Who Will Form the New Order in the Middle East?
Unlike in the aftermath of World War I, none but the Middle East's own children are to blame for the turmoil that the region experiences today.
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Erdogan: A People's President?
Erdogan will run in Turkeys first direct presidential elections next month, but will he really unite the state and its people?
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Syria with the hundreds of thousands of dead and millions of refugees, has become the most significant humanitarian disasters of the recent history.
İhsanoğlu comes from a place in Turkish politics that neither MHP nor CHP voters can easily identify with.
Whatever happens in the presidential elections and the general elections that will follow, the Turkish economy is robust against political uncertainties and international pressures.
The turbulent and unstable state of the Middle East invites us to reconsider every possible option in order to reach longstanding stability and cooperation.
Turkey and the ISIL Nonsense
ISIL, which emerged in Iraq, did not need the Turkish border to get into Syria. Anyone who can read a map can see there is a 600 km border between Iraq and Syria. Furthermore, the political conditions that made ISIL possible have nothing to do with Turkey.
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Engagement and Avoidance in the Middle East
Obama and his team understood that public opinion has been heavily affected by "war fatigue" after two lengthy wars in the Middle East and avoiding any more conflict in the region has become priority.
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A political solution in Syria will only come about once either side stops believing that it can win this war. In other words, any political solution will need to be preceded by a military victory for either side.
Now, after a decade of challenging tests, the performance of the bloc is being widely questioned. Has the BRIC hypothesis proved to be true?
Surely, questions about the war in Iraq will never end. We will see more accusations and reporting on this war in the coming years and decades.
Having agreed to nominate Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu as their joint candidate, the opposition parties have successfully taken a first step. We will have ample time to analyze whether or not he can live up to the expectations over the coming weeks.
