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Jun 28, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by Abruzzo TV on Turkey’s Israel Policy

By Brenda Shaffer

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Jun 28, 2016

Stein Quoted by Financial Times on Turkey’s Foreign Policy Shift

By Aaron Stein

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UkraineAlert

Jun 28, 2016

Memo to NATO: Wake Up Before Putin Turns the Black Sea into a Russian Lake

By Stephen Blank

By invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin has transformed the security situation in the Black Sea. Upon capturing those territories, Moscow lost no time in seizing Ukrainian energy facilities in the Black Sea and accelerating its ongoing military modernization there. As a result, Moscow has built a combined arms force of land, […]

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MENASource

Jun 28, 2016

Turkey-Israel Rapprochement: Business as Usual

By MENASource

On June 26, Turkey and Israel announced the end of a diplomatic row reached a head in 2010, after eight Turks and a Turkish-American citizen were killed on an aid flotilla, the Mavi Marmara, bound for Gaza. Soon after the incident, Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Israel, and within six months had expelled the Israeli […]

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Jun 27, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by New York Times on Turkey’s Normalization of Relations with Israel

By Brenda Shaffer

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Jun 27, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by Reuters on Turkey’s Foreign Policy Future

By Brenda Shaffer

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In the News

Jun 27, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by Foreign Policy on Energy’s Positive Role in the Israel-Turkey Relationship

By Brenda Shaffer

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MENASource

Jun 23, 2016

The AKP’s Push for a Presidential System

By Aaron Stein

The recent resignation of former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his replacement with incoming Prime Minister Binali Yidirim represents a shift in Turkish domestic politics. Yildirim, a long-time close ally to current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has pledged to work towards implementing Erdogan’s top domestic priority: a new constitution to bring about a […]

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Jun 16, 2016

Stein in War on the Rocks: Fear and Loathing in the Levant: Turkey Change Its Syria Policy and Strategy

By Aaron Stein

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New Atlanticist

Jun 15, 2016

Tourism in Turkey Takes a Hit

By John M. Roberts

Istanbul is commonly described as a city on two continents. Well, Istanbul’s main airport is now a city of two worlds: its transit halls as full as ever; the arrival areas eerily quiet. This is the visible side of the collapse of tourism in Turkey, the consequence of bombings in cities and a return to […]

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