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NATO at Seventy
Literature on “The Art of Human Survival” will have you believe that to have reached the age of seventy must…
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The Arab Spring Nine Years On
The Arab Spring began on December 17, 2010 in Tunisia as street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest the…
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Lessons from the Impeachment Inquiry
As the US House Intelligence Committee continued with its impeachment hearings, NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels in preparation for…
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A Frank Exchange of Views
On Wednesday, President Erdoğan made his long-anticipated visit to Washington. At the White House, he met not only with President…
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The Spiraling Cost of Turkey’s Regime Change Project in Syria
The signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, 1923 was the crowning achievement of Turkey’s War of Independence…
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A Shift Towards Diplomacy in Syria
It has been two tumultuous weeks starting with President Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, immediately followed by…
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Turkey’s Incursion in Syria
Tomorrow, it will be a week since the launching of “Operation Peace Spring”. International reaction to the operation is negative…
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Sinking Deeper into the Syrian Quagmire
Turkey’s participation in the regime change project in Syria was a huge foreign and security policy mistake. Yes, there were…