How can U.S. government officials believe such silly and wrong things about the Middle East… Continue reading
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave us a clear picture of the Obama administration’s view of the region… Continue reading
Wherever one looks, Turkey’s “zero problems with neighbors” policy is fading… Continue reading
The inability of the Baath regime in Damascus to bring the situation in the country under control has compelled Turkey to… Continue reading
The armies of Syria’s seven neighbors were already scrambling into position on standby on its borders for acts of… Continue reading
Bashar al-Assad is apparently aiming to destabilize Turkey… Continue reading
Are Islamist parties portrayed as more moderate or pluralistic than they actually are… Continue reading
The Assad regime suffered a major shock when self-styled “Free Syrian Army” deserters firing shoulder-borne rockets and… Continue reading
Turkish government representatives insist that they want to develop good ties in all directions… Continue reading
There is a man who Obama loves to deal with, if not every day at least as often as possible… Continue reading
The new constitution of Turkey needs to be societal compact that reflects the pluralism of society… Continue reading
The AKP is using the KCK investigation as an instrument to try to crush all opposition to its increasingly hawkish policies on the Kurdish issue… Continue reading
This paper analyses the impact of domestic dynamics on its relations with Israel during the current AKP government and the RP led government in the 1990s… Continue reading
It is truly amazing that the Turkish government would send to Washington in 2010 an Ambassador who had opposed Erdogan’s Islamist party… Continue reading
Turkish-Israeli bilateral relations remain strained… Continue reading
Nasrallah assured Hizballah troops they are capable of fighting Israel without Iranian or Syrian help… Continue reading
The Turkish government has now responded with one of its largest counterinsurgency operations in years… Continue reading
The Arab spring has catapulted democracy and human rights to the top of Turkey’s stated foreign policy priorities… Continue reading
There has long been a broad consensus that Turkey’s current constitution needs to be replaced… Continue reading
Cyprus, an island near Turkey and Syria of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants, finds itself on the cusp of momentous change… Continue reading
Christians are fleeing the Middle East and Western Christians are indifferent… Continue reading
The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading
War tensions between Turkey, NATO and Syria shot up again with the announcement from Ankara that… Continue reading
The effort to explore a peaceful solution was doomed because ultimately the ruling AKP has not disengaged from Turkish state tradition… Continue reading
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Hello Mike, Thank you for your positive feedback to the article. I felt there wasn’t too much critical analysis of ...
Thanks for this considered and well constructed article. A follow up article on the manner in which the editorial contro...
THE CLUELESSNESS OF CLAIMING THAT OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES WERE A FAILURE CANNOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH, WHAT THE...
As long as Obama is the president of the usa do not trust the us government......
Thank you for an good read....