Turkey’s Top Military Commander Sees ISIL Activities As Serious Threat to NATO’s Security

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Sep 13, 2024

A sea of opportunities: Exploring cooperation between Turkey and the West in the Black Sea

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Atlantic Council Turkey Programs

In the political sphere, the interests of Turkey and the West in the Black Sea largely overlap.

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Turkey’s Top Military Commander Sees ISIL Activities As Serious Threat to NATO’s Security

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Aug 28, 2024

Turkey wants to end the war in Ukraine—and might have a formula to do it

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Rich Outzen

Turkey would play a role in a cease-fire and post-war arrangement, drawing on a history of balance and deterrence in the Black Sea region.

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Turkey’s Top Military Commander Sees ISIL Activities As Serious Threat to NATO’s Security

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Jul 8, 2024

Turkey’s emerging and disruptive technologies capacity and NATO: Defense policy, prospects, and limitations

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Can Kasapoğlu and Sine Özkaraşahin

An issue brief exploring Turkey’s defense technological ecosystem and leveraging its capabilities for the benefit of NATO.

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Gen. Petr Pavel, Chairman of NATO Military Committee and Gen. Hulusi Akar, Chief of the General Staff of Turkey, Sept. 12, 2015

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Sep 16, 2015

Turkey’s Top Military Commander Sees ISIL Activities As Serious Threat to NATO’s Security

By Hulusi Akar, NATO

Welcome to Turkey. We are delighted to host the NATO Military Committee CHODs’ Conference today in Istanbul.

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In the News

Sep 12, 2015

Stein on Turkey’s Escalating Violence

By Aaron Stein

Vox quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on violence in Turkey between the government and the PKK:

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In the News

Sep 11, 2015

Tanchum on Israel’s Natural Gas Being Exported Via Turkey

By Micha'el Tanchum

Turkish-language Yeni Şafak quotes Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum on what Egypt’s recent gas discovery means for Israel and Turkey: Read the full article here.

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In the News

Sep 11, 2015

Stein on Civil Conflict in Turkey

By Aaron Stein

Al Monitor quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on the violence between the PKK and Turkish army:

Turkey

SyriaSource

Sep 10, 2015

Obama’s Failure to Stop Assad Contributes to Refugee Crisis

By Frederic C. Hof

The following is an excerpt from an article by Frederic Hof, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, originally published by Foreign Policy on September 9, 2015.

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MENASource

Sep 10, 2015

The implications of violent conflict between the PKK and the Turkish Republic

By Aaron Stein

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed two police officers in Urfa on July 22, purportedly in retaliation for an Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) inspired suicide bombing of a leftist meeting in the border town of Suruç. In response, Turkey struck PKK bases in Iraqi Kurdistan and southeastern Turkey. This prompted a sharp […]

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In the News

Sep 9, 2015

Hof: Obama, Open Your Eyes

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof writes for Foreign Policy on the Obama administration’s Syria policy and its connection to the current migrant crisis:

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In the News

Sep 8, 2015

Stein: The Bell Tolls for Turkey and the PKK

By Aaron Stein

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein cowrites for Al Jazeera on the violence in Turkey between the government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK):

Turkey

In the News

Sep 6, 2015

Tanchum on Eni’s Gas Discovery

By Micha'el Tanchum

Anadolu Agency’s Energy News Terminal quotes Eurasian Energy Futures Inititive Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum on the benefits of Eni’s gas discovery to Turkey and Israel: 

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Sep 3, 2015

Stein on Turkey, Post-Iran Deal

By Aaron Stein

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein joins The American Interest podcast to discuss Turkey’s nuclear future following the Iran nuclear agreement:

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Yevgeniya Gaber

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