Central Asia’s Place in Turkey’s Foreign Policy 25 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Carlo Frappi, Central Asia, China, foreign policy, ISPI, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, TIKA
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Analysis (ISPI) No. 225, December 2013
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)
Carlo Frappi *
Ankara’s Central Asian policy offers a privileged perspective for analyzing the evolution of Turkey’s post-bipolar foreign policy. A key element for Turkey’s attempt to re-launch the country’s value and significance for Euro-Atlantic interlocutors after the Cold War, Central Asia progressively lost its centrality in Ankara’s foreign policy (suite…)
A specific amalgam 9 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Aloke Sen, Arab Spring, Central Asia, Middle East, Turkey
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The Telegraph (Calcutta, India) Tuesday, April 9, 2013, p. 10
Aloke Sen *
The Turkish model may not be transferable to other countries. In the discourse on the tumultuous socio-political developments in West Asia and North Africa of recent years — popularly labelled as the ‘Arab Spring’ — the term, ‘Turkish model’, was frequently heard. (suite…)
The Turkey, Russia, Iran Nexus: Driving Forces and Strategies 20 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Andrew C. Kuchins, Bülent Aliriza, Caucasus, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Central Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Jon B. Alterman, Russia, Stephen Flanagan, Turkey
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) March 20, 2013
Abbreviated Edition
By Stephen Flanagan, Bulent Aliriza, Jon B. Alterman, Andrew C. Kuchins
This report presents the key findings of an 18-month CSIS project to assess the forces and interests shaping relations among Turkey, Russia, and Iran (suite…)
Turkey at the Crossroads 14 janvier 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Caucasus, Central Asia, energy, Energy Policy, EU, Iran, Russia, Tahir Bhutta, Turkey
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The Financial Daily (Pakistan) Tuesday, January 14, 2013, p. 4
Tahir Bhutta, Air Commodore (Retd)
Energy security has assumed a pivotal role in the economic and energy security agendas of the European Union and the USA. Europe’s gas imports which account for 60% of its total energy requirements, nearly half of this is imported from Russia. (suite…)
The Peculiarities of Turkey’s Foreign Policy towards the Post-Soviet States 25 novembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Belarus, Caucasus, Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies, Central Asia, foreign policy, NATO, ORSAM, Russia, South Caucasus, Turarbekova Roza Maratovna, Turkey, Ukraine
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ORSAM Report (ORSAM) No: 135, November 2012, 20 p
The Black Sea International Report No: 27
Turarbekova Roza Maratovna *
The article examines the main directions of Turkey’s foreign policy in the Post-Soviet area. It presents the comparative analysis of Turkey’s relations both with the CIS states separately (Russia in particular) and with the regions in general (the South Caucasus and Central Asia as an example). (suite…)
The Turkey, Russia, Iran Nexus: Political & Security Dimensions 28 septembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Black Sea, Caucasus, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Central Asia, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, USA
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Moscow Workshop Report (CSIS) Sep 28, 2012
By Stephen Flanagan
CSIS and the Institute of Oriental Studies (IVRAN) of the Russian Academy of Sciences co-organized an expert workshop at IVRAN in Moscow on June 18-19, 2012 that explored the evolving political and security interests and concerns of Turkey, Russia, Iran, and the United States in the Eastern Mediterranean, Central Asia, and the Caucasus/Black Sea regions. (suite…)
An Audit of Power: Turkey’s Leverage in the Post Soviet Space 18 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Adam Balcer, Azerbaijan, Black Sea, Black Sea Discussion Paper Series, Caucasus, Central Asia, demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy, EDAM, energy, foreign policy, Georgia, Russia, South Caucasus, Turkey, USSR
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Black Sea Discussion Paper Series (EDAM) 2012/3, 15 p.
