More: Turkey
The Turkish Gambit
The only
certainty in war is its intrinsic uncertainty, something Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan could soon chance upon. One only has to look back on
America's...
Could Turkish aggression boost peace in Syria?
On
October 7, 2019, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of
American troops from northeast Syria, where the contingent alongside Kurdish
militias controlled the vast...
Turkey and the Kurds: What goes around comes around
Turkey, like much of the Middle East, is discovering that what goes
around comes around.
Not only because President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have
miscalculated the...
Turkey in the Kurdish Rojava
Since the
beginning of clashes in Syria, Turkey has aimed at annexing the left bank of the Euphrates up to
Mossul, a strip of land about...
A self-inflicted wound: Trump surrenders the West’s moral high ground
For the better part of a
century, the United States could claim the moral high ground despite allegations
of hypocrisy because its policies continuously contradicted its...
No peace for Kurds: Rojava still under attack
The Amazon
is still on fire. The “lungs of the Earth” are hardly breathing while the
flames are threatening people and nature reserves. As long as...
US-Turkish partnership: “strategic” does not mean “reliable”
The continuing tension in the Middle East has yet
again become a discussion point during the so-called top-level week of the 74th
Session of the UN...
Putin, clumsily, seeks to exploit mounting Gulf tensions
Vladimir Putin, eager to capitalize on escalating tension in the Gulf,
looks like he needs a marketing and reputation management advisor.
Mr. Putin recognized opportunity when...
Playing politics: Trump and Netanyahu risk sparking nuclear arms race
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani may not be the only one to have welcomed US President
Donald J. Trump’s cancellation of peace talks with the Taliban....
Challenging the world order: Erdogan wants right to develop nuclear weapons
Brinkmanship may be his trademark, but Turkish
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to provoke the ire of the
international community by launching a nuclear weapons...