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Mar 18, 2016

Stein Joins WHYY’s Radio Times to Discuss EU Deal with Turkey on Syrian Migrants

By Aaron Stein

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Mar 17, 2016

Can Turkey’s Economy Endure a Syria Intervention?

By M. Hande Akmehmet

Ankara risks not only diplomatic ties, but also economic ties with its neighbors and the rest of the world as it moves further away from its “zero problems with neighbors” foreign policy. Turkey’s economy and budget have been squeezed by the high priced bill from Ankara’s foreign policy maneuvers.

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Mar 16, 2016

Turkey’s Presidential Politics: The Far Right’s Collapse and the Kurdish Left’s Prosecution

By Aaron Stein

On March 13, two suicide bombers detonated a car bomb at a major transit hub in Ankara’s Kızılay neighborhood, killing 37 and injuring more than 100 civilians. This latest attack has upended Turkish politics, prompting Turkish President Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan to call for the imposition of strong anti-terror laws intended to punish those that support […]

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Mar 14, 2016

Stein Quoted by Financial Times on the March 13 Attack in Ankara

By Aaron Stein

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Mar 13, 2016

Bryza in Newsweek: Putin and Erdogan: Too Alike to Get Along?

By Matthew Bryza

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Mar 11, 2016

Don’t Forget Greece

By Marten van Heuven

European leaders hope to finalize a deal with Turkey designed to stem the flow of migrants into the European Union. A key element of the deal is a provision for Turkey to take back all new migrants who illegally enter Greece from Turkey. Turkey has exacted a steep price: visa-free access for Turkish citizens into […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 9, 2016

Turkey’s Demands Could Destroy Migrant Deal

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell predicts political opposition in Europe A preliminary deal struck between the European Union and Turkey to shut Europe’s backdoor to migrants fleeing across the Aegean Sea could likely crumble under the burden of Turkey’s demands, said the Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell. “There are a whole bunch of questions about this deal […]

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Mar 9, 2016

Slavin in Voice of America: Turkey, Russia Use Syria Refugees to Blackmail European Union

By Barbara Slavin

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Mar 7, 2016

Turkey and the Kurds: A Perfect Storm?

By John Roberts

A perfect storm appears to be brewing as tensions rise between Turkey and the main Kurdish groups in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey itself. And this at a time when there are fears in Ankara that Russian support for Kurdish fighters in Syria might be accompanied by covert assistance for Kurdish groups at war with the […]

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Mar 2, 2016

Cohen Quoted by The Washington Times on Armenia’s Position in the Russia-Turkey Clash In Syria

By Ariel Cohen

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