U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition: The Impact of Turkey and the South Caucasus 8 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brandon Fite, Caucasus, Center for Strategic and International Studies, conflicts, Erin Fitzgerald, foreign policy, Iran, Middle East, Russia / Russie, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA, Varun Vira
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA) March 8, 2012, 29 p.
By Varun Vira, Erin Fitzgerald and Brandon Fite
US and Iranian efforts to bolster their strategic ties to Turkey and the Caucasus are becoming a steadily more significant aspect of their competition. The region holds both immense attractions in both geopolitical and economic terms for the United States and Iran, but also complex challenges. (suite…)
Turkey’s nation of faiths 8 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bülent Arinç, Istanbul, minority, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Daily News Egypt, Thursday, March 8, 2012 Français
Bülent Arınç *
After decades of official neglect and mistrust, Turkey has taken several steps to ensure the rights of the country’s non-Muslim religious minorities, and thus to guarantee that the rule of law is applied equally for all Turkish citizens, regardless of individuals’ religion, ethnicity, or language. (suite…)
Turkey’s dance: on the edge of the cauldron 8 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: economy, foreign policy, Hugh Pope, International Crisis Group, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Montrose Journal (UK) 8 March 2012
Hugh Pope *
Things have rarely felt better for a Turkish government. After a decade of broad-based progress, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hearing little but praise for the democratic legitimacy of Turkey’s elections, its robust market economy and the way it seems to have tamed four of the region’s ideological demons: Islamism, ethnic nationalism, militarism and authoritarianism. (suite…)
Why Turkey is Coming to Somalia’s Aid 8 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Africa, Ahmet Davutoglu, Carter Findley, foreign policy, Joshua Walker, Neo-Ottomanism, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Somalia, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The International Business Times (USA) March 8, 2012
By Daniel Tovrov
Somalia was home to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for the second half of 2011, and while the famine has been officially declared over, drought, militancy and instability still ravage the East African country. (suite…)
Un syndicat mondial des employés d’Ikea voit le jour à Istanbul 8 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, France, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Eyüp Alemdag, France, Ikea, Istanbul, Koop-Is, syndicat, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Monde (France) jeudi 8 mars 2012, p. 19
Guillaume Perrier, Istanbul, Correspondance
Les délégués d’une vingtaine de syndicats d’employés du groupe suédois de distribution de meubles Ikea, réunis mardi 6 mars à Istanbul, ont posé les fondations d’une alliance syndicale mondiale pour unifier leurs efforts et promouvoir des » conditions de travail égales » dans tous les magasins. (suite…)
Comment libérer l’Europe de la « malédiction de l’énergie » 8 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Catherine Ashton, EU / UE, gaz, Günther Oettinger, petrol, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21026, jeudi 8 mars 2012, p. 14
Catherine Ashton et Günther Oettinger *
La dure réalité, pour l’Europe, en matière d’énergie, est qu’elle en produit moins sur son territoire et doit en importer davantage de l’étranger. La plupart de nos bassins houillers sont des vestiges historiques et les réserves pétrolières et gazières de la mer du Nord diminuent. (suite…)
Book: Hinterland 8 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Books / Livres, Immigration.Tags: Afghanistan, Caroline Brothers, novel
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The Independent (UK) March 8, 2012, p. 44
The Thursday Book
By Anita Sethi
This intensely evocative novel opens on the border of Turkey, as the snows in the distant Balkans have melted, swelling the river that two brothers must cross. Two Afghani war orphans, 14-year-old Aryan and his eightyear-old brother Kabir, are on a perilous journey by foot, by boat, in the back of trucks and trailers. (suite…)
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