by ULRICH KÜHN
The incoming Trump administration inherits a U.S.-Russian relationship marked by disagreement and confrontation in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the wars in Syria and Ukraine, the West’s use of economic sanctions,…
T urkey is grappling with a series of massive deadly terrorist attacks that are not random or coincidental. The government’s wrong and illegal investment in and bad strategy regarding salafi-jihadist terrorist groups has created…
by Madalina Sisu Vicari
From South Stream to TurkStream but with much less gas
On October 10, 2016, on the sidelines of the World Energy Congress in Istanbul, and in the presence of the presidents Vladimir…
by Yavuz Baydar
One point emerges as undisputable after the series of terror attacks, and the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara by a police officer: Turkey, now showing strong signs as 'ungovernable' under…
by Yavuz Baydar
'Never mind those, it's going to be a very tough time ahead...'
When I met Marty Beth Long at the well-attended Rome MED - Mediterranean Dialogues conference in the Italian capital, I went…
by Yavuz Baydar
'I feel like Diyarbakır does: dreary, angry, resentful. But still standing...'
This comes from a 'local rapporteur' from the southeastern corner of Turkey; devastated, battered - both morally and physically.
I will explain.
These are…
by Vladimir Milov
Immediately after Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States, many commentators have suggested that his policies toward Russia will not be as accommodating as his campaign rhetoric on Vladimir Putin,…
by Ilya Zaslavsky
Yesterday Russia had an election that yet again disappointed hopes for a functional and reasonable parliament instead of “the mad printer” (that adopted all inhumane and reactionary laws given to it by presidential…
by JAN TECHAU
For people outside Germany, the country’s pains at growing up as a foreign policy power often look wondrous and slightly bizarre—so morally charged is every debate, so infused with self-doubt, and often so…
06/21/2016 Brussels
Iran’s official IRNA news agency on Sunday quoted Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani as saying:
♣ Europeans and westerners who have travelled to Iran say that they feel safer…