Echoes of Rasputin in the Modern World
Rasputin, a Russian peasant, later trusted counselor to the last Romanov family, was widely perceived as being the power behind the Russian Tsar.
Perils of the PKK’s Arms: The MANPADS Challenge
Easily Proliferated and A Natural Choice for Non-State Actors
The Russian-made SA series MANPADS are especially selling to many countries, and easy to find in the open weapon market.
As Washington looks to divide the Middle East, Turkey pins Hopes on Democracy
First, Ankara’s 65th government, in line with the new contours of its foreign policy has decided to diversify its relations with both near and distant countries, reaching out to Israel, Russia, and Egypt over points of commonality.
Why Europe is increasingly irrelevant to the Middle East
If the EU cannot agree on its strategic goals beyond the most basic issue of securing its borders, why should Middle Eastern governments pay attention to its policy towards them?
Compared to Russia and the US, Europe is effected more by the civil war in Syria in terms of a spill-over of terrorism, and major waves of refugees fleeing from Assad and DAESH brutality.
Prejudice in the Western Media
The French used Le Figaro, while the Russians enlisted Le Nord, a Brussels newspaper, into their service and financed the famous salon of Madame Olga Novikov in London, in which Turks were described as unfit for Western civilization and as promoters of ‘Muslim fanaticism’.
Turkey’s Double-Edged Strategy to Bring Regional Stability
Although Turkey's entry into Syria can be a sign of increasing cooperation between all players in the Syrian battle – which gives more hope for positive results – it is impossible to predict how long this cooperation will last, especially at the level of the relationships between the US, Turkey, Russia and Iran.
The Geopolitical Crisis in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East
Professor Aktürk extensively analyzed the growing political and military influence of Russia in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East, the Western inaction to this and Turkey’s efforts to multiply its policy options in the region.
Strategic Goal and Operational Context of the Euphrates Shield
However, over that time, two major obstacles to putting this project into practice emerged: first, the US policy shift from supporting the Syrian moderate opposition to the PYD/PKK; second, the tension with Russia following the jet incident.
The End of the Turkish-American ‘Alliance’ after the Failed Coup?
Russia, Brazil, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, Pakistan, and France are among the many middle or great powers with which Turkey has established amicable relations, at least for a limited time (in the case of Russia and Iran), under AK Party governments since 2002.
Deconstructing the Gülenist Coup Attempt: A Political Economy Perspective
Turkey was caught by this heinous coup attempt while the economy was gaining steam, normalization attempts with Russia, Israel and Egypt in foreign policy were advancing with potentially significant economic contributions and strong growth prospects were expected for 2017.
The US Army Special Forces in Syria
PKK terrorists shot down a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra with a Russian-made surface-to-air SA-18 on 13 May 2016.
German Media and Turkey
Let’s say for modern media or western media, then of international media because that’s actually the position of the Russian and Chinese media too.
Turkey’s New Economic Challenges under the New Normal
While economic growth is slowing down in some developing countries such as China, Turkey, and Mexico, some other developing countries such as Russia and Brazil are suffering from a recession.
The Troubling Legacy of the Sykes-Picot: A Century-Old Chaos in the Arab Middle East
Although second-rank party to the agreement, Russia was to be given parts of eastern Turkey (defined as “Armenia”), Istanbul and the Turkish Straits.
Sykes-Picot: The Symbol of Western Imperialism in the Middle East
During the war, three allied imperialist states –Great Britain, France and Russia– secretly negotiated an agreement to invade the Ottoman territories in the Middle East, since the Ottoman State was the main target of the war.
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
The agreement was also approved by Tsarist Russia.
Is Normalization Possible in Turkish-Egyptian Relations?
Secondly, in recent months Ankara has confronted a number of foreign policy crises, particularly with the most important actors in the region, namely the US and Russia.
The 2016 Elections in Iran
The nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries which consists of US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany and the consequent lifting of longstanding and burdensome sanctions on the former came shortly before the elections for which the Rouhani government was given credit.
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The dynamic situation in this region, including the development of bilateral agreements between Turkey and Russia and between Turkey and the US in addition to the repositioning of the US to the oilfields of Syria has resulted in a general ignorance of the current situation in Idlib.
PKK’s Syria Branch PYD: A Violent Non-State Actor and its Controversial Legitimacy
In addition, benefiting from DAESH’s presence in Syria, PYD has presented itself as a multi-tool for the USA and Russia.
