Analysis: Turkey’s ‘worthy solitude’ sidelines Erdogan in Middle East 18 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: diplomacy, Egypt, foreign policy, Ibrahim Kalin, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sinan Ülgen, Soner Cagaptay, Turkey
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Reuters (UK) September 18, 2013
By Nick Tattersall, Istanbul
Clinging to calls for military action in Syria and wedded to his backing for Egypt’s ousted Islamist president, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cuts an increasingly lonely figure in a region whose future he still hopes to help shape. (suite…)
Turkey, Europe and the Syrian Crisis: What Went Wrong? 13 septembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: conflicts, EU, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, USA
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No.8, 13 September 2013, 3 p.
by Nathalie Tocci *
Syria should have united, not torn, Turkey and Europe apart. It should have led both sides to work together, and through closer foreign policy coordination, possibly rebuild part of that long-lost trust that is badly needed to re-launch the broader EU-Turkey agenda. (suite…)
How Turkey went from ‘zero problems’ to zero friends 22 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Middle East, Piotr Zalewski, Turkey
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The Washington Post (USA) Thursday, August 22, 2013
By Piotr Zalewski, Istanbul
Not so long ago, Turkey seemed to have found the elusive formula for foreign policy success. Its newly adopted philosophy, « zero problems with neighbors, » won praise both at home and abroad as Ankara reengaged with the Middle East following a half century of estrangement. (suite…)
Can Turkey weather the Middle East storm? 19 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Kemal Dervis, Middle East, Turkey
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Times of Oman, August 19,2013, p. A13 Deutsch Español Français
Kemal Derviş *, Istanbul
A cycle of terrible violence has taken over much of the Middle East. Its centre has shifted from Iraq (where sectarian strife has recently escalated again) to Syria, but it encompasses Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Tunisia as well. (suite…)
Commentary views Turkey’s « ineffective » foreign policy in Mideast 18 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: foreign policy, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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BBC Monitoring European (UK) August 18, 2013 Türkçe
Text of report by Turkish newspaper Radikal website on 18 August
Column by Cengiz Candar: « Turkey’s ‘Precious Loneliness’ or its ‘Ineffective Foreign Policy’… » Has the leadership of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan become a burden to the « Turkish model »?
Where is Turkey Headed? Gezi Park, Taksim Square, and the Future of the Turkish Model 31 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, foreign policy, Gezi Park, James F. Jeffrey, Middle East, Turkey, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, USA
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U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 31, 2013
Subcommittee on European Affairs
James F. Jeffrey *
When Barack Obama made his 2009 trip to Turkey, his first bilateral visit as president, he did not single out Turkey as a model per se. Rather, he made the point that Turkey « is not where East and West divide — this is where they come together. » (suite…)
Middle East Is Sinking Deeper Into Instability 24 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Egypt, Javier Solana, Middle East, military coup, Muslim Brotherhood, Syria, Turkey
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The Moscow Times (Russia) 24 July 2013, p. 9 Español Français
By Javier Solana *
Instability continues to spread in the Middle East, with the military coup in Egypt the latest episode to trigger political tremors throughout the region. (suite…)
New Middle East 24 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, C. Raja Mohan, Egypt, foreign policy, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, political Islam, Salman Khurshid, Turkey
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The Indian Express, July 24, 2013, p. 13
C. Raja Mohan *
As the old order crumbles in the Middle East, the imperative of recalibrating India’s regional policy has been staring at Delhi for some time. (suite…)
From Model to Bystander and How to Bounce Back: Turkey, the Middle East, and the Transatlantic Alliance 10 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: AKP, foreign policy, Middle East, Nora Fisher Onar, Syria, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Turkey-EU, USA
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, July 2013, 17 p.
Foreign Policy Papers
Nora Fisher Onar *
The perception of Turkey as a model for the Middle East appears to have been fleeting. For the time being, the story has petered out because Turkey, like its allies and rivals, has proven unable to shape outcomes after the Arab revolutions, especially in Syria. (suite…)
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations 21 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, foreign policy, Jim Zanotti, Middle East, NATO, Turkey, USA
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CRS Report for Congress (USA) June 21, 2013, 52 p.
