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RUSSIA-TURKEY: THE DEPTH OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
The emergence of new geopolitical issues in the Middle East and Iran has increased the importance of relations between Ankara and Moscow. In this context, Prime Minister Erdogan’s recent visit to St. Petersburg and
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U.S.-IRAN: WILL COOPERATION HAPPEN?
Rapprochement in relations between the U.S. and Iran is a current topic of the information stream. Certain messages voiced by the heads of both states during the address in the UN are indicative of
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROBERT MASON
Dr. Robert Mason is Lecturer in International Relations department at the British University in Egypt (http://www.bue.edu.eg/). He writes, teaches and researches on the broad subject of International Relations, with a particular emphasis on Middle
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR DANIEL PIPES
Daniel Pipes is President of the American think-tank, the Middle East Forum (http://www.meforum.org/), and publisher of its journal, the Middle East Quarterly. His writing focuses on the American foreign policy, the Middle East, Islam and Islamism. For details
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TURKEY’S FOREIGN POLICY NEEDS A RESET
Turkey’s current situation proves that the AKP’s foreign policy approach has roundly failed. When they rose to power in 2002, Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, made a
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KİLİS, MİDYAT, ANTAKYA: WHERE HUMANITY IS LAID BARE?
I travelled to Turkey a month or so ago for a wedding, and a friend asked what I would like to do with my few days of free time. My immediate response: let’s go
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A PLEA FOR TRANSITIONAL AL-ASSAD RULE
The term “Arab Spring” refers to the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that took place in Arab region during 2011 and 2012. After peaceful transitions in Tunisia and Egypt, Arab Spring’s third station
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2014: OBAMA VS. ERDOGAN
One simple alteration to the electoral system in America would have resulted in a landslide victory for incumbent Barack Obama in the US presidential election, to the effect of a stomping four-to-one margin of
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