NATO's critical Madrid summit and Türkiye
Türkiye emerges as a power that generates stability and security in its neighborhood – Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, the Gulf and North Africa.
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NATO at the Crossroads
In this collection of essays, we discuss how NATO can overcome strategic challenges and recalibrate the strength of the alliance under the new geopolitical circumstances. The essays in this report focus on NATO’s transformations after the Ukraine war and attempt to understand Türkiye’s foreign policy alternatives within the context of its relations with the West, Russia, and NATO.
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This paper consists of two main parts. In the first part, it explains the main priorities that NATO is focusing on by elaborating on the Russian attack on Ukraine, the China challenge, and the changing character of military and non-military threats. In the second part, the paper delivers a framework to make sense of why Türkiye particularly attaches unique significance to some issues. It concludes that Türkiye will continue to support NATO endeavors but the country expects its allies to cooperate on counterterrorism efforts and also expects calibrated and meaningful engagement in Greek-Turkish disagreements.
The NATO allies need to make rational decisions to promote intra-alliance solidarity at the Madrid summit.
This analysis examines the reasons behind Greece’s policy of escalating tension and whether that policy has any legal ground.
The Ukraine-Russia war has revealed another important feature of the current world system, which is in a great transformation.
How Erdoğan’s reaction and Tsipras’ warning coincide
Athens must restore the demilitarized status of the islands without further delay – unless it wants its sovereignty over the Eastern Aegean islands to be called into question.
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Greece's militarization of the islands contradicts the Lausanne Peace Treaty's purposes. Thus, Türkiye has a right to suspend Article 12 of the Treaty
'The opposition has a democratic right to criticize the Turkish government’s refugee policy. That right, however, should be exercised without poisoning the country’s democratic culture'
Israeli violence sees no limit in Palestine, with Muslims attacked, Islam targeted and international human rights violated
Turkiye's regional prominence in the Black Sea region, and substantial strategic and commercial ties with Russia and Ukraine have given it an advantage in facilitating peace talks between the two countries
Neither Russia nor the West has the right to determine the fate of the Ukrainian people and the state
We hope that this issue presents and provides the verity to its readers through an extensive and rich framing covering important events and developments related to climate change and migration.
Although the Middle Eastern countries are not active parties to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the ongoing war will have repercussions on the region
Yavuz Selim Kiran made comments at Ankara-based policy think-tank conference
No one believes the issue can be resolved soon due to the current dynamics on the island.
Through Erdoğan's road map, Turkey will activate more effective foreign policy tools to strengthen its regional and global position
2021 was not filled with many positive stories about Turkish-European Union relations. At the end of 2020, in a report published The Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), we assessed the conclusion of cautious optimism for 2021. While the side of caution prevails, the optimism has been delayed for yet another year.
The 10 envoys failed to act in line with the global norms of diplomacy and violated common values that serve as the backbone of international relations
The ambassadors chose the wrong path and attempted to interfere in Turkish domestic affairs. This is why Ankara's stance is right
