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Revolutionary Guards weekly issues warning to Turkey: if forced to choose, Iran will prefer Syria over Turkey

Sobh-e Sadegh, a weekly published on behalf of the Revolutionary Guards, warned Turkey that, if its current hostile stance towards Syria persists… Continue reading

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Majles Research Center warns about NATO’s new strategy and its consequences for Iran

Last month the Majles Research Center published a report warning about the new strategy adopted by NATO in recent years… Continue reading

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Iranian press voices criticism of Turkey over its stance towards Syrian regime

Iranian media have recently taken a critical stance on the change in Turkey’s policy towards Syria… Continue reading

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Getting Serious in Syria

Every day there are massive demonstrations, shootings, and defections of soldiers in Syria… Continue reading

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A Day in the Life of the Middle East: Egypt, Islamist Terrorism, Libya, Turkey

Where’s the outrage? Where’s the policy shift?… Continue reading

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Obama Administration New Achievement: Messing Up Turkey, Syria, and Libya Within 24 Hours

It’s truly amazing that literally every day the Obama Administration finds a new way to mess up the Middle East… Continue reading

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A Different Path: Assessing Turkey’s Foreign Policy in Latin America

Never before have Turkey and Latin America been closer than they are at present… Continue reading

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Turkey Faces Difficult Challenges in a Volatile Foreign Policy Environment

Foreign and defense policies did not figure prominently in the recent general election in Turkey… Continue reading

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The Mediterranean Sea and Its Relationship to Cyprus: A Study of a Mediterranean Island to the Ottoman Empire

The Mediterranean islands, particularly Cyprus, proved invaluable to the expansion for the Ottoman Empire… Continue reading

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Legal issues and the Flotilla: Can Greece legitimately prevent the flotilla sailing to Gaza?

There has been a lot of outrage in the last week over Greece’s decision not to allow several flotilla ships sail from its docks to Gaza… Continue reading

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Turkey’s “First Christian”

Amidst news of Turkey’s political turmoil — a parliamentary boycott led by the main opposition party has overshadowed… Continue reading

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Why Freedom Flotilla 2 Didn’t Float

Since its inception the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla 2 have encountered a broad range of largely unrelated… Continue reading

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Israel, Greece, Turkey join hands to stall Gaza flotilla

The 350 activists left of the 1,500 activists originally planning to sail nine boats against Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza… Continue reading

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Tough Times Ahead in Search of Turkey’s New Soul

Polarizing the society over religious and cultural identities has been the power tactic of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) almost all along… Continue reading

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Fading Hopes, Rising Demands: Kurdish Problem Moves Closer To the Point of No Return

In the general election of June 12, 2011, candidates backed by the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) won 36 seats in Turkey… Continue reading

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Israel’s Strategic Standpoint: Mid-2011 and Mid-“Arab Spring”

There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading

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Seinfeld’s Advice for Obama Administration Policy: Do the Opposite

Just your normal Middle East policy day in which every instinct the Obama administration has is wrong… Continue reading

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Organizers of Freedom Flotilla 2 Face Difficulties

IHH head Bülent Yildirim recently announced that due to technical difficulties, the Mavi Marmara would not sail… Continue reading

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Turkey renews strategic ties with Israel ahead of showdown with Syria

After more than a year of strained relations, Turkey has decided to restore military and intelligence collaboration in the eastern Mediterranean with Israel… Continue reading

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Look Who Wants to lead the Middle East!

In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading

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Syria: Dissidents Unite to Oust Assad

Twenty years ago, I was a school kid chanting with my peers, “Our leader forever, the father, Hafez Assad!” Back then, I could not have imagined… Continue reading

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A Divisive Campaign in a Polarized Turkey

The June 12 general election was historic as it was the first general election in Turkey over which the shadow of the military… Continue reading

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Western Failure to Support the Real Freedom Fighters in the Middle East Is A Disgrace

Anthony Shadid, the New York Times’ pro-Islamist correspondent, writes an article on the… Continue reading

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Lebanon’s Radical pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian New Government

After five months of political stagnation, Lebanon has a new government… Continue reading

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Flotilla Activists Received Nonviolent Resistance Training; Hard Violence against the IDF can be Expected

The organizers of Freedom Flotilla 2 have repeatedly emphasized its purportedly humanitarian character and their commitment to… Continue reading