Is Drowning Immigrants the EU’s New Strategy?
��‘You have to understand, no one puts their children in a boat, unless the water is safer than the land’’ – Warsan Shire, Somali poet.
Turkey and Russia Partners by Fate?
Thus, Russia sees rivalry with the U.
EU-Turkey Accession Negotiations Backsliding?
Turkey’s accession negotiations have effectively come to a standstill no further chapters can be considered for opening or closing and no further work towards the modernization of the Customs Union can be currently foreseen.
Will Russia Back Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean?
he collapse of the Soviet Union and the early years of the new Russian Federation were marked by the country leaving regions it was traditionally present.
Will the Far-Right Lead Europe?
eading towards the May 26 European elections, a new wind is blowing over the Old Continent.
Will Eastern Mediterranean Gas Bring Prosperity or Disorder?
he Eastern Mediterranean Basin, which has become a focus of interest for regional and global energy actors in recent years due to its natural gas reserves, is home to new developments every day.
Why the Eastern Mediterranean is of Strategic Importance for Turkey
egional and international actors have anxiously and cautiously followed Turkey’s increasing activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Change of Game in Turkish Politics: The New Political Blocs
urkey has recently gone through a highly competitive local election process and the campaigns, alliances and results tell us many things about the newly established presidential system and new electoral behaviors and political culture in the country.
A Tale of Two Erdogans: How The West Went Rogue on Turkey
hen Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became the Turkish Prime Minister in 2003, it was immediately clear that a new era had dawned in the country.
Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Equation
t has not been easy to exploit regions across the globe with copious amounts of hydrocarbon resources without conflict and war.
Öcalan’s Birthday and the PKK’s Day of the Dead
ccording to the PKK terrorist organization’s media outlets, last week was PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s birthday.
The End of the Liberal World?
ntering the long list of false prophets, Francis Fukuyama, in the summer of 1989, emphatically announced the “end of history,” suggesting that the progressive collapse of the Communist bloc and the supposed victory of its erstwhile adversary marked the “end point of mankind’s ideological evolution,” and that there existed a “remarkable consensus concerning liberal democracy as a system of government.
A Muslim Chancellor in Germany?
ermany has a lot of domestic problems that the government and each responsible federal office have to face.
Chinese Foreign Direct Investments threaten the Independence of EU States
Looking from Ankara, it seems like the Chinese leaders have altered the second part of the proverb as “you must buy a road.
The Hysteria of Cultural Racism
n the present day, it is hard to believe in scientific racism.
Turkey as a Rising Actor in Global Arms Exports
he Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has published the most recent statistics on global arms exports.
Radicalization in Egypt May Haunt Europe
he Egyptian resort city of Sharm Al-Sheikh hosted the League of Arab States-European Union (LAS-EU) Summit, which gathered the presidents, prime ministers, kings, and high-ranking officials from 49 European and Arab states on 24-25 February, 2019.
Cyprus in the Midst of Shifting Tides in the Mediterranean Gas Competition
he status quo in Cyprus may be unlikely to change any time soon, but an international gas bonanza in the Eastern Mediterranean is certainly causing enough geopolitical shockwaves to rock the boat.
Yellow Vest Protests and the Constraints of Modern Democracy
he latest “Yellow Vest” protests did not break out all of a sudden.
The End of History or the End of Democracy in Austria?
eparting from the Japanese-American political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s contention in his “The End of History” thesis that liberal democracy is the final form of political regime that humanity has achieved so far, it can be inferred that the latest turbulences confronted in recent years in the West, especially in Austria, signalize a crisis in democracy.
