Model of Muslim democracy loses its lustre in eyes of Arab onlookers juin 4, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turquie, Moyen Orient.Tags: Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, AKP, Middle East, democracy, Iraq, Arabs, Tunisia, protests
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Financial Times (UK) Tuesday, June 4, 2013, p. 3
By Borzou Daragahi in Cairo and Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi
The popular protests against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan have gripped an Arab world that looked to Turkey as a model of Islamic democracy, write Borzou Daragahi in Cairo and Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi . (en savoir plus…)
Regional implications of PKK’s truce with Turkey mai 23, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East, Othman Ali, PKK, Syria, Turkey
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) 23 May 2013, p. 14
by Othman Ali *
If the current truce between Turkey and the PKK holds or ends in a peace treaty, it has the potential to seriously weaken the Iraqi government’s resolve to assert its power vis-à-vis the Kurdistan Regional Government and the peace process may further strain the relationship between Baghdad and Arbil. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey oil deal signals end of post-Ottoman empire order mai 20, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Histoire, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, Middle East, oil, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Monday, May 20, 2013, p. 2
By David Gardner in London
Confirmation that Turkey plans to buy into the oil and gas wealth of the self-governing Kurdish region of northern Iraq has led to warnings – most stridently from the US – that Ankara is gambling with the break-up of Iraq. (en savoir plus…)
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…)
Turkey’s big game mai 15, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013, p. 6
By striking a framework deal for buying oil stakes from the regional authorities of Iraq’s Kurdish north, Turkey has lifted the veil on a grand economic strategy to match its rapprochement with the hitherto separatist Kurdistan Workers party (PKK). (en savoir plus…)
Syria and Iraq ― Convergence and Divergence in U.S.-Turkish Assessments mai 2, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economie, Turquie.Tags: Hassan Mneimneh, Iraq, Syria, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, May 02, 2013
Hassan Mneimneh *
At the onset of the dramatic transformations in the Arab world more than two years ago, Turkey seemed positioned to assume an important role as a political, economic, and ideological reference for the emerging polities of the region. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey’s Kurdish Gamble avril 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie, Turquie-UE.Tags: energy, EU, Iraq, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Kurdish regional government, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Syria, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 13/10, April 2013, 8 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Turkish policies are currently bolstering the Kurdish Regional Government’s drift towards independence, a prospect thought unthinkable in Ankara only a few years ago. (en savoir plus…)
Erdogan’s Kurdish gambit avril 14, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energie, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Iraq, Kurdish regional government, Kurds, Middle East, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sinan Ülgen, Turkey
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Gulf Times (Qatar) April 14, 2013, p. 32 Deutsch Español Français
Sinan Ülgen *, Istanbul
Conflict in the Middle East threatens not only the security of many of its states, but also their continued existence. (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…)
