... the major powers of the world are projecting military or economic power into the region.
Structures
Andrey Kortunov:
The European Decalogue and the Middle Eastern Duodecim
The Middle East is here defined as a core region rounded by Egypt, the Levant, Turkey, Iran and the Arab Peninsula. Since Turkey is actively projecting power into the Middle East, it is included as a part of the region for analytical purposes.
When making a future study, it is important to look for some long-term structures, to ...
... another attempt at formulating the fundamental principles of a new security system for the Middle East has been made by a group of prominent experts, public figures and former politicians from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the UAE and Yemen, as well as from China, Europe, Russia and the United States. The group has convened twice a year since 2012 as part of the international initiative known as the Middle East Dialogue, with support from the U.S.-based Middle East ...
... twice a year since 2012 with support from the U.S.-based Middle East Institute.
The Middle East Dialogue brings together a group of reputable experts, public figures and former politicians from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Turkey, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, as well as from the United States, Europe, Russia, and China. The meeting discussed the latest events in the Middle East, the possibilities of using CSCE/OSCE experience to create a new security system in the Middle ...
... consideration and act now before it is too late to reverse course. Your legacy and our future are at stake. Do not leave the next generation with another Cold War.
Sincerely,
Zeynep Alemdar, Founder of Women in Foreign Policy Initiative, İstanbul, Turkey
Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor, University of Gießen, Germany, Kazakhstan
Alexandra Bell, Senior Policy Director, Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation, United States
Julia Berghofer, Policy Fellow, European Leadership Network, Germany
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... “punitive,” “unacceptable” and “insulting.”
Following repeated attempts to convince Washington that its protectionist measures were unfounded, in late November 2018, the European Union, along with China, Canada, Norway, Mexico, Russia and Turkey, and then India and Switzerland filed a complaint against the United States with the WTO’s Appellate Body concerning the illegality of the steel and aluminium tariffs imposed by the United States. In the complaint, the plaintiffs intend to challenge ...
... information”.
The charges against Meng Wanzhou on Iran info — true or untrue — is evidently “cooked up” — it’s political.
The type of charge formulated against Meng Wanzhou is also in itself an extremely hostile signal from the USA to the EU, Turkey and India:
“Deal with Iran, and the US becomes your enemy
— your EU business-executives (Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, Total, Finmeccanica, Airbus…) will be taken hostage, if they touch US ground or Canadian ground for just 30 minutes to change ...
.... They were subsequently awarded additional contracts by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Garmian, Halabja, and Shakal. More recently, Rosneft was awarded contracts by the KRG to develop the KRI’s oil and natural gas export pipelines via Turkey.
These developments have been very welcome, particularly by the Kurds, not only for the generated income but also for drawing Russia into the security dynamics which was believed to have helped prevent a total energy blockade on the KRI in the ...
On December 3, 2018, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted a meeting for the Center for Modern Turkey Studies (CEIST) and the Turkish association REBTEK joint organizing committee of the first Russian-Turkish Media Forum.
On December 3, 2018, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted a meeting for the Center for Modern Turkey Studies ...
Legal positions and geopolitical realities are different things. No one besides Turkey recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Only a handful of countries apart from Russia back the sovereignty of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Nagorno-Karabakh is formally regarded by everyone as part of Azerbaijan. Yet any attempt to substitute ...
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Russia: the Power Broker in the Middle East?
If it is at all possible to speak of any “winner” in such an ugly civil-war, with perhaps 400,000 dead people and 5 million refugees out of 22 million previous inhabitants, it must be Russia, Iran and Turkey.
Iran could not alone have achieved the current stabilization without the Russian air force. And the Russian air force also not alone could have achieved the facts on the ground, without Iranian ground-activities. Turkish cooperation was and is ...
