Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paying a visit to the United States attended a conference, “Global Order and Justice in the 21st Century” organized by SETA in Washington D.C.
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The irony of the fate is that President of the United States Barack Obama had to broker IsraelÂ’s or the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuÂ’s defeat to Turkey in the Middle East - though he could not wrestle with Israel in Washington.
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In addition to a big plus in the diplomatic success column of Turkey, for the sake of being realistic however, the structural issues such as the Turkish-Israeli conflict over the regional vision and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, etc. should be taken into consideration.
Palestinian President Mahmoud AbbasÂ’ visit was a quid pro quo for the active role Turkey played during the voting process.
Although a clear, distinctive line exists between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, Israeli circles have a tendency to distort the meaning of anti-Semitism in a way to include anti- Zionism as part of it.
One of the fundamental issues and the source of ‘fear’ for many in the West after the revolution in Egypt was a possible radical change in the foreign policy area. But what has changed in the foreign policy of Egypt after the revolution?
As long as the U.S. insists on the old order of the Middle East via its support for Israel, it will soon no longer possess the necessary political software to deal with the new Middle East.
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The United States that had actualized the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe at the end of the Second World War, today, with the Marshall Islands vote, trapped the Middle Eastern politics between a political rock and a hard place.
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The U.S.-Turkey relationship took on a fresh dynamic with the onset of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
Israel lost its zero sum game and Palestine emerged as the winner. As long as Israel doesnÂ’t pursue a win-win strategy, it will be doomed to be a loser.
Israel, with its attack on Gaza, has tried the United States. The results of this test show that America is still behind Israel.
Israel has been living in political déjà vu for some time now. It neither comprehends the transformation in the region, nor does it have the political capacity to analyze the future.
Syria and Israel are two semi-states which base their identities on pretended hostility.
The results of this litmus test will be utilized in the new Middle East numerous times!
“Should al-Assad step down, disaster will ensue.” This assumption not only asserts that a region with al-Assad is possible, but it insists that it would in fact be better. Is that really so?
The massacre in Houla last week demonstrated once again that not much has changed since the uprisings started in Syria. The Baathist regime continues to kill in front of the whole world.
The practice of universal suffrage in Egypt, without limitations on gender and ethnicity, is a hopeful sign for the region.”
The Arab world is going through fundamental social and political transformation. By the end of 2010, Arab states were stagnant and paralyzed.
The final leg of support for the Syrian Ba’ath regime’s geopolitical comfort zone was the political climate generated by the other dictatorships in the area.
Turkish foreign policy has entered a new phase, and it is highly possible that this phase will prove to be a breaking point.