“The U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq is reordering political dynamics not only in Baghdad but also in the broader Middle East. Nature abhors a vacuum, and a number of actors are seeking to fill the outsized role that America has played in Iraq over the last eight years.†says Sean Kane in his report ‘The [...]
Western nations and Israel have employed all conceivable means to stop Iran’s nuclear program, from sabotage to assassination, from diplomatic pressure to economic embargoes and even cyber attacks. Iranian airplanes carrying nuclear weapons-related technological equipment have been destroyed, nuclear laboratories have been blown up, imported equipment has been delivered to Iran in broken pieces, and [...]
When Congressman Charlie Dent was offered an opportunity to visit Turkey, he thought this could be a great opportunity to assess the country’s influence in a tempestuous region. He had a chance to see Turkey over the span of a week with his wife, Pamela. Although they had different reasons to be excited about the [...]
Turkey will not take part in any military intervention aiming to change the regime in Syria, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources said Nov. 18. “Contingency planning is ready,†a source told a group of journalists in a briefing in Istanbul. “There might be a few exceptions to that policy, but Turkey believes the [ball has been] [...]
The entire Middle East must be cleared of nuclear weapons, the direction of an anti-proliferation organization has said, criticizing the singular focus on Iran while warning of a domino effect if the Islamic republic acquires such arms. “The Middle East should be a ‘nuclear weapon-free zone.’ Israel’s nuclear capability gives Iran an excuse to have [...]
As tensions are high in the eastern Mediterranean — from Cyprus to Syria and from Gaza to Egypt — European and Turkish leaders should talk with each other more than ever as their interests and strategic goals in the region overlap, according to this week’s guest for Monday Talk. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, member of the [...]
Imran Khan, world famous cricketer turned politician, is running for president in the upcoming elections in Pakistan. He aims to succeed the husband of assassinated Benazir Bhutto, “Mr. 10 Percent†President Asif Ali Zardari — a vision he lays out in his latest book, “Pakistan: A Personal History.†The book is semi-autobiographical while also [...]
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is one of the world’s leading think tanks focused on international security. Its Annual Review of World Affairs is read by security community diplomats and foreign policymakers across the world. Its 2011 edition was just released and it is unfortunately biased. The nine-page section on Turkey is titled [...]
Turkish premier’s call for secularism in Arab Spring countries has raised Turkey’s stature as a model for democracy, Paul Salem tells the Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call for secularism has calmed the fears of those concerned Turkey was about to create a network of Muslim Brotherhood-led governments to control the Arab [...]
BRUSSELS –- Since the summer, the continuing installments of the Greek crisis have concealed a worrying process of fragmentation in the eurozone. Indeed, there are several grim indicators of this development. First, the spread between banks’ borrowing rate and the zero-risk rate has been climbing since July. Financial institutions with liquidity increasingly prefer to deposit [...]
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