... software and allow the Russian systems to penetrate the heart of NATO’s unified air defense system. Therefore the deal is unlikely be finalized, says Valdai Club expert Evgeny Buzhinsky.
There should be no drastic and tragic changes in relations between Turkey and the United States. Of course, for Washington Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a “complex partner”, a so-called “Sultan,” who tries to pursue an independent foreign policy. Erdogan, in turn, also has a grudge against the US for the attempted ...
... advantages, and, as the President of the Russian Federation said, such questions are not decided “on the spur of the moment,” the summit also demonstrated that BRICS members need to make difficult decisions today. Talks about potential new candidates (Turkey, Argentina and Indonesia) can be held until these candidates begin to give very serious consideration to the prospects of such changes. The excessive delay in the process entails the risk that the former “circle of friends” of BRICS could turn ...
Russia is not an alternative to Turkey’s cooperation with the European Union; neither Turkey is a substitute for Russia working harder to resolve its problems with the United States and Europe
Relations between Russia and Turkey have always been and will always be a controversial ...
On July 1–2, 2018, in Berlin, the Körber Foundation (Körber-Stiftung) held international situation analysis on Crisis Management around Turkey with experts from Turkey, the United States, and European countries.
On July 1–2, 2018, in Berlin, the Körber Foundation (Körber-Stiftung) held international situation analysis on Crisis Management around Turkey with experts from Turkey, ...
The US Senate passed the 2019 defense bill , which excludes Turkey from the F-35 jets supply program. In turn, Ankara said that it will not refuse buying Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-400. Recently, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he proposed to Vladimir Putin to jointly produce the ...
... Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, and Timur Makhmutov, Deputy Director of Programs, took part in the event on the Russian side, among the speakers at thematic sessions on the Middle East issues.
On May 7-8, 2018, Turkey hosted an annual Istanbul Security Conference. Petr Stegny, RIAC member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, and Timur Makhmutov, Deputy Director of Programs, took part in the event on the Russian side, among ...
The next few months will make clear whether Moscow remains prepared to pursue the “cohabitation” of its “material embrace” with Turkey and its time-honored “special relationship” with Cyprus
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a
sui generis
leader: on the one hand, he is recognized as a brilliant strategist; on the other, he manages to intimidate states, infuriate statesmen ...
The negative dynamic of relations between Turkey and the West has left Ankara searching for a new foothold, and Russia has come to fill that role
Today’s international agenda looks more and more like popular battles, in which the most pressing task of the combatants and their teams is to ...
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Sergey Markov, public figure and political scientist, took part in the meeting. Hüseyin Diriöz, the Ambassador of Turkey to Russia, moderated the meeting.
On March 23, 2018, the Residence of the Turkish Ambassador to Russia hosted an unofficial meeting of the Heads of Diplomatic Missions from some Balkan, Arabic, and other countries. The following issues were ...
... Branch”, is about to reach its objectives. Since its commencement on January 20, the Turkish border operation has been pursuing several objectives; primary among them is clearing the Afrin region of the PYD armed groups who pose a direct threat to Turkey’s national security due to their connection to the Turkey-based terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK, Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê).
Despite its efforts to explain to the international community the underlying motives ...
