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22 July 20210111 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 20210375 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 20210352 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

4 January 20210768 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 20200799 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

20 October 20190807 Neville Teller

The Kurds, Assad and the Shape of a Future Syria

Media commentators are in a spin over recent developments along the Turkish-Syrian border. For example, several are scratching their heads over the

8 August 20190975 James M. Dorsey

George Orwell’s 1984 Revisited: The Rise of the Civilisationalists

The rise of a critical mass of world leaders including Donald J. Trump, Xi Jinping and others In Europe, Asia and Latin America who are bent on sha

2 January 20170591 James M. Dorsey

Towards a New World Order in Eurasia? The Role of Russia and China

A new Russian-led, China-backed Eurasia-centred world order may be in the making against the backdrop of alleged Russian cyber warfare against the US

18 August 20161763 Neville Teller

The Controversial Mohammed Dahlan

For years rumors of plots and counterplots have eddied around the controversial figure of Mohammed Dahlan, the charismatic Palestinian politician who

30 June 20160769 Hakim Khatib

The Quandary of Turkey’s EU Bid

Turkey – a de facto NATO-EuroMed member – moved a step closer in its bid to join the European Union after its government announced fresh talks with t