Adam Balcer *
Tectonic shifts in the balance of power between the key players in the post-Soviet area will take place within the next decades. (suite…)
Afghan, Turkish SCO ties sought 24 mai 2012
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, China Institute of International Studies, Qu Xing, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Turkey, Yao Kuangyi
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China Daily, May 24, 2012, p. 11
By Wu Jiao and Zhang Yunbi (Xinhua)
Two countries with close ties to the West are keen to get closer to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as it enhances its security and economic cooperation in a changing regional environment. (suite…)
The Caspian Sea: Ports, Tankers and Shipments 27 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie.Tags: Azerbaijan, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Caucasus, Central Asia, hydrocarbons transportation, Iran, Kazakhstan, maritime transport, Russia, Russia / Russie, Turkmenistan
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Kazakhstan Newsline, Issue 1483, 26 March 2012
By Aider Kurtmulayev
The Caspian Sea is gradually developing into a major area of through shipments of hydrocarbons, even while, purely in terms of its transportation volumes, it is a long shot from those of the Black Sea. (suite…)
Economic Forum: Japan firms can make most of Turkey as regional hub 23 janvier 2012
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Central Asia, economy, Japan, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-Japan Economic Forum, Turkish-Japanese Business Council, Yukio Edano
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Nikkei Weekly (Japan) 23 January 2012
Yukio Edano *
Japan and Turkey are located at the eastern and western ends of the vast Eurasian continent, but the two countries have been forging deep ties since the age of the Silk Road. (suite…)
Can Turkey Save Afghanistan? 11 novembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan, Richard Weitz, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The Diplomat (Japan) November 11, 2011
By Richard Weitz *
A trilateral conference this month highlighted the possibilities – and limits – to Turkey’s new Central Asia diplomacy drive. (suite…)
Turkmenistan stands by Caspian pipeline 4 novembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Caspian Sea, Central Asia, Robert M Cutler, Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkmenistan
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Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) Nov 4, 2011
By Robert M Cutler *, Montreal
Turkmenistan’s foreign ministry issued a definitive rebuke last week to political forces trying to use diplomatic and legal stratagems to block conclusion of an agreement on constructing the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) across the Caspian Sea bed to Azerbaijan, from where Turkmenistan’s gas would transit through Turkey to Europe, presumably through the Nabucco pipeline. (suite…)
In the Caucasus and central Asia, Turkey is carving out a sphere of influence 27 septembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Azerbaijan, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, BTC, Caucasus, Central Asia, Henry Srebrnik, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, trade, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2011
By Henry Srebrnik *
Apart from becoming a significant force in the Middle East, Turkey is trying to extend its sphere of influence in the former Soviet republics of the Caucasus and central Asia. (suite…)
Islamic group is CIA front, ex-Turkish intel chief says 5 janvier 2011
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Central Asia, CIA, Fethullah Gülen, foreign policy, Graham E. Fuller, intelligence, MIT, Osman Nuri Gündeş, Robert Baer, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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The Washington Post (USA), January 5, 2011
By Jeff Stein
A memoir by a top former Turkish intelligence official claims that a worldwide moderate Islamic movement based in Pennsylvania has been providing cover for the CIA since the mid-1990s. (suite…)
Acturca Journal Watch March 2010 31 mars 2010
Posted by Acturca in Academic / Académique, Acturca Journal Watch, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Economy / Economie, History / Histoire, Immigration, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Acturca Journal Watch, Ahmet Yükleyen, Ahmet İçduygu, AKP, Alain Safa, Aylin Görener, Ayse Zarakol, Ümit Cizre, B. Ali Soner, Bahattin Aksit, Bülent Aras, Berrin Koyuncu-Lorasdagi, Body & Culture, Bulgaria, Burhanettin Duran, Cagla Diner, Central Asia, CES Working Papers, China, Constitution, Current History, Cyprus, Dams, Daniel Faas, Deniz Sert, Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, Economie appliquée, Eleni Fotiou, Elif Ekin Aksit, Emre Gökalp, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnicities, EU enlargement, Europeanization theory, Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, foreign policy, Germany, Hakan Ergül, Hakan Fidan, History / Histoire, Hugh Pope, Ibrahim Kalin, Incilay Cangöz, International Journal of Business and Globalisation, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, International Relations, International Spectator, Ipek Demir, Iraq, Jewish Studies Quarterly, Joost Jongerden, Joshua Walker, Journal of American History, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Kerem Öktem, Kurds, Marlies Casier, Mary Lou O'Neil, Matthias B. Lehmann, Mediterranean Politics, Meriç Özgüneş, Middle East, Middle East Critique, Middle East Policy, Middle Eastern Studies, Milli Görüs, Nadir Kemal Yilmaz, Nathalie Hilmi, Nationalities Papers, Netherlands, New Technology, Nora Fisher Onar, Nurcan Törenli, Rosita Dellios, Russell Powell, Salih Katircioglu, Sebnem Gumuscu, secularism, Shaul Magid, Sule Toktas, Teodor Lucian Moga, Tim Jacoby, Tim Roberts, trade, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU, Turkish minority, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Welat Zeydanlioğlu, Work and Employment, Yonca Köksal, Zeki Sarigil, Şaban Kardaş
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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, March 2010
Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin
Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)
Turkey and Russia on the rise 17 mars 2009
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Balkans, Caucasus, Central Asia, geopolitics, Lauren Goodrich, Peter Zeihan, Reva Bhalla, Russia, Russia / Russie, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Stratfor (USA), March 17, 2009
By Reva Bhalla, Lauren Goodrich and Peter Zeihan
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev reportedly will travel to Turkey in the near future to follow up a recent four-day visit by his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, to Moscow. The Turks and the Russians certainly have much to discuss. (suite…)
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