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Turkey’s foreign bribery enforcement framework needs to be urgently strengthened
In view of Turkey’s continued failure to
implement key aspects of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and to enforce its
foreign bribery laws, the Working Group on...
On the Road to “Strategic Depth” in the Black Sea Region
Authors: Ruslan Mamedov and Olga Pylova*
For many years, the Black Sea has been a platform for the military
exercises of Black Sea region countries...
Russia and Turkey: Consequences in Counterterrorism
Intelligence
communities are often examined through their organizational structure. However,
another approach is to examine cooperation agreements, conflicts, and the
successes and failures of these relationships. This...
Turkish-Chinese spat puts Central Asian leaders on the spot
A Turkish-Chinese spat as a result of Turkish criticism of China’s crackdown on
Turkic Muslims in its strategic but troubled north-western province
of Xinjiang complicates efforts...
Once the backbone of Middle Eastern protests, ultras are down but not out
Ali Issa Ahmad, a British football fan, who was lingering earlier this
year in jail in the United Arab Emirates for wearing a Qatari soccer...
Assad, Putin’s green light for battle of Idlib
All eyes are on Idlib and the terrorist group’s fate there. Media are
reporting on massive preparations by the Syrian army and its dispatch to...
Turkey needs to step up investment in renewables to curb emissions
Turkey will see its greenhouse gas emissions continue their steady rise of recent years without concrete actions to improve energy efficiency and increase the...
Turkey-Israel: Caught between friendship and enmity
In 1949, Turkey became the first Muslim country to recognize the State of Israel. Territorial disputes with Iraq (Ankara claims the Mosul region as...
The Lebanon, natural gas and local political equilibria
As can be easily foreseen, the huge amount of natural gas that is being discovered throughout the East Mediterranean region is bound to quickly...
Harsh Turkish condemnation of Xinjiang cracks Muslim wall of silence
In perhaps the most significant condemnation to date of China’s brutal crackdown on Turkic Muslims in its north-western province of Xinjiang. Turkey’s foreign ministry...