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The Strategic Partnership between Turkey and Israel

... show it loyalty. Turkey is regarded as a very important investor in the Israeli military-industrial complex’s development programmes and also in the long-term project to develop the Leviathan gas field and build an underwater gas pipeline to take Israeli gas to Turkey. All sides of this revived alliance involving the USA are united by the single strategic objective of holding back the advance of radical Islam towards Iran, the North Caucasus, Central Asia and beyond – in the direction of Russia’s borders. 1 . Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia , Jerusalem, vol 8, p 1131. 2 . “Aspects of Turkish foreign policy in relation to the post-Soviet countries”,...

24.12.2015

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The Oxymoronic Déjà Vu of Humanitarian Bombing in Syria

In light of the recent developments in Syria and the apparently imminent US military intervention, the blog will take a short break from its relatively academic style and its thematic focus in order to brainstorm and share some thoughts on the broader picture of what is happening in the geopolitical arena of the region. Dangerous Double Standards Bashar al-Assad has reportedly used chemical weapons to attack, essentially, his own people. The first, logically obvious question is why would Assad essentially...

07.09.2013

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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%)