Arab Awakening boosts Turkey’s confidence octobre 31, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: AKP, foreign policy, International Institute For Strategic Studies, Middle East, Turkey
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Strategic Comments (IISS) Volume 17, Issue 8
October 2011
The popular uprisings that have swept the Middle East this year have forced Turkey to recalibrate its ambitions. (Lire la suite…)
Turkey and the Arab Spring octobre 31, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Hannah Stuart, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
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Henry Jackson Society Strategic Briefing (USA) October 2011, 15 pages
by Hannah Stuart *
In the last decade, Turkey’s pragmatic “zero-problems” foreign policy resulted in better relations and trade with its Middle Eastern neighbours. (Lire la suite…)
A 50-year journey for Turkey and Germany octobre 31, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Histoire, Immigration, Turquie.Tags: Cem Özdemir, Germany, Turkey
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The International Herald Tribune (USA) October 31, 2011, p. 3
By Souad Mekhennet, Istanbul
It was cold and wintry in Istanbul, that day in 1961, when Mehmet Ali Zaimoglu boarded a train to Germany carrying a small bag with a few items of clothing, his only pair of shoes and some beans and bread to eat on what he knew would be a days-long trip to a strange country. (Lire la suite…)
Turkey’s Caucasus Policies in the Framework of Ankara’s New Foreign Policy octobre 28, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Caucase, Energie, Turquie.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Caucasus Analytical Digest, foreign policy, Georgia, Iran, Nigar Göksel
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Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 30, 28 October 2011, p. 5-7
No 30: Emerging Regional Powers: Turkey and Iran in the South Caucasus
By Nigar Göksel *, Istanbul
In recent years, Turkey has sought to diversify its foreign policy away from the West to focus more on neighboring regions by becoming a regional economic power, energy hub and using its Islamic credentials. (Lire la suite…)
L’ovalie sur les berges de la mer Noire octobre 28, 2011
Posted by Acturca in France, Turquie.Tags: association, Laurent Javerzac, Mer Noire, rugby, Samsun, sport
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Sud Ouest (France) 28 octobre 2011, p. Bordeaux Rive Droite-C2_15
Catherine Coste
Après l’Afrique l’an dernier, Laurent Javerzac, éducateur sportif, s’envole en Turquie (Lire la suite…)
From Endearment to Estrangement: Turkey’s Interests and Concerns in Syria octobre 25, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Middle East, Syria, Turkey, United States Institute of Peace, Yigal Schleifer
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USIP Peace Briefs (United States Institute of Peace) No 109, October 25, 2011
Yigal Schleifer *
Turkish relations with the Syrian regime have developed at a dizzying pace over the last 15 years, going from outright hostility to close cooperation and back to estrangement. Ankara has deep concerns regarding developments in Syria, particularly in terms of the domestic repercussions of any Syrian political instability or social upheaval. (Lire la suite…)
OCS: la Turquie dépose une demande d’adhésion octobre 21, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Asie Centrale, Etats-Unis, Russie, Turquie.Tags: Chine, OCS, Organisation de coopération de Shanghai
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RIA Novosti (Russie)
21 octobre 2011, Moscou
La Turquie a déposé une demande d’adhésion à l’Organisation de coopération de Shanghai (OCS), au moment où les Etats-Unis mènent des consultations informelles sur les formes de coopération avec l’OCS, a annoncé vendredi le journal russe Kommersant se référant à des sources diplomatiques dans les pays membres. (Lire la suite…)
Misstep in Turkey’s neighborly ties octobre 12, 2011
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Russie, Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Iran, Kaveh L Afrasiabi, Middle East, NATO, Turkey
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Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) Oct 12, 2011
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi *, Istanbul
As Turkey’s principal energy partners, Russia and Iran provide roughly 70% of Turkey’s energy imports, yet both Tehran and Moscow are about to send Ankara the chills of negative reactions if Turkey goes ahead with its threat of sanctions on Syria. (Lire la suite…)