... "cold" to "superhot" and then to "frozen," as in unresolved. From the Mediterranean to the Balkans to Central Asia, these frozen conflicts remain, with the habit of resurging violence every now and then.
The increasing tension between Turkey and Greece, both NATO members, served as a heads-up to what is now happening in the South Caucasus. The ongoing tension between Georgia and Russia also stems from the frozen conflict unsolved in the last decade of the last millennia. Heading to ...
... De-Escalation in the Middle East: What Role for Europe?"
The speakers of the web seminar included Marina Sereni, Deputy Foreign Minister, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, as well as experts from Italy, Germany, Turkey, Hungary, and the United States. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, represented Russia at the event.
... sending Syrian and Libyan mercenaries (according to some sources, thousands of militants!), sponsored, possibly, by regional powers, which also send modern weapons to the parties in war. Some global players also have this information, and are accusing Turkey, in particular, of involvement in these actions.
Second, many external forces are highly involved in the conflict and at the same time, paradoxically, their peacekeeping capabilities are limited, even if the international community (as represented ...
... incorporation of Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenia. Therefore, for Nagorno-Karabakh, it is a question of surviving the time of a diplomatic recognition which will ultimately lead to its reattachment.
Because of financial difficulties and poor relations with Turkey since the events of 1915, Yerevan is strengthening its partnerships with Moscow, which is the only power capable of imposing itself against Turkey (a member of NATO). Yerevan is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and ...
... himself
said
that he had “no problem” with that, despite Israel’s opposition.
At this moment, Israel is the only country to have access to F-35 fighter jets among the Middle Eastern nations (the U.S.
cancelled
transferring these aircraft to Turkey after they bought the Russian anti-aircraft missile system S-400). Thus, Israeli military advantage is maintained in the region’s sky. The fact that the UAE may acquire an F-35 is of
concern
to pro-Israeli lobbies, as Israel is likely to lose ...
... escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh include: 1) Russia finding itself hemmed in from all sides by the seemingly unbreakable transatlantic coalition which has given the West considerable room for manoeuvre with regard to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue; 2) Turkey’s exponentially growing ambitions to build a new Islamic Empire, which are bolstered by the country’s strong alliance with the United States; and 3) the complete ineptitude of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, the United States and France), which ...
... instruments. However, SAARC does not work well in the institutional format due to bilateral disputes and disagreements, for example between India and Pakistan.
— — This may discourage potential new members and observers from working with SAARC. Myanmar, Turkey and Iran were all at some point seeking SAARC membership, but it is hard to expect them to join the format soon. The same concerns Russia.
— Russia has shown more interest in bilateral relations with certain South Asian countries than with the ...
The logic and dynamics of Turkey’s current foreign policy continue to place Erdogan in the middle of a minefield, where any step could prove fatal for his relations with Vladimir Putin
Analysts, journalists and bloggers love to compare the Russian and Turkish leaders. And ...
... global trade.
The ratio of economic potentials of the core and the periphery is gradually changing as well. At the start of the current stage of globalization in 1995, the seven leading developing economies (China, Russia, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey and Mexico) had a combined GDP by purchasing power parity of approximately half of the combined GDP of the western “seven” (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Canada and Italy). In 2015, the two “groups of seven” ...
... disagree upon. The attention has shifted towards the Eastern Mediterranean in the last ten years, while it had only focused on the Aegean Sea before energy discoveries were made in the Levantine Basin in 2009.
Artyom Semyonov:
Gas Without a Fight: Is Turkey Ready to Go to War for Resources in the Mediterranean?
Greek-Turkish relations were relatively calm from 1999 until 2016. In 2002, Athens and Ankara launched the so-called “exploratory talks,” a format to exchange views on thorny issues informally....
