Apology Diplomacy and Asia-Pacific
If the leaders want to avoid crises that can endanger the economies of the countries, they will find a way to contain these crises. In this sense, apology diplomacy between the countries will have its own cost.
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US Betting on the Wrong Horse in Syria
US support of Kurdish offshoot group in Syria could backfire in the medium-term.
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Here is a political hyperreality: Turkey, while fighting against all terrorist groups in the region, is somehow being portrayed to the world as if it is ignoring the threat.
Despite the tension between Turkey and PKK, Turkish foreign policy regarding the creation of a safe zone aims helping and protecting the Syrian Refugees.
Turkey wants to take violence and chaos away from its doors. For this, it supports initiated defensive attacks against the strongholds of both PYD and ISIL.
Muhittin Ataman, SETA Deputy Director, rejecting the criticisms on July 28 told France 24 that Turkey has not supported the civil war in Syria but any movement, or any challenge, against the Bashar al Assad regime.
Turkey and the Fight Against ISIS
The fight against ISIS necessitates an agreement between Turkey and the international coalition to counteract ISIS and protect the countries bordering ISIS-controlled areas.
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Resisting the Spiral of Terror
The shocking aspect of the wave of terrorist violence that struck Turkey this week was that it originated from the radical-Islamist ISIS and secular-Kurdish nationalist PKK at the same time.
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It seems that there is a desire to see Turkey caught in the snare of two terror groups.
Although the recent protests in Armenia may seem to be sparked by the announcement of a 20 percent price hike in public electricity, the main reason behind them is the economic and political dependence on Russia and the crisis in Ukraine.
The success of the Obama administration with its deal with Iran will not only be judged by its contribution to non-proliferation but also on its impact on Iranian policies in the Middle East.
A massacre took place 20 years ago in and around Srebrenica in front of the whole worlds eyes with the Serbian military forces killing 8,000 Bosnian men and raping, torturing thousands of women and children after the U.N. declared the area a safe zone.
