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NEW BOOK WRITTEN BY UPA CONTRIBUTOR FADI ELHUSSEINI
UPA contributor Fadi Elhusseini’s new book The Arab Spring: Effect on Turkey’s Role, Decision-making and Foreign Policy is published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The Arab Spring: Effect on Turkey’s Role, Decision-making and Foreign Policy The book
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TÜRK DIŞ POLİTİKASI LİTERATÜRÜNE YENİ BİR KATKI: ‘TURKEY’S RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST’
Türkiye’nin açılan yeni üniversiteleri, düşünce kuruluşları ve genişleyen vizyonuna paralel olarak, Türk Dış Politikası literatüründe de son dönemde birbiri ardına yeni ve önemli kitaplar yayınlanmaya başladı. Bu kitaplardan birisi de, Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi (YDÜ)
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TRUMP AND THE PALESTINIAN STATE
Donald Trump’s victory was a real shock, not only for decision-makers in every single capital on this planet, but also to experts and observers who saw nothing but a landslide triumph for the Democrats
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HOW WAS OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY?
Barack Hussein Obama (1961-)[1] is the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office and also the first American President born outside the continental United States.[2]
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OMAN: A PEACEFUL OASIS IN A FLAMING REGION
In a fractious, unstable region rife with conflicts, one country appears to be unscathed. It is telling that Oman emerged not only intact from the ramifications of the Arab Spring, but also shied away
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SYRIA: RUSSIA IS OFFICIALLY IN THE REGION
Since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising, Russia has limited itself to its traditional role of providing arms as well as military and logistical experts to its Arab allies. As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s
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THE MIDDLE EAST: RISING AND FALLING STARS
In 2011, Turkey was seen as an unstoppable regional power and a rising star led by its Justice and Development Party (AKP). But the arrival of the Arab Spring heralded a deep change in
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HAMAS DIPLOMATIC ACTIVISM: MODIFIED STRATEGIES AND NEW ALLIANCES
Many observers saw in Tony Blair’s meeting with head of Hamas’ political bureau Khaled Meshal a breakthrough that may take Hamas out of the bottleneck and may lead to a long-term truce between the
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MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF THE U.S.: TRIUMPH OF DECEIT
The Near and the Middle East have always been a priority in the world strategy of the U.S. For Washington, this region is not just a geography endowed with oil and gas reserves but
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THE ARAB SPRING AND THE RISE OF NON-STATE ACTORS
It the past four years, Arabs have been living in endless Sisyphean ordeal, an unexpected nightmare after rising for what they called “the Arab Spring”. A very similar scenario was cloned in most of
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