Syria’s Uprising: sectarianism, regionalisation, and state order in the Levant mai 18, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Etats-Unis, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Fride, Hivos, Iran, Iraq, Israël, Middle East, Steven Heydemann, Syria, Turkey, USA
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Working Paper (Fride & Hivos) n° 119, May 2013, 21 p.
By Steven Heydemann *
As the Syrian revolution enters its third year, the risks to regional stability are escalating. Violence has spilled over all of Syria’s borders. The conflict has elevated sectarian tensions in Lebanon, threatening the 1990 Taif settlement that ended 15 years of civil war. (en savoir plus…)
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict avril 10, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucase, Energie, Russie.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Elizabeth Fuller, Georgia, IAI Working Papers, Iran, Istituto Affari Internazionali, nago, natural gas, oil, pipeline, Russia, Turkey
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 13/12, April 2013, 11 p.
by Elizabeth Fuller *
The over-riding objective of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy has been to secure a solution to the longstanding conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh on Azerbaijan’s terms. (en savoir plus…)
How Iraq’s Future May be Shaped by its Neighbors mars 26, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economie, Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Foreign Policy Research Institute, Gallia Lindenstrauss, Institute for National Security Studies, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yoel Guzansky
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E-Notes (Foreign Policy Research Institute) March 2013
By Yoel Guzansky & Gallia Lindenstrauss *
Since the last American soldiers left Iraq more than a year ago, the fear of rising Iranian influence in the country has become more pronounced. (en savoir plus…)
The Turkey, Russia, Iran Nexus: Driving Forces and Strategies mars 20, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Asie Centrale, Caucase, Moyen Orient, Russie, Turquie.Tags: Andrew C. Kuchins, Bülent Aliriza, Caucasus, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Central Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Jon B. Alterman, Russia, Stephen Flanagan, Turkey
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) March 20, 2013
Abbreviated Edition
By Stephen Flanagan, Bulent Aliriza, Jon B. Alterman, Andrew C. Kuchins
This report presents the key findings of an 18-month CSIS project to assess the forces and interests shaping relations among Turkey, Russia, and Iran (en savoir plus…)
Turkey’s foray into the Fertile Crescent février 28, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East, PKK, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, Turkey
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International Herald Tribune (USA) Thursday, February 28, 2013, p. 6
By Soner Cagaptay *
The biggest open secret in Ankara is that Turkey detests Iran, which it sees as undermining its interests in Syria and Iraq. Turkish leaders will not admit this publicly, for their country desperately needs Iranian natural gas and oil to continue its phenomenal economic growth. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey’s refugee crisis as Afghans join Syrians février 17, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Afghanistan, Iran, refugees, Syria, Turkey
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The National (UAE) Sunday February 17, 2013, p. 1 & 9
Thomas Seibert, Istanbul
Tens of thousands of Afghans are seeking refuge, many from economically troubled Iran, but there is little room (en savoir plus…)
Turkey-Iran gold trade wiped out by new US sanctions février 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: gas im, gold, Iran, Middle East, Turkey
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Reuters World General News, Saturday, February 16, 2013
By Asli Kandemir, Istanbul
Tighter U.S. sanctions are killing off Turkey’s gold-for-gas trade with Iran and have stopped state-owned lender Halkbank from processing other nations’ energy payments to the OPEC oil producer, bankers said on Friday. (en savoir plus…)
Iran edges Turkey in regional influence février 11, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iran, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
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Gulf News (UAE) February 11, 2013, p. 34
By Osama Al Sharif *
Tehran remains under sanctions and is backing an international pariah in Syria, but by keeping all its options open, it ensures all sides have to negotiate with it. (en savoir plus…)
Turkish-Iranian relations since 1979: Assymetry of interest ? février 6, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Histoire, Livres, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Book Review, Elliot Hentov, Iran, Turkey
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Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey) Wednesday,February 6 2013, p. 13
William Armstrong, Istanbul
Turkey and Iran have been rivals since the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the Persian Safavid dynasty repeatedly clashed with its western neighbor, the Ottoman Empire. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey and Iran: From an Ambivalent Honeymoon to Divorce? février 3, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: ACIS, Arab Spring, Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Iran, Middle East, NATO, The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Turkey
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Iran Pulse (ACIS) no. 55, 3 February 2013
The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies (ACIS)
Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak *
In December 2012, the Turkish media announced the Iranian President Mahmud Ahmedinejad had cancelled a one day visit to Konya to mark the 739th anniversary of the passing of the great Sufi mystic Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi (RFERL, 17 December 2012). (en savoir plus…)
