Turkey’s maturing foreign policy
On June 12, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most popular Turkish prime minister of the last half century, marked his third straight electoral win by averring his leadership over not only Turkey but the...
View ArticleWhat drives Turkish foreign policy?
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) was reelected to a third term in June 2011. This remarkable achievement was mainly the result of the opposition’s...
View ArticleTurkey can’t afford over-involvement in Syria
EAST LANSING: Since 2002, Turkey’s leaders have basked in the glow of their rising profile in the Middle East and Europe. During the past decade Turkey has transformed into the world’s16th largest...
View ArticleTurkey: Abandoning the EU for the SCO?
The European Union is in a rut. Its once-vaunted economy and “ever closer” integration is facing the tough challenges of a dogged recession and anti-EU sentiment in some of its most powerful member...
View ArticleBrazil, Turkey, Occupy and India: What’s up folks?
Brazil exploded with mass demonstrations and riots while I was driving north from the American south. The best one could do was to listen to radio reports. But, a few things stood out. A gathering of...
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