Looking Beyond Ain Issa: The Way Forward in North East Syria
Just as Russia and Turkey began setting up the ceasefire oversight arrangements in Nagorno Karbakh, Turkey’s sights were set on…
Just as Russia and Turkey began setting up the ceasefire oversight arrangements in Nagorno Karbakh, Turkey’s sights were set on…
A low profile, indirect but sustainable conflict model between the US and Turkey can be the modus operandi of the…
Since Blinken has never held elected office, it is difficult to discern to what extent his public pronouncements on policy…
While Russia’s mainstream media often focuses on the problematic relations between Turkey and the West, Russian think tanks hold a…
Mazloum Kobani is among Turkey’s most wanted terrorists and is placed on the Turkish Interior Ministry’s Interpol red notice list.
The meeting between President Erdogan and Trump did not solve all the intractable problems. But it was an important step…
Even if the two leaders are eager to solve the existing problems between two countries, there is the obstacle of…
The latest action by CENTCOM of conducting joint patrols with a YPG front group immediately after the Turkish-American joint patrol…
Turkey needs reassurance and the Americans need an olive branch. A better relationship will only come when they recognize the…
Many of the problems in U.S.-Turkey relations are structural. Had Erdogan never come to power, there would still be a…
Geopolitics 101 says that Turkey and the U.S. have to agree, one way or another, over the issue of S-400s.…
Turkey’s purchase of S-400s from Russia is more than a simple choice. It’s a strategic choice that might re-shape Turkey’s…
The U.S. administration has been persuaded to leave a residual U.S. force (400 soldiers), which would certainly make SDF happier…
If the U.S. and Turkey can work together on establishing a safe zone in northern Syria with the goal of…
Some argue that the U.S. should not abandon their allies on the ground and leave them to their fate, which…
The legacy of 2018 will be clearly visible during the following year. There would be serious consequences as a result…
Turkey’s strategic objective is clear: to de-territorialize the YPG/PYD alongside its Syrian border, fix relations with the U.S. in Syria…
The U.S. balancing act between supporting the PYD and providing reassurances to Turkey to be able to cooperate on the…
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