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The United States of America needs to reiterate its global-police role
In relation to the Trump’s isolationistic assertion, which America should pull back as a world police and according to its diminishing role, Counter Narco-Terrorism...
A new war in the Middle East?
In the Middle East, a new stormy confrontation may emerge. After the ISIS militants’ defeat and the beginning of a political settlement in Syria,...
The ‘Why’ Of the Embassy Move to Jerusalem: ‘Nose to Nose With a Con Man’
The Jerusalem story is the centerpiece of news this week. Donald Trump and Mike Pence, an evangelical, in favor of moving the embassy and...
Zarrab Case: Strong Signal of Change for Turkish Foreign Policy
During three investigations held by İstanbul Public Prosecutor between 17-25 December 2013, various people including businessmen, bureaucrats, and government officials were subjected to operations...
Silk diplomacy of the Celestial Empire against the Turkistan Islamic Party
The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) called the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China held in October 2017 “a gathering of atheists” and...
Reviving an Ancient Route? The Role of the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars Railway
Though the initial idea about the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project was raised in the early 1990s, it was not taken seriously due to regional...
The Russian strategy in the Middle East
The Russian Federation has already won the war in Syria and is therefore the hegemonic power throughout the Middle East. Despite tensions at the...
Time to Make Friends with the Promised Land
The first thing Armenia began to do shortly after it gained independence was establishing diplomatic relations with other states. This process received broad political...
Middle East, Oil and Security
In my latest article I mentioned the factors one needs to keep an eye on to track the trajectory of oil prices, for the...
US-Turkish visa spat: A fight for basic freedoms
Moves by the United States and Turkey that largely ban travel of their nationals between the two countries is about more than two long-standing...