... Stability and Cooperation Platform” be revived for the Caucasus and the entire Black Sea region — if the questions of the Russian annexation of Crimea and issues surrounding the Black Sea and eastern Ukraine can eventually be addressed? Could the U.S. and EU, as well as Ukraine, likewise participate in the creation of a new Caucasus peace and development community?
Can Turkey assist the Europeans, Ukraine and Russia to find a way to cooperate over
pipelines
and energy disputes? Or what can be ...
The story of how Russia won the (First) Russo-American Cyberwar because American President Barack Obama did not fight back and failed to protect ... ... favorable to its interests significantly increased in places like Germany and Austria. Furthermore, U.S. and NATO “ally” Turkey has taken a decidedly sharp anti-democratic and anti-Western plunge and is clearly cozying up to Russia.
2017 may be ...
... mission” similar to the one NATO runs to protect the sky of the Baltic states (Baltic air policing mission). However, for Turkey, what is the concrete interest to green light the creation of a permanent NATO flotilla in the Black Sea? As we have demonstrated,... ... in the Pontus Euxinus. Actually, Western navies’ activity in the Black Sea basin sharply increased in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation of Crimea with an almost permanent presence of 1 or 2 units all along 2014. Moreover, if Ankara was prompt to request the Alliance’s ...
... bilateral talks, alongside the more traditional issues of energy cooperation and regional security.
It was no accident that on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Turkey, media reports emerged that delegates of the newly created Public Council of the Crimean Tatar People had addressed the presidents of Russia and Turkey with a statement refuting information circulating about the “
genocide of the Crimean Tatar people
” (30.11.2014), in Russian). And a week before the Russian President’s arrival, Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met ...
... Relations Forum
Memduh Karakullukçu, as well as other Russian and Turkish experts.
The participants focused on problems in Russian-Turkish relations and their solutions, including measures fit for the second track.
The debate inevitably covered the current situation, i.e. Ukraine. Ambassador Sezgin acknowledged that the status of Crimea is a sensitive issue for Ankara, since Turkey is home to five million Tatars. Mr. Apakan underlined that his country is interested in full-fledged cooperation in the ...
... Russian political circles that Turkey will prefer a balanced approach toward the unfolding crisis given its interests in developing cooperation with Russia rather than being a spoiler. Despite Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s statements, Turkey in fact might even be interested in Russia’s reunion with the Crimea given possible new economic opportunities for businesses there.
Moscow’s concern in striking a deal with the Crimean Tatars is also related to the growing influence of extremist networks there. Hizb at-Tahrir al-Islami, banned in Russia, ...
