Trump is impeached, but not gone!
Discussions over President Donald Trump’s impeachment started as soon as he walked into the Oval Office in 2017. There were several reasons but the most important was the possibility that Russia may have interfered in the 2016 Presidential elections helping Trump to become the 45th U.S. president.
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Trump must stop Congress from ending Turkey-US relationship
The U.S. Congress, acting under the influences of anti-Turkey sentiment in Washington, is back in the game.
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From sanctions against Turkey to cooperation with nonstate actors, the U.S. establishment seeks ways to help the PKK form a statelet in the region
Tensions between Turkey and the United States are re-escalating. Washington is inclined to delay the Aug. 7 agreement on the creation of a safe zone in northeastern Syria. In other words, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is effectively ignoring U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to establish a 20-mile safe zone and seeks to stall the process – as it did in Manbij.
U.S. President Donald Trump took yet another step to legitimize Israeli expansionism after recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital last year. 'After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the state of Israel and regional stability', Trump tweeted. Governments around the world reacted harshly to that decision.
For the time being, Washington and Ankara find themselves in a favorable position to hold talks and the two must now take constructive, concrete steps regarding potential flashpoints in the region
The 2018 midterm elections and their implications for Trump's presidency
After the 2018 midterm elections, the Democrats' focus will be more on domestic affairs, while Trump intends to pursue a more active foreign policy and use it as a political opportunity
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The Trump effect continues to affect the US
The Trump administration's complete disregard for international institutions and norms, commitment to unilateralism, ability to weaponize economic sanctions, populism, selfish nationalism, willingness to transform immigration into a national security threat, and isolationism have been slowly changing Western democracies.
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With the U.S. midterm elections around the corner, public debate on President Donald Trump's political future is heating up.
Whether Trump gets impeached or not, the international community will have to deal with the negative side effects of the impeachment process
The U.S. president continues straining his country's ties with Ankara by making irrational and undiplomatic moves against Turkish national interests
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
Western countries may appease Ankara, but it will not deter Turkey from cooperating with Russia and Iran so long as the West supports the YPG
It seems that Trump has tried to exploit the regional chaos, state failures and divisive policies of some Muslim countries.
While Trump has to deal with the senior figures of the U.S. establishment, who voice their dislike of him at every opportunity, he also needs to develop policies to consolidate his own base
