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22 February 20220123 James M. Dorsey

Russia breathes down Middle Eastern necks over Ukraine

By James M. Dorsey Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern stat

16 January 20220170 James M. Dorsey

Kazakhstan, like Ukraine, spotlights the swapping of the rule of law for the law of the jungle

By James M. Dorsey When a Russian-led military force intervened earlier this month, it did more than help Kazakh President Qasym-Johart Toqayev res

23 July 20210485 Neville Teller

Turkey and Israel – are they to be friends?

Diplomats the world over blinked in disbelief on Tuesday, July 13 when the news broke that the previous evening Turkey’s president, Rece

22 July 20210486 Neville Teller

Cyprus – the two-state solution the UN rejects

The UN’s enthusiastic support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian dispute is well attested, but there is a certain two-state solutio

In the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi schoolbooks

21 March 20210592 James M. Dorsey

Turkish Schoolbooks Replaced Saudi Texts in Muslim Majority World

In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in the Mu

21 March 20210605 Neville Teller

Turkey’s Suspicious Charm Offensive

Back in the Autumn of 2020 Turkey’s relations with much of the world were at a low ebb while, at the same time, political developments were in train t

15 January 20210683 Neville Teller

Turkey Talks with Forked Tongue

Normalisation is in the air. In the past few weeks Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced not only that he would like to have better re

10 January 20210605 MPC Journal Team

Turkish Army Claims It Killed 226 Terrorists in 43 Operations

On 10 January 2021, Turkish Ministry of Defence released a video saying that the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) had carried out a total of 43 operations d

4 January 20210999 James M. Dorsey

Erdogan positions powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new year, pledging to employ his country’s military to secure Turkey’s place in a rebalanced new world o

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will remain in northern Syria until all 'terrorists' leave the area [File: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images]

10 March 202001077 Neville Teller

What Game Is Turkey Playing in Syria?

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - © Photo: File: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images[/caption] Three basic factors underlie Turkey’s stance in the confused