Turkey
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EUROPE
Turkey – EU: Waiting for Godot
By Aaron Denison Turkey has been applying for the EU membership since 1987 when Turgut Ozal, the 8thPresident of Turkey…
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MIDDLE EAST
Stabilizing Syria
By Rene Wadlow In many ways it is difficult to imagine how the armed conflicts in Syria and Iraq could…
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ASIA
Kurdish cooperation and renewal: is there a way forward?
By Rene Wadlow With the military campaign against the Islamic State winding down, the diplomatic focus is turning to the…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Nikki Haley’s statement on Doha-Hamas ties and its possible implications for US policy toward Qatar
By Shahab Moghadam The decision by Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE in June 2017 to…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Importance of NATO’s Incirlik Airbase for Turkish-American and Israel relations; an issue of Middle East geopolitics
By Mehmet Bildik Constructed in 1955 with US assistance, the facility was NATO’s most important “southest wing” airbase during the…
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ASIA
The golden opportunity for the Kurds
By Faraidoon Namdar and Farhang Faraidoon Namdar The neighboring Kurdish states (Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria) have never been more troubled than…
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INTL CONFLICTS
The world reordering from the Middle East
By Farhang Faraydoon Namdar Whomever controls the Middle East can control the world, the region has the largest oil and…
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INTERVIEWS
Ambassador Demirer on status of women, health, and economics
By Alexander Woodman Ambassador Hatun Demirer is actively engaged in promoting education, diversity, and multicultural humanistic values in Middle East.…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Iraqi Kurdistan in the brink of an independence referendum and the tumultuous political situation
By Farhang Faraydoon Namdar Ostensibly most of the Kurds tend to be hardliners of their referendum decision, this Tuesday a…
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INTL CONFLICTS
How stable would post-ISIS Iraq be?
By Farhang Faraydoon Namdar Haidar Al-Abadi, Iraqi prime minister visited Mosul and declared retaking of Mosul from ISIS after a…
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