... targeting specific groups, avoiding picking an overall-rebels-or-regime side. Don’t expect heavy U.S. involvement, private sector engagement, or investment in specific countries until they settle down.
3.) Things may go downhill with Israel and Turkey.
I know what you’re thinking: Turkey is in NATO! And Israel, well, is Israel!
Well, with Turkey, President Erdoğan is pulling a bit of a Putin: manipulating the system to ensure he will be in power for a very, very long time and pushing ...
... RIAC President Igor Ivanov met Turkish Ambassador to Russia Umit Yardym to discuss bilateral cooperation of independent think tanks, universities and civil society institutions.
Dr. Ivanov informed the Ambassador about RIAC’s current and future Turkey-related projects, after which the sides examined possible formats and priority issues for the upcoming activities.
The meeting was also attended by First Secretary of Turkey’s Embassy Mehmet Akif Koc, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov ...
On January 8-12, 2014, Antalya hosted the 3rd Turkish-Russian Intellectuals Meeting devoted to current issues of bilateral relations, security, development and international world order sponsored by the Antalya International University, International Institute of the Development of Science Cooperation and RAS Institute for Oriental Studies.
The event was attended by public figures, experts, politicians and journalists of the two countries, among them RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Director...
The time has come to start working together on a new European – or even a Euro-Atlantic architecture
Russia and Turkey have many common features, predetermined by their respective histories, geographical locations and cultures. Among these numerous common features one can single out very complex and controversial relations of our two nations with the European ‘core’ ...
... leader (and Barzani’s father) Mullah Mustafa Barzani lived in the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1958, where he enjoyed support on a number of fronts.
Another recent visit by a Kurdish politician was also a first, as Selahattin Demirtas, chairman of Turkey’s People's Democracy Party (HDP), visited Moscow in December 2014. One would think there was nothing unusual about the visit, with Demirtas at the helm of a lawful Turkish party and, on top of that, having recently run for the Turkish Republic’s ...
... talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, at the height of the confrontation with the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The European Union stands to lose the most from the move. By itself, however, redirecting the pipeline through Turkey rather than Bulgaria does not strengthen Russia’s position on the European gas market from a strategic point of view. Rather, abandoning the South Stream project should be a good reason to start a new chapter in energy cooperation between ...
Ankara has taken a rather passive position on the “Crimean question”
Despite the obvious differences on a number of major issues in global politics (such as the Ukraine crisis and the civil war in Syria), Russia and Turkey have managed to minimize their negative impact on bilateral cooperation and dialogue. The presidents of the two countries – Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan – expect major steps to be taken in the development of relations as ...
By Zhyldyz Oskonbaeva (RIEAS Senior Advisor & Eurasian Liaison)
On a number of levels, the situation between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the ethnic Kurds of Syria, Iraq and Turkey is creating a power shift that no one is discussing. In this article, I will explain why: 1) The Kurds have an unprecedented opportunity to achieve a political homeland; 2) Tehran's strategy of expanding Shia influence over the Sunnis is ...
... the Eurasian Economic Union, in turn, are interested in expanding their trade flows into East Asia.
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan stated during the 24 October 2013 meeting of the Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk that Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan was showing interest in joining the Customs Union
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. At a meeting in St Petersburg in November 2013 Erdogan confirmed at least his desire to sign a free trade zone treaty with the Customs Union
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. It would ...
On October 17, 2014, RIAC and Turkish Global Relations Forum held a working meeting with participation of RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Member Ambassador Pyotr Stgegny, Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov, Program Manager Lyudmila Filippova, former Turkish ambassador to NATO and United Nations Umit Pamir, Forum's President Memduh Karakullukcu's and Programs Director Nigar Agaogullari.
The participants focused on discussing current bilateral issues, the situation in Ukraine and Syria...