Jim Zanotti *
This report provides background information on Turkey and discusses possible policy options for Members of Congress and the Obama Administration. (suite…)
Turkey’s growing security role: Where does NATO fit in? 20 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bülent Meriç, Elmar Brok, EU, Giles Merritt, Jamie Shea, Middle East, NATO, NATO-EU, Security & Defence Agenda, Shada Islam, Syria, Transatlantic Cooperation, Turkey
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Security & Defence Agenda Report (SDA)
Thursday, 20 June 2013
At the SDA debate on Monday 3 June, speakers insisted that the turbulent regional scenario makes Turkey an essential global political actor, with Ankara looking to NATO and the EU for greater support in facing the multiple crises at its borders. (suite…)
Closing the Nuclear Trapdoor in the U.S.-Turkey “Model” Partnership Opportunities for Civil Nuclear Cooperation 17 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: bilateral relations, foreign policy, Jessica C. Varnum, Middle East, nuclear weapons, The Brookings Institution, Turkey Project Policy Paper
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Turkey Project Policy Paper (The Brookings Institution) June 17, 2013, 18 p.
Jessica C. Varnum *
In the first Turkey Project Policy Paper, Jessica Varnum examines the potential for nuclear cooperation between the United States and Turkey to enhance what President Obama has called a « model partnership. » (suite…)
Erdogan: from « rock star » to mixed reviews from Arabs 12 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Middle East, protests, Turkey
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Reuters (UK) Wednesday, June 12, 2013
By Alastair Macdonald and Tarek Amara (Cairo/Tunis)
Turkish prime minister was feted during the Arab Spring. But some Arabs disappointed by his crackdown. His fate may now be linked to that of Arab Islamists. (suite…)
Turkey-GCC Relations in a Transforming Middle East 12 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, economy, Gulf Cooperation Council, ISPI, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, MENA, Middle East, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Valeria Talbot
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Analysis (ISPI) No. 178, June 2013, 10 p.
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale
Valeria Talbot *
Since the early 2000s relations between Turkey and the Gulf monarchies have improved and cooperation has progressively deepened in several domains. (suite…)
Model of Muslim democracy loses its lustre in eyes of Arab onlookers 4 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arabs, democracy, Iraq, Middle East, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tunisia, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Tuesday, June 4, 2013, p. 3
By Borzou Daragahi in Cairo and Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi
The popular protests against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan have gripped an Arab world that looked to Turkey as a model of Islamic democracy, write Borzou Daragahi in Cairo and Michael Peel in Abu Dhabi . (suite…)
Erdogan’s Responsibility for the Arab Spring 4 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey
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Dar Al Hayat (Lebanon) Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Elias Harfoush
Regardless of what we think about the latest turmoil in Turkey, it is hard to view these events independently from the context of the region’s events and the revolutions staged against a number of regimes within the past two years all the way to the present explosion faced by the Syrian regime. (suite…)
Soft Power in Turkish Foreign Policy: New Instruments and Challenges 27 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Euxeinos, foreign policy, Middle East, Selcen Öner, soft power, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Euxeinos (GCE-HSG) 10/2013, pp. 7-15
Issue: Strategic Depth through Soft Power: The Domestic Production and International Projection of Turkish Culture
by Selcen Öner *
During the Cold War era and in the 1990s as well, Turkey was considered mostly as a “hard power” because of the high influence of its military in politics and deficiencies in its democracy and human rights. In the first decade of the 21st century several internal and external developments have positively contributed to Turkey’s “soft power”. (suite…)
The American-Russian-Turkish Triangle and the Civil War in Syria 27 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, Civil war, foreign policy, INSS, Institute for National Securities Studies, John Kerry, Mark A. Heller, Middle East, Russia, Sergei Lavrov, Syria, Turkey, USA
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INSS Insight (Institute for National Securities Studies) No. 431, May 27, 2013
Mark A. Heller *
Ex-empires may all be equal, but some are apparently more equal than others. Since he became US Secretary of State in February 2013, John Kerry has met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu four times. (suite…)
Global Turkey in Europe. Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU 24 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Anne Duncker, Arab Spring, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman, EU enlargement, EU Neighbourhood Policy, foreign policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Senem Aydın Düzgit, Syria, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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IAI Research Papers (IAI) No. 9, May 2013, 303 p.
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
edited by Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Anne Duncker, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman and Nathalie Tocci *
The EU is changing, Turkey too, and – above all – there is systemic change and crisis all round, ranging from economics, the spread of democratic norms and foreign policy. (suite…)
Kurdish politician views US role in peace process, Turkey’s Syria policy 23 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Ahmet Türk, BDP, interview, Lurds, Middle East, PKK, Syria, Turkey, USA
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BBC Monitoring European (UK) 23 May 2013 Türkçe
Text of report by Turkish newspaper Milliyet on 21 May
Interview with Ahmet Turk by Pinar Ersoy in Washington date not given: « Process Will be Adversely Affected if Syrian Kurds are Forgotten » (suite…)
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