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Time to Launch “Operation Enduring Diplomacy”
Two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Washington holds Iran responsible. Iran denies the charge. While some…
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Turkey’s S400s/F35s Conundrum
Posted on June 14, 2019 The last episode of the S400 missiles/F35 fighters controversy has taken Turkey-US relations to…
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Closing of Ranks in the East, Disarray in the West
Posted on June 10, 2019 In the West, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Venezuela and Jared Kushner’s Middle East peace plan took…
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The Mecca Summits
Posted on June 6, 2019 The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)…
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The Unbreakable Bond Between Turkey’s Democracy and Foreign Policy
Posted on May 31, 2019 A fundamental reality of foreign relations is that a country’s international standing is largely a…
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New Perspectives on Shared Security – NATO’s Next 70 Years
Executive Summary New Perspectives on Shared Security – NATO’s Next 70 Years Sinan Ülgen – Chairman, EDAM Emre Kürşat Kaya,…
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Fighting for Survival?
Posted on May 22, 2019 Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party’s (JDP) principal theme in the recent municipal election campaign…
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On US-Russia Relations and Iran
Posted on May 17, 2019 During his first visit to Moscow on 6-8 July 2009, President Obama tried to “reset”…
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The Last Exit
That Turkey has a strategic location is an axiom of our foreign policy. Although this is generally presented as an…
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A Dark Day for Turkey
Posted on May 7, 2019 Turkey held municipal elections on Sunday, March 31. Late in the evening polling stations finished…