Turkey’ re-imagined neighborhood policy after the « Arab Spring » 19 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Actuelle de l'Ifri, Arab Spring, foreign policy, IFRI, Joshua W. Walker, Libya, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey
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Actuelle de l’Ifri (Ifri) 19 avril 2012, 5 p.
Joshua W. Walker *
Turkey’s emergence in the 21st century as a regional power has been in the making for the last decade, but only fully crystallized in the wake of the “Arab Spring” in 2011. (suite…)
In Balancing Act, Turkey Hosts Iranian Nuclear Talks 13 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iran, Libya, Middle East, nuclear, oil, Soli Özel, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Yavuz Baydar
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National Public Radio – NPR (USA) April 13, 2012
by Peter Kenyon
Iran’s suspect nuclear program will again be in the spotlight this weekend when negotiators from Iran and six international powers meet in Istanbul. (suite…)
France obsessing over Turkey’s rising regional profile, scholar 25 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in France, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, bilateral relations, diplomacy, Dorothée Schmid, foreign policy, François Hollande, France, IFRI, Libya, Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey) March 24-25, 2012, p. 1-6
Barçın Yinanç, Istanbul
There is a competition between France and Turkey as well as its leaders, says a French expert on Turkish-French relations. France sees Turkey as an indispensable partner but also as a potential spoiler in its traditional ‘backyard,’ according to Dorothée Schmid, the head of the Turkey program at the French think tank IFRI. (suite…)
Turkey’s Democratic Dilemma 22 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, democracy, foreign policy, Libya, Middle East, Piotr Zalewski, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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Foreign Affairs (USA) March 21, 2012
Letter from Istanbul
By Piotr Zalewski *
During a town hall meeting organized as part of Barack Obama’s 2009 visit to Istanbul, a Turkish student expressed his disappointment with the president’s inability to implement substantial changes to U.S. foreign policy. “Moving the ship of state is a slow process,” Obama explained. (suite…)
Sunni realignments 15 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Bahrain, foreign policy, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Libya, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a, Sunni, Syria, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The American Spectator (web) December 9, 2011
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi *
A new Turkey-Qatar bloc is in the works in the wake of the tumoil in Syria, Libya, and other Islamist hot spots. (suite…)
Turkey acts as mentor for emerging Islamists in region 8 décembre 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, Egypt, Ennahda, Libya, Muslim Brothers, Mustafa Akyol, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Soli Özel, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Reuters, Thu Dec 8, 2011 Français
By Samia Nakhoul, Istanbul
As Islamist groups emerge triumphant in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan seems decided to act as their mentor — and to throw its weight behind the Syrian opposition seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad, a former ally. (suite…)
Istanbul conference recognizes Libya rebels as legitimate rulers 15 juillet 2011
Posted by Acturca in France, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: diplomacy, France, Istanbul, Libya, Libya Contact Group, Turkey / Turquie
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Deutsche Welle (Germany), July 15, 2011
Ayhan Simsek
At their conference in Istanbul, Western nations have thrown their full support behind Libya’s rebels, recognizing them as the ‘government authority.’ In a major policy shift Turkey has cut ties with Tripoli. (suite…)
A new Sykes-Picot Agreement 15 mai 2011
Posted by Acturca in France, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient.Tags: Arabs, Britain, France, History / Histoire, Libya, M. D. Nalapat, Middle East, Sykes-Picot Agreement
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Weekly Sunday Times (Pakistan), May 15, 2011
M. D. Nalapat *
Ninety-five years ago, Britain and France got together to divide the Arab world. The 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement formalised the division of the region into spheres of influence controlled by London and Paris. Gone were the promises of freedom that had been given to the Arab peoples at the start of the campaign against Turkey. (suite…)
Arab Spring, Turkish Fall 5 mai 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab uprisings, Arabs, foreign policy, Libya, Middle East, Steven A. Cook, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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Foreign Policy (USA) May 5, 2011
By Steven A. Cook *
Turkey’s leaders are looking less like the new Ottomans they’ve imagined themselves to be and more like stumbling politicians afraid of a new regional order. (suite…)
Turkey’s new relationship with NATO: implications for Washington 1 mai 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, Libya, NATO, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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FAO Journal, May 2011
By Soner Cagaptay
Ankara’s recent attempt to block the NATO mission in Libya and the 2010 quarrel with NATO over the missile-defense initiative point at a new Turkish stance vis-a-vis NATO. Ever since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) assumed power in Ankara in 2002, Turkey has grown gradually cold toward cooperating with the West in the Middle East. Now, the AKP is increasingly taking issue with NATO. (suite…)
At Europe’s doorstep, Turkey’s role in Middle East changes and evolves 24 avril 2011
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Arab, Dilshod Achilov, EU membership, foreign policy, Israël, Libya, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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International Business Times Sunday (USA) April 24, 2011
By Palash R. Ghosh
Turkey has become a major regional and economic player in the Near East. As a leading vibrant Muslim society, the Turks offer a solid blueprint for Arab nations seeking to modernize, while still maintaining Islamic roots. However, Turks are not Arabs and their relationship with its Middle Eastern neighbors has been fraught with tensions, crises and conflicting objectives. (suite…)
Turkey is a crucial ally. To snub it is sheer folly 28 mars 2011
Posted by Acturca in France, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: France, Jack Straw, Libya, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The Times (UK), 28 March 2011, p. 20
Jack Straw *
As the coalition takes stock of the Libya operation, it must use Ankara’s growing influence. Turks do not appreciate insouciance. Nicolas Sarkozy’s one visit as President of France to Turkey lasted five hours. It was the first by a French president in 20 years. (suite…)
Turkey’s ‘moral politics’ in Libya: seduction by analogy ? 20 mars 2011
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Libya, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, Şaban Kardaş
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey), 20 March 2011, Sunday
by Şaban Kardaş *
Turkey’s policy on Libya so far has drawn criticism from many angles, most notably due to the growing dissonance between Ankara and the international community on the issue of pursuing coercive policies against the Gaddafi regime’s use of brutal force against its own people to crack down first on the peaceful demonstrations and later the uprising across the country. (suite…)
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