reading →

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Coming to Grips with Taliban’s Comeback

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

August 23, 2021 On February 19, 2021, in his first address to the global audience at the 2021 Virtual Munich Security Conference President Biden said, “I speak today as President of the United States at the very start of my … Continue reading →

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“No Military Solution”

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

August 9, 2021 In the past decade, the phrase “no military solution to the conflict” became a diplomatic cliché. In November 2013, speaking to the BBC  about the situation in Syria, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad said that there is no … Continue reading →

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The Kabul Subcontract

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

August 2, 2021 Whether Turkish troops would stay at Kabul airport beyond withdrawal has become another controversial topic of our foreign and security policy. In my last post I asked the following questions: •          Would Turkish troops fight the Taliban … Continue reading →

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The Rules-based International Order

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Ali Tuygan

May 10, 2021 The “rules-based international order” is now a recurrent theme in policy statements by senior officials of the Biden administration. Secretary Blinken, meeting with his Chinese counterparts in Anchorage on March 18, 2021, started the talks by saying … Continue reading →

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