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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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WILL MOSCOW GIVE UP SUPPORTING ASSAD?
Apparently, Riyadh’s Middle East policy is undergoing certain changes. According to some U.S. media outlets, the government of Saudi Arabia has allegedly offered Russia to cut the oil production – something to lead inevitably
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ASSESSMENT OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IN 2014
It might be a good idea to make an objective general assessment of Turkish Foreign Policy in 2014 during the last days of the year. This year Turkish Foreign Policy had some successes as well
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A FAREWELL TO SOUTH STREAM: A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR RUSSIA AND TURKEY OR A ZERO-SUM GAME FOR RUSSIA AND EU?
Prior to evaluate how the cancellation of South Stream Natural Gas Pipeline Project will affect the European energy security, the process of South Stream Project should be put forward in order to better understand
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THE SYRIAN TUNNEL AND THE SPRING
When the first spontaneous explosions of the Arab democratic revolutions erupted in Tunisia in December 2010, many were hoping that this revolt might usher in a new beginning for the whole region. When Egypt
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TURKEY’S KURDISH CHALLENGE
The transformation of “Arab Spring” into “Arab Winter” due to bloody civil war in Syria, military takeover in Egypt and instabilities in Libya not only decreased hopes for democracy in the Arab world, but
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TURKEY’S NEW PM WILL BE PROFESSOR AHMET DAVUTOĞLU
Turkey’s newly elected President of the Republic, Mr. “Undefeatable”, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently announced that he will support his Foreign Minister Prof. Ahmet Davutoğlu to replace him in the party congress that will be
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TWO ASPECTS OF THE US FOREIGN POLICY: DOUBLE STANDARDS AND INJUSTICE
World politics is changing swiftly. Now it is getting more difficult to sell lie as truth. Humanity seems to be sick of being deceived. The attitude to the US President Barack Obama`s speech in
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NEW SPECTRE OF TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ISLAMIC WORLD FACE TO FACE WITH NEW TRAGEDY
A new wave of terror in Iraq has given rise to concern in the world. The religious group named ISIS claimed control of the territory of the country. Experts have a different approach to
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RUSSIA-TURKEY RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS
Annexation of Crimea has paved the way for serious changes in the geopolitics as a whole. Analysts evaluate this issue from various aspects. The analysis shows that the situation may change dramatically in the
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