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EU - Turkey: friends at a distance

10:42 21.06.2019 Andrey Isayev

EU - Turkey: friends at a distance

The recent conflict over Turkish drilling vessels exploring for oil in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus has triggered another wave of debates between Turkey and the European Union. For Turkey, membership or non-membership in the EU has long passed the political and economic format, having developed …

Passions over Syria rage on

19:23 24.04.2019 Andrey Isayev

Passions over Syria rage on

The twists and turns of political developments in the Middle East largely stem from the rivalry between Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey. While Iran seeks greater influence in countries with significant Shiite populations, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are sparring on one territory, both claiming leadership in the Sunni world: Turkey …

Turkey can no longer count on NATO alone

13:32 10.04.2019 Yevgeny Pedanov

Turkey can no longer count on NATO alone

Turkey’s planned purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia threatens NATO security and is putting Ankara at risk of losing its status of “a critical partner in the most successful military alliance in history,” US Vice President Mike Pence has warned. Experts from the Turkish Foundation for Political, …

Rumors about the “death” of Russian-Turkish alliance in Syria greatly exaggerated

10:21 03.04.2019 Andrey Isayev

Rumors about the “death” of Russian-Turkish alliance in Syria greatly exaggerated

The breakthrough in trade and other economic relations between Russia and Turkey has quite naturally spread to the realm of politics, best reflected in the two countries’ coordinated actions in Syria. This is all the more surprising, since only recently military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Ankara was absolutely unthinkable. Wary …

Libya: Blind alleys of political settlement

11:55 26.12.2018 Viktor Goncharov

Libya: Blind alleys of political settlement

An international conference on Libya, mediated by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte that was recently held in Palermo, Sicily, was looking for ways to reconcile the rival centers of power and generally stabilize the situation in the long-troubled North African nation. One of these main power centers is the Government …

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