Needed: A Turkish-American Plan for Syria mai 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Etats-Unis, Turquie, Moyen Orient.Tags: bilateral relations, Eric Edelman, foreign policy, Middle East, Morton Abramowitz, Syria, Turkey, USA
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) 16 May 2013, p. 14
By Morton Abramowitz and Eric Edelman *
When U.S. President Barack Obama hosts Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House today, their talks about Syria will have a fresh urgency. (en savoir plus…)
Turkey strains as refugee burden grows mai 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Turkey, Middle East, Syria, conflicts, refugees
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The Washington Post (USA) 16 May 2013, p. A1-A11
By Kevin Sullivan, Yayladagi, Turkey
Government seeks more aid, urges wealthy nations to take in desperate Syrians. Facing one of the world’s largest refugee crises in decades, Turkish officials are urgently appealing for international financial assistance and calling on wealthy nations (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…)
Turkey’s Policy towards the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Spring mai 2, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, IPLI, MENA, Mesut Özcan, Middle East, Syria, TEPAV, Turkey, Turkey Policy Brief Series
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Turkey Policy Brief Series (IPLI – TEPAV) 9th edition, 2013, 9 p. Français
by Mesut Özcan *
"Beginning at the end of 2010, the transformation of the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has replaced the erstwhile political structures which were remnants of the Cold War era, with more representative administrations. (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…)
Blurring the Borders: Syrian Spillover Risks for Turkey avril 30, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: border, conflicts, foreign policy, Hatay, International Crisis Group, Middle East, refugees, Syria, Turkey
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Europe Report (International Crisis Group) N° 225, 48 p. Türkçe
Antakya/Ankara/Istanbul/Brussels, 30 April 2013
As the humanitarian crisis reaches catastrophic proportions,Syria needs to open its borders to external aid, while Turkey and its international partners need more long-term planning to meet growing refugee needs and avoid having instability spill over the porous border. (en savoir plus…)
Tempered Islamism avril 30, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: AKP, Al-Qaeda, Islamism, James Jeffrey, Middle East, NATO, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, Turkey
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The Majalla (UK, UAE) Tuesday, 30 April, 2013 العربية
James Jeffrey & Soner Cagaptay *
Despite its Islamist government and increasingly religious rhetoric, history, geography and culture are combining to prevent Turkey Islamizing to the degree seen in other Arab countries. (en savoir plus…)
Understanding Turkish-Israeli Rapproachement: Why Now, What Next? avril 16, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Etats-Unis, Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Can Kasapoglu, EDAM, Israël, Middle East, NATO, Syria, USA
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EDAM Discussion Paper, 04/2013, 15 April 2013, 15 p.
Can Kasapoglu *
President Obama’s recent visit to Israel was expected to be a very high profile one, but with modest actual outcomes. Many experts shared the view that Obama’s presence in White House has been a positive factor that may foster a rapprochement between Turkey and Israel (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…)
Is Turkey Ready for a Kurdish Peace? mars 12, 2013
Posted by Acturca in Moyen Orient, Turquie.Tags: Gonul Tol, Kurds, Middle East, PKK, Syria, Turkey
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The National Interest (USA) March 12, 2013
Gonul Tol *
Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a 28-year war against the Turkish state, is an unlikely candidate for peacemaker. Yet recently he has become Ankara’s key ally in its efforts to end the three-decade-old armed struggle. (en savoir plus…)
