... Hökmark
, Politician, former head of the Swedish delegation of the EPP, Chairman, Swedish Free World forum
Ambassador Henrik Salander,
former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Secretary-General of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
Turkey
Professor Mustafa Aydın,
President of the International Relations Council of Turkey
Mr Hikmet Çetin,
former Foreign Minister
Ambassador Ünal Çeviköz,
former Deputy Undersecretary at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vahit Erdem,
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... across countries, with Asia (without Japan and South Korea) allocating more than 9% of GDP – the highest across macro-regions. Among the G-20 economies China led the way with 12.7% of GDP in anti-crisis stimulus, followed by Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey and the United States. The conclusion reached by the ILO in its analysis of the anti-crisis response was that the “evaluation of country efforts reveals that countries that showed relatively better GDP and employment recovery also had implemented ...
... levels of instability in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf in general. Some people in the Gulf question the loyalty of Qatar because of its relationships with Iran.
How is Qatar coping with the boycott?
It is not coping very well and has to import more from Turkey and Iran. The truth is that it always has been a small actor in these relationships. In the Gulf region, while the other countries are collaborating for their collective benefit, Qatar has to work closely with Turkey and Iran, and it is becoming ...
... on Syrian Reconstruction”
Multilateral efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis create a system of peculiar concentric negotiating circles, that are so far loosely connected with each other. This is a negotiation track of various levels between Russia, Turkey and Iran (“Astana Format”), the mission of the UN Secretary-General Special Representative, the summit of Russia, France, Germany, Turkey (the possibility to continue meetings in this format was discussed at the meeting between Putin and Macron ...
Why Russia and Turkey Need Each Other in Syria
“Turkey is our close partner, our ally,” said Presidential Spokesperson and Turkologist Dmitry Peskov on the eve of the meeting in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow. On August 27, President of the Russian Federation ...
The current visit will be extremely difficult for Erdogan. After all, he goes to ask, not to negotiate
The rapid advance of Bashar al-Assad’s troops in Idlib put Turkey in a difficult situation. On the one hand, Ankara recognizes Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a terrorist organization. At the same time, its defeat in the northwestern province of Syria weakened Turkey’s position in the region because both HTS ...
... that a new “battle for Africa” is currently unfolding, with the main participants being the United States, China and the European Union (both as a bloc of states and as individual countries). Secondary players in this battle include Brazil, India, Turkey, Iran, South Korea and the Persian Gulf states
It would seem that Russia, which has repeatedly emphasized its willingness to work with its partners in Africa, has no interest in taking part in any kind of “battle.” Unfortunately, the reality ...
... Affairs magazine on the Vienna vs. Versailles dilemma. Zbigniew Brzezinski in 2012 in his “Strategic Vision” wrote of the need “in the age of historical acceleration” for a “larger and more vital West” through closer embrace of Russia and Turkey. That is to say that the problem of vitality and sustainability of the Historical West and its present composition in the qualitatively new global competitive environment is not at all new.
It can be approached in various ways. As the past experience ...
... government, on the side of which Russia acted. This approach led regional players to the need for coordination with Moscow, which retained the possibility of working relations with all regional players – be it Saudi Arabia or Iran, Israel or Iran, Egypt or Turkey, Shiites or Sunnis. A successful Syrian military campaign allowed Moscow to gain a foothold in the region and became a catalyst for the advancement of Russian interests in Syria and beyond – throughout the Middle East/West Asia.
Before turning ...
... following Volodymyr Zelensky’s victory in the Ukrainian elections. There is the situation in Syria and the threat of a new escalation in Idlib and new flows of Syrian refugees into Europe, which has been made worse by the recent decision of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to suspend the agreement with the European Union on migrants. The future of relations with Iran following the sharp aggravation of U.S.–Iran relations and the threat of the Iranian nuclear deal falling apart entirely. And ...
