Turkey: From 2012 to 2013
Turkey in 2013 will have the potential to stand out as an island of political stability and security both regionally and globally.
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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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Criticisms and debates on Turkish foreign policy are embroiled in domestic polemics while regional and global variables are ignored.
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.
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!
Hezbollah continues to recklessly spend the capital it has built with its resistance against Israel on the Baath regime.
The Baath Regime is Committing Suicide
Turkey’s definitive stance on the issue shifted the Syrian resistance’s regional dynamics and event the faith of the Syrian regime.
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Syria, the UN and the US
The only way the U.S. can take a constructive role in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings is to follow a foreign policy that is realistic and geared towards restoring justice.
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The al-Maliki government, particularly in the past year, has employed the most ordinary Baathist strategies.
Turkey should recognize that the neighbors with which it will likely share its longest borders are not Syria and Iraq, but Kurdish political entities.
Iran has to change its perspective on the region if it really wants to become a determining factor in the region post-al-Assad.
Those who insisted that al-Assad was there to stay for a long time, after a bomb went off in Damascus, moved onto the second propaganda phase.
If Turkey’s CHP believes that they are up to the task of running the country, the Syrian crisis may serve as a great opportunity to convince the still doubtful voters.
Hafez al-Assad, with his collaborative strategies, his power of control and cruelty, corresponds to Vito Corleone.
The Syrian regime, with its latest move, has cleared the path for Turkey to be a more legitimate and involved actor of the current crisis.
The results of this litmus test will be utilized in the new Middle East numerous times!
The round table underlined the significance of Russia and Iran in the Syrian crisis, while highlighting the inefficiency of regional and international organizations.
“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.
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 Annan Plan was a miracle plan that could have benefited, in the short term, all those who were not disturbed by the bloodshed.
