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Trump & Erdogan: Can Cordial Relations Fix Structural Issues Between Turkey and The U.S.?
When U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to the White House this week, the optics will be warm. The two leaders...
U.S.–Turkey Defense Talks: Erdogan’s Push for F-35s Tests Sanctions and Alliance Politics
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first visit to the White House in six years signals Ankara’s renewed attempt to restore access to U.S. defense...
Energy Shift: Turkey Strikes Long-Term Deal for American Gas
Turkey has signed a 20-year deal with Mercuria to purchase U. S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar.
This agreement...
The Politics Behind the Tehran–Islamabad–Istanbul Link
The plan to bring back the Tehran–Islamabad–Istanbul rail corridor feels like one of those big regional ideas that’s been floating around for ages but...
Turkey Cuts Tariffs on U.S. Goods Ahead of Erdogan-Trump Talks
Turkey announced on Monday that it has ended retaliatory tariffs imposed in 2018 on various U. S. imports, including passenger cars and fruit. This...
The Echoes of the Good Friday Agreement: The Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process
The recent announcement by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm could mark the closing salvo of its four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state....
Turkish Markets, Democracy on Watch as Turkish Court Weighs Annulling CHP Congress
Background
Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), the main opposition force and party of founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, has endured nearly a year of sweeping legal...
Google partly down in Turkey, parts of Europe
ISTANBUL, Sept 4- Some Google services including YouTube temporarily went down on Thursday in Turkey and some parts of Europe including Greece and Germany,...
Erdoğan’s Participation in the SCO Tianjin Summit and the Trajectory of Turkish-Chinese Relations
On August 31, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was in Tianjin, China, to attend the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State...
KHAN Missiles and the Potential Balance of Power in ASEAN
In the last decade, Southeast Asia has experienced an acceleration in the modernization of defense equipment, especially Indonesia, which is now the first operator...