The EU-Turkey Customs Union: A Model for Future Euro-Med Integration 31 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: customs union, EU, MEDPRO Technical Report, Subidey Togan, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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MEDPRO Technical Report, No. 9, March 2012, 26 p.
Sübidey Togan *
This paper studying the 1995 EU-Turkey Customs Union (CU) reveals that the CU has been a major instrument of integration of the Turkish economy into the EU and global markets, offering powerful tools to reform the Turkish economy. (suite…)
Rising Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy 31 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Ebru Oğurlu, energy, EU, EU / UE, foreign policy, gas, Greece, IAI Working Papers, Israël, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 12/4, March 2012, 14 p.
Ebru Oğurlu *
Over the last few years, the Eastern Mediterranean has been increasingly fraught with growing competition between regional players, most notably Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel, signalling an apparent return of power politics in regional relations. (suite…)
Turkey and the Arab Spring: Embracing “People’s Power” 31 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, EuroMeSCo, European Institute of the Mediterranean, foreign policy, Gallia Lindenstrauss, Middle East, PapersIEMed/EuroMeSCo, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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PapersIEMed/EuroMeSCo, No. 14, March 2012, 32 p.
Gallia Lindenstrauss *
This paper explores the new emphasis on Turkish foreign policy brought about by the Arab Spring and its possible ramifications for Turkey’s relations with external actors. (suite…)
A Trilateral EU-US-Turkey Strategy for the Neighbourhood: The Urgency of Now 31 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Arab Spring, European Neighbourhood Policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Mediterranean, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, working paper
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) 12/8, March 2012, 24 p.
Nathalie Tocci *
Turkey, the European Union and the United States have always shared the same vision for the European neighbourhood. During the Cold War and its immediate aftermath, this shared vision neither necessarily meant agreement on policy means, nor did it call for joint action. (suite…)
Back to the Drawing Board: French Armenians and Turkish-French Relations 30 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Armenians, diaspora, France, Ilter Turan, Middle East, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Policy Brief (German Marshall Fund of the United States) March 30, 2012
Ilter Turan *
On February 28, the Constitutional Court issued a decision invalidated legislation which would have made those who denied that the Armenians experienced genocide in 1915 subject to prison sentences, substantial fines, or both. (suite…)
Iran and Turkey battle for Iraq supremacy 30 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Baghdad, construction, economy, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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CNN (USA) Business 360 Global Exchange
March 30th, 2012, Baghdad
As Iraq’s capital emerges from almost a decade of conflict and civil strife it is becoming an economic battleground for Turkey and Iran. (suite…)
UE/Turquie: Les députés soulignent la nécessité d’un engagement mutuel 30 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU / UE, liberté d'expression, Parlement européen, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Turkey / Turquie, visas
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Europolitique (Belgique) 30 mars 2012
Par Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt
Les députés européens soulignent l’importance des relations UE-Turquie mais demandent aussi à Ankara d’appliquer un train de réformes pour améliorer les résultats positifs de l’interdépendance des deux régions. (suite…)
Les contes turcs d’Hélène Tayon 30 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Books / Livres, France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: France, Hélène Tayon, Limoges, littérature, Payzac, roman, Turkey / Turquie
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Sud Ouest (France) Vendredi 30 mars 2012, p. Périgueux-C2_17
Pierre Thibaud, Payzac
En 2009, Hélène Tayon avait publié aux Ardents Éditeurs (Limoges), un roman, « Alarga ! », qui amenait les lecteurs vers sa terre de prédilection, la Turquie. (suite…)
Erdogan’s Turkey: A rule more ruthless 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Financial Times (UK) Thursday, March 29, 2012, p. 11
By David Gardner and Daniel Dombey
His pictures and posters are these days almost as ubiquitous as those of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founding father of the modern Turkish nation. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come to tower over the country’s political landscape. (suite…)
Erdoğan’s Decade 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, foreign policy, Hugh Pope, Kurds, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU
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The Cairo Review of Global Affairs (AUC) 4/2012, Winter 2012
Hugh Pope *
The swirling currents of daily political life in Turkey enjoy a wild unpredictability. But in November 2002, when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, or AKP) swept to power with surprising strength, it turned out that it was riding one of Turkey’s regular underlying tides. (suite…)
Turkey Inc.: Rethinking the Model’s Regional Role 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Civil Society, economy, Middle East, Nora Fisher Onar, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Sada (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) March 29, 2012
By Nora Fisher Onar *
Turkey is often touted as an inspiration for the rest of the Middle East—a characterization it accepts and pursues. In recent years, Turkish policy makers have worked hard to establish “Turkey Inc. »: a model of a relatively free, stable, and increasingly prosperous Muslim-majority country with great economic and foreign policy leverage. (suite…)
« Les banques présentes en Turquie ont une vision de long terme » 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: banque, Capgemini Consulting, Jean Coumaros, Turkey / Turquie
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L’AGEFI Hebdo (France) 29 mars 2012, p. 8
Amélie Laurin
Entretien avec… Jean Coumaros, directeur associé senior et responsable mondial du secteur bancaire chez Capgemini Consulting. (suite…)
Une réforme de l’éducation divise la Turquie 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, éducation religieuse, CHP, Education, imam hatip, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21044, jeudi 29 mars 2012, p. 12
Laure Marchand, Istanbul
Le texte favorise l’orientation précoce des filles vers les établissements qui forment les imams. (suite…)
Récit d’exil d’Istamboul à Saint-Pourçain 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Books / Livres, France, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Allier, édition, Bleu autour, France, Istanbul, littérature, Patrice Rötig, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Turkey / Turquie
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La Montagne (France) jeudi 29 mars 2012, p. Montlucon-07
Hervé Moisan, Interview
En une quinzaine d’années, Patrice Rötig a réussi à faire de sa petite maison d’édition, Bleu autour, basée à Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, le premier éditeur français de littérature turque. De retour du Salon du livre, à Paris, il revient sur son étonnant parcours. (suite…)
La Turquie à l’honneur au quartier Latin 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, France, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cinéma, Festival du Cinéma Turc de Paris, film, France, Paris, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Parisien (France) jeudi 29 mars 2012, p. 75_E_3
Festival
Ve. Le Festival du cinéma turc s’ouvre demain à la filmothèque du quartier Latin. L’occasion pour tous de découvrir une quinzaine de films inédits. (suite…)
Greek crisis diminishes EU influence in Balkans 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Albania, Balkans, economy, EU, EU / UE, Greece, James Pettifer, Kosovar Liberation Army, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 29 March 2012
Anila Shuka, Interview
The EU will see its sway wane in the Balkans as the Greek crisis persists, says an expert. Turkey looks likely to gain in influence, James Pettifer a Balkans expert from Oxford University told DW. (suite…)
The Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan and Georgia 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Russia / Russie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Caucasus Analytical Digest, foreign policy, George Khelashvili, Georgia, Kornely Kakachia, Lili Di Puppo, Rashad Shirinov, Russia, Russia / Russie, USA
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Caucasus Analytical Digest, No. 37, 29 March 2012, 16 p.
Special Editor: Lili Di Puppo
This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest examines the foreign policies of Azerbaijan and Georgia. (suite…)
Strategical and Tactical Uses of Ethnicity. Insights from the Azerbaijani Question in Iran 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Middle East / Moyen Orient.Tags: Azerbaijan, ethnicity, Gilles Riaux, Iran, Michel de Certeau
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Paris Papers (IRSEM) n°5, 2012, 54 p. Français
Gilles Riaux *
This Paris Paper explores the literature on ethnicity in International Relations to present a conceptual framework based on the concepts of strategy and tactics, as defined by Michel de Certeau. (suite…)
Israel’s Secret Staging Ground 29 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Middle East / Moyen Orient, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Iran, Israël, Mark Perry, Middle East, USA
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Foreign Policy (USA) March 28, 2012
By Mark Perry
U.S. officials believe that the Israelis have gained access to airbases in Azerbaijan. Does this bring them one step closer to a war with Iran? (suite…)
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