Trump damages the global system the US established
The Trump administration is destroying the system that the U.S. established in the wake of World War II by alienating its long-time allies
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Cautious optimism for Turkey-US partnership
Turkey's response to the U.S. sanctions against two of its Cabinet ministers has been decisive, yet reasonable. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Singapore last week to convey the message that Washington's threats were unacceptable.
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Washington is aware of the fact that threatening the rule of law and sovereignty of Turkey will not be accepted from Ankara and such a move will be counterproductive for the release of pastor Brunson
President Trump is not concerned about the interests, expectations and concerns of other states, and it is no surprise that he has declared most of the U.S. partners as enemies
Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to South Africa to attend the 2018 BRICS summit along with a group of journalists, including myself.
US threats to impose sanctions 'counterproductive and could erase any progress' in two countries' relations, say experts
BRICS Summit and consensus-building efforts in a fragmented world
The 10th Summit of the BRICS countries began in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 25. The group includes five emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The BRICS countries comprise 40 percent of the world's population.
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Facing US pressure, Iran looks for a way out of crisis
The war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, entered a new stage, as Iran's president, commonly known as a moderate reformist, moved closer to hardliners such as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and General Qasem Suleimani.
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The dispute over the charges against Pastor Brunson is just the top of the iceberg in the deepening crisis between Ankara and Washington
The Helsinki summit between presidents Trump and Putin reaffirmed that Russia, not the United States, is the top dog in Syria
The Tehran government needs to think twice before taking any steps in domestic and foreign policies as internal turmoil has not ended yet
The Helsinki summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin did not yield any tangible outcomes, but can be described as a good start to discussing several bilateral and regional problems
Nowadays it is hard to find a film analogy to describe U.S.-Russia relations. The rivalry of old days and the reset of the recent past are all over.
The ongoing rift between the U.S. and the EU countries in NATO hints at the slow collapse of the Western alliance
It seems that Western unity has slowly shattered over the last decade with most Western or Western-dominated international organizations starting to splinter.
The trade war between the U.S. and China will not remain confined to the two, but could have huge impacts on many other actors in the global system
Turkey and the United States started implementing the Manbij road map, a framework created by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 4. On June 12-13, senior military officials from both countries held talks in Stuttgart, Germany, and worked out the details, including the establishment of monitoring posts and patrol routes in Manbij.
Tehran sees Turkey's counterterrorism operation in Qandil as a threat to its influence over Iraq and across the region more generally
The Turkish people will choose a leader who will skillfully manage the country in a rapidly changing and unpredictable global system, in which even historical allies are turning against one another
One of the most discussed issues in Washington, D.C. nowadays is the Iran strategy of the Trump administration.
Trump's unilateralist foreign policy is leading the U.S. down a self-destructive path while increasing the competition and tension between global powers
