Has Turkey’s Syria Policy Changed?
he final declaration of the Istanbul summit, which included Turkey, Russia, Germany, and France was interpreted by some authorities as Turkey having changed its Syria policy.
Turkey-US Relations: How to Save a Bent Relationship From Being Broken?
Turkey has learnt how to coordinate its actions with other global powers such as Russia based on mutual respect and understanding.
US-Saudi Relations in a New Perspective
The Act was originally intended to punish Russian officials responsible for the death of Russian tax accountant Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison in 2009, specifically preventing implicated officials from travelling to the US or using the US banking system.
Does Quadruple Talk in Istanbul Signal Peace for Syria?
oday in Istanbul, four governments — Turkey, Russia, Germany, and France — are meeting for a summit over Syria, attempting to consolidate the Sochi Agreement signed by Russia and Turkey over Idlib, and re-invigorate the international political process.
Trump’s Middle East Strategic Alliance: A Failed Project?
Additionally, Sisi’s close relations with Russia is another sign of Egypt’s reluctance to join a U.
Have Relations Between Turkey and the US Normalized?
Russia’s enhancement of its influence and Turkey’s tendency to act autonomously in the Middle East can be cited in this context.
What are the Implications of America’s New Syria Policy for Turkey?
Turkey sent reinforcements to its observation posts in and around Idlib to prevent the regime from an easy takeover while lobbying Russia to prevent such an operation.
The US-Iran Scramble for post-Abadi Iraq: How Will Turkey be Affected?
and Russia have reached a tacit agreement, agreeing that Syria is in the interest of Russia, and thus leaving the job of containing Iran’s influence in the country to both Tel Aviv and Moscow.
What Turkey-German Relations Needs is More Realpolitik and Less Ideology
However, important powers such as China, Russia, and the European Union do not show any eagerness to fill the vacuum that the U.
Turkey may consult with its 81 million citizens for EU accession process
While party to the Astana process, in which Iran and Russia are also guarantor states, recently Ankara and Moscow reached an agreement on the Idlib issue.
EU fault lines: Brexit, Belt and Road Initiative and rising Germany
Nas added that the 2008 global financial crisis that took a toll on Greece, the Ukraine-Russia tensions, Russia’s expansionist policies and refugee crises have all respectively triggered concentric pressures on Europe.
Towards a New International System Without US Leadership
In order to protect its national security and economic interests in the region by minimizing the detrimental impact of the Syrian conflict, Turkey has worked with Russia and Iran on the diplomatic and strategic fronts, the EU on the humanitarian front, and the U.
The False Promise of the United Nations
Russia, China, the U.
Turkey Seeks a New Status in International Politics
has started to take an isolationist turn in its foreign policy by declaring the end of globalization and the liberal international order, the European powers and emerging powers such as China and Russia are only concerned with protecting their own national security.
Where is Turkey’s foreign policy leading to?
Inat stated that it is "natural" for Turkey to seek alternative allies - including Russia - due to its deteriorating relations with its Western allies.
Claims of foreign interference in elections boomerangs on Trump’s psyche
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While the potential of China interfering in US midterms haunts Trump, it also sheds a different light, right from the source, to claims over Russian meddling of presidential elections in 2016.
Turkey Buys Time (and Hope) for Idlib
urkish President Erdogan met his counterpart Putin in Russia’s Sochi on Monday.
Winning Idlib
However, from a geopolitical perspective, Idlib -- as the last territorial stronghold of the opposition armed groups -- turns into a chess-board between Russia and Turkey.
Protectionism, Trade Wars and Trump’s Political Motives
adopts tariff regulations as a bargaining item not only against China, but also the EU, Russia, and Turkey, a political and economic isolation of the U.
As Diplomacy Moves on in Idlib, so does Turkey’s Deterrence Strategy
fter last Friday’s tripartite summit of Iran, Russia, and Turkey in Tehran, there was another meeting this Friday, bringing Turkey, Russia, France, and Germany together in Istanbul.
