The Feb 28 Coup and Our Native' Colonizers
When the AK Party came to power in 2002, the people were finally able to say stop to the gang that took the state hostage during the 1990s.
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The New Turkey' and its Consolidation Pains
In the last decade, the Turkish Republic has experienced the most difficult breaking points in its history since its establishment.
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The worry is not about the possibility of a war breaking out; it is about the hope of building a new regional order in the near future fading away.
The “New Egypt” will be shaped to a great extent by a “negotiation” process between the army and the political actors in opposition. It is likely that Egypt’s transition to democracy will be a long and difficult process.
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.
The Kurdish political movement and PKK maintain discourses and activities similar to the ones they exhibited in old Turkey.
Egypt between Post-Mubarak and the Old Order
Egypt has to confront military tutelage, economic crisis, regional order and international dynamics all while learning the particulars of democratic political competition.
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What has the Occupation of Iraq Left Behind?
In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the strategy that regional forces adopt will determine the future of the occupation in Iraq.
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Following the leak of the Palmer Report to the New York Times, Turkey declared that it considered the report null and reduced its diplomatic relations with Israel to the second Secretary level.
In the wake of the Arab League’s embargo against Syria, a new period is ahead for the Baathist regime.
SETA’s public seminar “Seeking Justice And Accountability: Rights Abuses And The Arab Uprisings” brought together Joe Stork and Jan Egeland of Human Rights Watch to discuss human rights in foreign policy making, and efforts to advocate for human rights and influence regimes like that in Syria which has turned a deaf ear to calls to end the brutal clampdown on demonstrators.
It would be misleading to interpret the changes in the Arab world as isolated developments taking place in each and every country.
For the PKK, the process can only go from the initial “Defeat in the 1990s” to the “Second Defeat” in the 2010s.
On January 14, 2011, Ben Ali fled Tunisia after 23 years in power, signaling the end of the distorted regional order in the Middle East and North Africa.
Arab Spring has placed Turkey’s proactive Middle East policy at the top of international attention once again.
Turkeys long-standing Kurdish issue was also mentioned in the commentaries as a major issue that awaited a comprehensive solution.
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
