As one of the few secular democracies in the Middle East, Turkey faces strategic pulls from its Islamic neighbours, and from the US over its policies towards Israel. Kostas Ifantis argues that the present government’s recent moves towards closer relations with countries like Iran, and its involvement in the Syrian civil war have thrown up a new problems, and exacerbated old ones. With its reputation tarnished by the recent protests, Turkey’s is now finding that its grand designs for the Middle East are being frustrated by regional realities
In recent years, there has been a notable softening in Turkey’s foreign policy toward Syria and Iran...
The dramatic changes in Turkish foreign policy and strategy in its regional and international relati...
In October 1998 war clouds were gathering over the Syrian-Turkish border. Turkey, in the middle of a...
The last decades saw Turkey evolving from its Cold War era model of foreign relations, when it was t...
Turkey's foreign policy has been drawing considerable attention particularly because of the momentou...
Turkey’s reengagement with the Middle East in recent years has been widely misunderstood. The AKP go...
Although the crisis in Syria is a key factor in reconciliation, security and economic concerns are a...
Security relations with the US have been critical for Turkey. Cold War strategic imperatives dictate...
The direction Turkey’s domestic politics has taken in recent years, Turkey’s aspira- tions for great...
After nearly nine decades of benign neglect, Turkey has set about reestablishing its influence in th...
The Syrian and Iraqi crises revealed that Turkey cannot guarantee its own security without solid coo...
The issue of Syrian Civil war has tinted the International Relations issue at least from 2011 where ...
Turkey was the first Muslim state to recognize Israel in 1949 and since this time, military and econ...
In recent years, there has been a notable softening in Turkey's foreign policy toward Syria and Iran...
Turkish-Iranian relations are the product of overlapping tapestries of sometimes competing, and part...
In recent years, there has been a notable softening in Turkey’s foreign policy toward Syria and Iran...
The dramatic changes in Turkish foreign policy and strategy in its regional and international relati...
In October 1998 war clouds were gathering over the Syrian-Turkish border. Turkey, in the middle of a...
The last decades saw Turkey evolving from its Cold War era model of foreign relations, when it was t...
Turkey's foreign policy has been drawing considerable attention particularly because of the momentou...
Turkey’s reengagement with the Middle East in recent years has been widely misunderstood. The AKP go...
Although the crisis in Syria is a key factor in reconciliation, security and economic concerns are a...
Security relations with the US have been critical for Turkey. Cold War strategic imperatives dictate...
The direction Turkey’s domestic politics has taken in recent years, Turkey’s aspira- tions for great...
After nearly nine decades of benign neglect, Turkey has set about reestablishing its influence in th...
The Syrian and Iraqi crises revealed that Turkey cannot guarantee its own security without solid coo...
The issue of Syrian Civil war has tinted the International Relations issue at least from 2011 where ...
Turkey was the first Muslim state to recognize Israel in 1949 and since this time, military and econ...
In recent years, there has been a notable softening in Turkey's foreign policy toward Syria and Iran...
Turkish-Iranian relations are the product of overlapping tapestries of sometimes competing, and part...
In recent years, there has been a notable softening in Turkey’s foreign policy toward Syria and Iran...
The dramatic changes in Turkish foreign policy and strategy in its regional and international relati...
In October 1998 war clouds were gathering over the Syrian-Turkish border. Turkey, in the middle of a...