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After a Year: A Note from the Former Head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
It has been exactly a year since I left my position of Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition…
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Europe Must Re-Engage With Turkey Now
Ursula Von Der Leyen has the opportunity to reset badly strained relations between the EU and Turkey.At her confirmation hearing at the…
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Gulf Crisis Reaching the Mediterranean
On July 4, British Royal Marines seized near Gibraltar the supertanker Grace 1 suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria.…
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Turkey and the Russia’s Deadly S-400: The Air Defense System That Changed Everything
On July 12, 2019, Turkey began receiving the first batch of the S-400 deliveries from Russia. Ankara’s aspirant procurement can fundamentally transform…
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Artificial Intelligence and the Risk of New Colonialism
Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to machines that perform cognitive tasks like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making. There is lively…
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Turkey’s Foreign and Security Policy Quandary
On July 5, The Atlantic published an article by Thomas Wright, Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. The title was…
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Dangers of Overreach
Seven years ago, Ankara was partnering with Western countries and some Gulf states for regime change in Syria. Leaders of…
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U.S. Policy Toward North Korea and Iran
On April 27, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un crossed the line that has divided the Korean Peninsula for the…
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Deal of the Century First Episode: Disappointment
On June 22, the White House released the first of a two-part Middle East peace plan, “the deal of the…
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A Sigh of Relief for Now
Posted on June 24, 2019 Everybody knew this was a landmark election, the last exit on the road authoritarian…