Does the barbarism have a logic? 6 février 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, foreign policy, Iraq, ISIS, Jordan, Syria
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The Washington Post (USA) February 6, 2015, p. A19
By Charles Krauthammer
Why did they do it? What did the Islamic State think it could possibly gain by burning alive a captured Jordanian pilot? (suite…)
U.S. can’t afford to lose a friend 13 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, ISIL, ISIS, Ross Wilson, Syria
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Star Tribune (USA) Saturday, December 13, 2014, p. A7
By Ross Wilson *
Despite friction over Syria and ISIL, Turkey remains a key ally at a time when we need one. (suite…)
When will Turkey join the fight against Isil? 9 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, David Cameron, Iran, ISIL, ISIS, Kurds, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Shashank Joshi, Syria, UK
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The Daily Telegraph (UK) Tuesday, December 9, 2014, p. 21
Shashank Joshi *
Western leaders will be asked to pay a high price for Ankara’s help in crushing the jihadists. (suite…)
GMF’s Lesser: US-Turkey bilateral ties remain troubled 15 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, diplomacy, Ian Lesser, Iraq, ISIS, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Monday, September 15, 2014, p. 9
Yonca Poyraz Doğan, Istanbul
While US Secretary of State John Kerry was on a trip through the Middle East and Europe recently to gather commitments of support against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) — which now calls itself the Islamic State (IS) — from US allies, he also lobbied Turkish leaders, highlighting the country’s strategic importance to the US. (suite…)
Chas Freeman : « Nous allons vers la fin des frontières du Moyen-Orient » 18 juin 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: accords Sykes-Picot, Barack Obama, Chas Freeman, EIIL, Irak, Syrie
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Le Figaro (France) no. 21730, mercredi 18 juin 2014, p. 6
Propos recueillis par Laure Mandeville
Ancien ambassadeur, spécialiste éminent du Moyen-Orient et de la Chine, Chas Freeman salue le réalisme prudent de Barack Obama. (suite…)
The Cyprus problem: A glimmer of hope 15 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, Cyprus, Dervis Eroglu, Greece, negotiations, Nicos Anastasiades
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The Economist (UK) no. 950
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Yet another round of talks to reunify the divided island begins. After years of foot-dragging by Greek-Cypriot leaders, who have been keener to block Turkey’s efforts to join the European Union than to end the island’s 40-year division, new talks on reunifying Cyprus are to start. (suite…)
Turquie et Etats-Unis resserrent leurs liens 16 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syrie
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Le Monde (France) jeudi 16 mai 2013, p. PEH7
Géo & Politique
Guillaume Perrier, Istanbul, correspondance
Analyse. 16 mai, entretien à Washington entre Barack Obama et Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Dans un Proche-Orient bouleversé par la crise syrienne, Ankara reste plus que jamais un point d’ancrage pour Washington. L’attentat du 11 mai à la frontière turque ravive les craintes de déstabilisation dans la région. (suite…)
With Obama as Broker, Israelis and Turkey End Dispute Over Ship Raid 23 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israël, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) Saturday, March 23, 2013, p. A 1 Türkçe
By Jodi Rudoren and Mark Landler *
Jerusalem — Under persistent prodding from President Obama, Israel and Turkey resolved a bitter three-year dispute on Friday with a diplomatic thaw that will help a fragile region confront Syria’s civil war, while handing the president a solid accomplishment as he closed out his visit to the Middle East. (suite…)
Re-Betting on Turkey 8 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, Kemal Kirişci, mémorandum, TAFTA, The Brookings Institution, Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement, Turkey, USA
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Memorandum (The Brookings Institution) February 8, 2013
By Kemal Kirişci *
During his second term, President Obama has the opportunity to re-invested in the U.S.-Turkish relationship, focusing on a long-time U.S. ally. Kemal Kirişci wrote this memorandum to President Obama as part of Big Bets and Black Swans: A Presidential Briefing Book. (suite…)
Turkey and the United States: What to Expect in Obama’s Second Term 5 décembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, Gökhan Bacik, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Israël, Turkey
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, December 05, 2012, 4 p.
