Obama, Israel and the New Middle East
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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Syria: Quo Vadis?
It would be accurate to interpret the United StatesÂ’ and the WestÂ’s increasing interest in Syria as a rush to secure a role in the scenario in which the Baath regime is nearing its end.
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The people’s peaceful protest is imperative and a national duty, until the army responds and announces its support for the people.”
We will continue to witness a U.S. policy striving to adjust to the process in Syria. Nevertheless, this policy is not one that is pregnant with revolutionary turning points!
Another approach to the analysis of the Syrian crisis is to acknowledge the massacres committed by the Assad regime, but in the end, to own up the analyses mentioned above.
Syria today is a place where cities are being annihilated, tens of thousands civilians are being massacred, and hundreds of thousands are forced to become refugees.
Iran and Post-al-Assad
Iran has to change its perspective on the region if it really wants to become a determining factor in the region post-al-Assad.
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Turkey and Saudi Arabia: Newly Discovered Partners?
Due to their different regime types and ideologically-oriented foreign policies, relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia did not progress throughout the 20th century.
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SETA PANEL Moderator: Ufuk UlutaÅŸ, SETA Foundation Speakers: Steven Heydemann, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Muhittin Ataman, Abant Ä°zzet Baysal University Date/Time: May 25, 2012, FRIDAY 14:00 Venue: SETA Ankara room, ANKARA
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.
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.
America will only then - if indeed it wants - be free from the three answers or the single al-Assad answer outlined above!
As so many outside powers have clashing geopolitical, security, and economic interests, what does the road ahead look like for Syria?
The wave of uprisings that spread through North Africa, and the Middle East have brought our region to an interesting junction in terms of the proxy wars.
Conspiracy theories are instruments of creative thinking. Yet, there is a huge difference between creative thinking and insisting on selective facts that only align with a theory.
In the past decade, Turkey moved towards more domestic democracy - while its neighbourhood changed in fundamental ways.
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Once Turkey considers and comes to terms with the challenge of formulating a new political language, it can rise to the level it aspires to as a new actor in a new region and in a new global order.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Ankara last Tuesday is important for the current state of Turkish-Iraqi relations. The visit focused on trade and security, and these are two crucial areas for both countries
Iraq is like a miniature of the Middle East with its population structure and social characteristics. Each domestic actor in Iraq has relations with ethnic and religious groups in the neighboring countries.
