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ARMENIA BETWEEN “RUSSIAN HAMMER” AND “WESTERN ANVIL”
Debate goes on about the potential outcome of official Yerevan’s decision to join the Customs Union (CU). Armenian experts primarily criticize the leadership of the country on this issue. They have become sensitive in
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‘SINK OR SWIM’: TIME FOR A TWO-WAY RE-ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE EU
EU-Turkey relations were put on hold before the summer awaiting approval by European Union (EU) Member States to restart negotiations on the basis of European Commission’s annual Turkey progress report. For the first time
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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 PROFESSOR MANUEL FEREZ
Ayşe Yarar: Mr. Ferez, thank you very much for accepting our interview proposal. Could you please give some information about your academic life and studies? Manuel Ferez: I am a Professor on Middle Eastern
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CYPRUS DISPUTE IN TERMS OF ENERGY POLITICS
There is no denying that “energy politics” has become a significant part of the regional and global economy as well as geopolitics and international relations in the last decades. While energy policy is about the
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SOUTH CAUCASUS: NEW GEOPOLITICAL GAMES AND CONFIGURATIONS
Geopolitical rivalry between the large powers of the world is being supplemented with the new content. So far, it has been more pronounced in the Middle East. Nevertheless, the sequence of events indicates that
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TURKEY, A MECCA FOR CHRISTIANS
If I say Turkey, the first thing that comes to most peoples’ minds are the buzzwords Middle East, Muslim, and headscarves. For those slightly more politically minded, its “Armenian genocide”, Cypriot stalemate, or lack
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AN ANALYSIS ON THE APPROACHES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, ISRAEL AND TURKEY ABOUT THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN
1. The Approach of the European Union on Iran’s Nuclear Program The European Union has always been in a critical dialogue process with Iran on the issues of
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