Gökhan Bacik *
Recent developments have reduced Turkish optimism about President Obama’s second term and other difficult region-wide situations produce important dynamics that could intrude on the alliance between the two countries. (suite…)
Turkey Disappointed With Obama’s Syria Policy 23 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Atlantic Council, Barack Obama, foreign policy, Jorge Benitez, NATO, presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey, UN, USA
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U.S. News & World Report, October 23, 2012
Jorge Benitez *
When Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with President Barack Obama in March, he described him as « my dear friend Barack, » and stated that he was « very pleased to see that our views in general very much overlap on » Syria. (suite…)
Obama, Romney, and the Future of Turkey-United States Relations 22 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, foreign policy, Frank Lin, GPoT Center, Istanbul Kültür University, Mitt Romney, presidential election, Turkey, USA
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GPoT Policy Brief (GPoT Center) No. 34, October 2012, 11 p.
by Frank Lin *
The 2012 American presidential election features two candidates, incumbent President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, with contrasting foreign policy visions for the United States, particularly with regards to the Middle East. (suite…)
Syria becomes a wedge between U.S. and Turkey 4 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, Turkey, USA
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Washington Post.com (USA) October 4, 2012
By Soner Cagaptay *
The close relationship that President Obama has built with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided the United States with a key Muslim ally in the Middle East. Washington and Ankara have worked closely to stabilize Iraq. Yet a storm awaits them in Syria. (suite…)
A special relationship with Turkey 8 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, Egemen Bagis, foreign policy, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, USA, World Economic Forum
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The Washington Post (USA) June 8, 2012, p. A19
David Ignatius, Istanbul
As President Obama was feeling his way in foreign policy during his first months in office, he decided to cultivate a friendship with Turkey’s headstrong prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (suite…)
The rise of Turkey as a superpower 27 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, bilateral relations, foreign policy, Middle East, Nicholas Burns, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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The Boston Globe (USA) April 27, 2012, p. A15
By Nicholas Burns *
When the Cold War ended, more than a few European and American officials predicted that Turkey would decline rapidly in geopolitical significance. (suite…)
US missed chance for Iran nuclear deal, Turkey says 13 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, Brazil, diplomacy, Iran, Middle East, nuclear, Trita Parsi, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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The Miami Herald (USA) April 13, 2012
By Roy Gutman, Istanbul
The United States missed an opportunity to ease concerns about Iran’s nuclear program nearly two years ago when it rejected a carefully negotiated deal that would have allowed Western powers to provide Iran uranium for its nuclear reactors, interviews and new research suggest. (suite…)
US map of new Middle East 27 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, Iran, Iraq, Israël, Jordan, Kurds, map, Middle East, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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Arab News (Saudi Arabia) March 27, 2012, p. 10
Reda Mohammad Lari *
President Barack Obama had said, “The wishes of Israel for the United States of America are sacred”, and the wishes of Israel today (in 2012) is quite similar to her wishes in 1948 when it was created — on May 15, 1948. (suite…)
Obama’s Turkish alliance 8 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Barack Obama, foreign policy, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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The Washington Post (USA) Thursday, December 8, 2011, p. A23
By David Ignatius
They are unlikely partners: a cool and unflappable U.S. president and a proud, sometimes hot-tempered Turkish prime minister. But they have developed a working relationship that is one of the most important but least discussed developments shaping this year of change in the Arab world. (suite…)
Obama s’inquiète de la crise entre la Turquie et Israël 21 septembre 2011
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Le Figaro (France) no. 20881, mercredi 21 septembre 2011, p. 6
Laure Mandeville, Envoyée spéciale à New York
En plein suspense sur le dossier israélo-palestinien à l’ONU, Barack Obama devait avoir, hier après-midi à New York, une rencontre bilatérale particulièrement importante avec le premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan, cet allié clé du flanc sud de l’Otan de plus en plus rétif, mais qui reste pour l’Amérique un partenaire stratégique vital. (suite…)
« Les Occidentaux ont raté le coche » 25 juin 2011
Posted by Acturca in Books / Livres, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Abdul Hag, Abdul Haq, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Lucy Morgan Edwards
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Le Temps (Suisse) 25 juin 2011
Propos recueillis par Stéphane Bussard
Spécialiste du conflit afghan et auteur d’un livre* qui vient de sortir sur le sujet, Lucy Morgan Edwards analyse l’annonce de retrait faite par Barack Obama (suite…)
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