While no big surprises are expected from the local elections, the perception of success or failure of the ruling party will have an impact on its calculations with respect to the presidential election and the parliamentary election in 2015.
MoreThe analysis offers a local, regional and global landscape of key issues and actors in regards to the new rounds of the American brokered peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority under the Kerry Talks.
MoreIt is argued in the analysis that the UN is far from playing an effective and consistent role in the globalizing international order and this is the main reason behind decreasing reliability and prestige of the UN in the eyes of the international society.
This analysis offers a general assessment of Turkeys relations with the Balkans under the AK Party government.