US-Turkey Relations in the AK Party Decade
The U.S.-Turkey relationship took on a fresh dynamic with the onset of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
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Israel's Eclipse of Reason: Attack on Gaza and UN Vote
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.
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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.
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?
Houla and al-Assad
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.
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For the First Time a Candidate is Elected in Egypt
The practice of universal suffrage in Egypt, without limitations on gender and ethnicity, is a hopeful sign for the region.”
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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.
Syria has become one of the few friends Iran has left, after it was blatantly sanctioned by the West, the U.S and other states in the region after the Islamic revolution.
SETA PANEL Oturum BaÅŸkanı: Talip Küçükcan, SETA KonuÅŸmacılar: Walid Saffour, Suriye Ä°nsan Hakları Komitesi (SHRC) BaÅŸkanı Nadim Houry, Ä°HÄ°Ö BaÅŸkan Yrdc. ve OrtadoÄŸu ve Kuzey Afrika Sorumlusu Cengiz Çandar, Radikal Gazetesi Yazarı Tarih: 26 Nisan 2012 PerÅŸembe Saat: 11.00-13.00 Yer: SETA, Ankara Salonu
Israel wants regime change in Syria, as much as it wanted a change in Egypt, the heart of the Camp David order, of which the Syrian regime is branch.
In the wake of the Arab League’s embargo against Syria, a new period is ahead for the Baathist regime.
Relations with the region have been multi-faceted, encompassing diplomatic, economic and civil society dimensions since 2002.
The withdrawal seemed to be an achievement of the Palestinians and a positive step towards peace by the Israelis.
SETA-DC PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Kadir Ustun, SETA-DC Speakers: Daniel Levy, New America Fnd. Stevn A. Cook, Council on F.R. Erol Cebeci,SETA-DC Date: September 19, 2011 Monday Venue: SETA-DC, Washington
‘What are the implications for the Palestinian problem?’ and discuss the New Middle East a year after the first flotilla and in the wake of the Arab Spring.
