Turkey and Germany: Strategic partnership in the making
If Ankara and Berlin can overcome the challenges of recent years, a new strategic partnership could be in the making
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Reviving the UN makes the world safer
Almost everyone agrees that there is a need for serious change in the structure of the U.N. However, there is no agreement on the nature and the direction of this change
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Turkey’s vision of humanitarian aid is not about aid packages or vulnerable people waiting in line, says Emine Erdogan
resident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be in New York this week to hold a large number of bilateral meetings and address the United Nations General Assembly. Provided that Erdoğan speaks right after U.S. President Donald Trump, it will be interesting to compare the two leaders' remarks.
If Russia and Turkey can make the Idlib deal work, their cooperation in Syria will mean the two countries have crossed a strategic threshold
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday. .
Fortifying and nourishing Turkish-Russian relations
Talks on Syria have brought Ankara and Moscow closer together, and are helping in developments and collaboration on other bilateral issues such as nuclear energy, natural gas, tourism and trade
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Russia, Iran planning to declare victory over Idlib
Regime leader Assad wants to claim victory over Idlib to prove he has Syrian lands under his control, says analyst
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However, the latest crisis in Syria can actually help revive relations, but only if the U.S. and Turkey can establish a meaningful conversation, effective channels for dialogue and the intention to work together toward common objectives.
It is crucial that the international community concentrates on diplomatic efforts to revive the political process, and it must also put more pressure on Russia, Iran and the Assad regime to prevent the imminent military offensive against Idlib
Regional and global actors cannot reach common ground in order to end the Idlib crisis, signaling that the Syrian civil war will most probably get worse in the future
With the U.S. midterm elections around the corner, public debate on President Donald Trump's political future is heating up.
The crisis in Idlib has brought the question of Syria to the top of the agenda one more time for the world.
The Tehran trilateral summit did not result in the best solution to the crisis in Idlib, but it was a good starting point for the peace process
One of the most significant unknowns in Washington for the last seven years has been the Syrian policy. The inconsistency between rhetoric and policy, the absence of a strategy and indecisiveness were considered the pillars of the U.S. position
The current American administration, led by an ultra-nationalist and xenophobic politician, has abandoned the traditional principles of American hegemony, namely liberal democracy and the free market
Syrian regime forces are preparing to launch a major military operation against opposition-led groups in the Idlib province of northern Syria.
The foreign policy makers of the Trump administration are damaging the U.S.' prestige among its allies, leaving the country more isolated than ever
The strained atmosphere between Turkey and the U.S. is not likely to change until Trump stops being a bully
The U.S. administration's anti-Turkey actions have led Ankara to simultaneously end its disagreements with EU countries and deepen its strategic partnership with Moscow
World politics is presently going through an extensive transition process, which is directly reformulating the existing balances among global powers
