Arab Awakening boosts Turkey’s confidence 31 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, foreign policy, International Institute For Strategic Studies, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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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. (suite…)
Turkey and the Arab Spring 31 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Hannah Stuart, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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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. (suite…)
A 50-year journey for Turkey and Germany 31 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in History / Histoire, Immigration, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cem Özdemir, Germany, History / Histoire, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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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. (suite…)
Turkey’s Caucasus Policies in the Framework of Ankara’s New Foreign Policy 28 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Energy / Energie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Caucasus Analytical Digest, foreign policy, Georgia, Iran, Nigar Göksel, Turkey / Turquie
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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. (suite…)
L’ovalie sur les berges de la mer Noire 28 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: association, France, Laurent Javerzac, Mer Noire, rugby, Samsun, sport, Turkey / Turquie
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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 (suite…)
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests 27 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Congressional Research Service, CRS Report for Congress, Georgia, Jim Nichol, Russia, Russia / Russie, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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CRS Report for Congress (USA) October 27, 2011, 49 p.
Jim Nichol *
The United States recognized the independence of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia when the former Soviet Union broke up at the end of 1991. The United States has fostered these states’ ties with the West in part to end their dependence on Russia for trade, security, and other relations. (suite…)
From Endearment to Estrangement: Turkey’s Interests and Concerns in Syria 25 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Middle East, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, 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. (suite…)
OCS: la Turquie dépose une demande d’adhésion 21 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Chine, OCS, Organisation de coopération de Shanghai, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie
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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. (suite…)
Misstep in Turkey’s neighborly ties 12 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Iran, Kaveh L Afrasiabi, Middle East, NATO, Russia / Russie, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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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. (suite…)
Enhancing Security in the Black Sea Region and Prospects for the Turkish-Ukrainian Cooperation 3 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Black Sea, Centre for International and European Studies (CIES), foreign policy, Razumkov Centre, Ukraine
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Razumkov Centre, Kyiv 2011, 179 p.
Valeriya Klymenko (ed)
Published by Razumkov Centre, the book presents a collection of analytical materiel developed by the Razumkov Centre and the Centre for International and European Studies (CIES) (suite…)
Why keep complying?: compliance with EU conditionality under diminished credibility in Turkey 1 octobre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Academic / Académique, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Compliance, Naz Masraff, PHD thesis, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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PhD thesis (LSE) October 2011
Department of International Relations of the London School of Economics
Naz Masraff
The widely accepted external incentives model of conditionality (EIM) argues that the rewards promised by the EU need to be credible for target states to comply with costly EU conditions. (suite…)
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