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Russia and Turkey: Approaches to Regional Security in the Middle East

... these talks were largely related to the very sense of retaining the alliance now that the “communist adversary"was gone. NATO started looking for new “threats,"eventually identifying a number of Middle Eastern states, such as Iran, Syria and Iraq [ 13 ]. As Western rhetoric about the danger of the Iranian nuclear program and the need to “deter” Iran gained pace, many observers, including those in Turkey, began to believe that nuclear weapons were still of political and military significance. Other experts begged to differ, arguing that the presence of ...

15.10.2018

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Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue

... include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions ... ... further antagonizing relations. First, NATO-member Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft in November 2015 ... ... April 2017, the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian military ... ... is also in the process of modernizing its tactical nuclear weapons systems, such as the B-61-12, in part ... ... Romania, as well as in Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East. How might the 2013 Joint Comprehensive ...

28.06.2017

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)