Are Syria’s Kurds America’s New Best Friend?

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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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Are Syria’s Kurds America’s New Best Friend?

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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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Are Syria’s Kurds America’s New Best Friend?

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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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MENASource

Jun 29, 2015

Are Syria’s Kurds America’s New Best Friend?

By Michael Stephens and Aaron Stein

The recent capture of the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad held by the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), by Syrian Kurdish forces (known as the YPG) is a major development in the course of the war in Syria. The result is that Kurdish forces are now poised to […]

Syria Turkey

MENASource

Jun 22, 2015

The Implications of a Kurdish Victory Over ISIS in Tal Abyad

By Aaron Stein

Last week, Kurdish forces fighting for the Syria-based Democratic Union Party (PYD) wrested control of the border town of Tel Abyad from the Islamic State. The seizure of the town cut off a key supply line to the Islamic State’s de-facto capital in Raqqa and allowed for the unification of two Kurdish controlled cantons, Kobane […]

Syria Turkey

In the News

Jun 22, 2015

Cohen: Turkey Threatens the Major Prospects for Eastern Mediterranean Gas Supply

By Ariel Cohen

Global Energy Center Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen writes for Security Europe on Turkey’s reluctance to participate in an Eastern Mediterranean gas project designed to alleviate the reliance on Russian supplies:

Turkey

In the News

Jun 17, 2015

Ricciardone on the Turkish Elections

By Francis Ricciardone

Vice President and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone joins BBC World News to discuss next steps following the parliamentary elections:

Turkey

MENASource

Jun 15, 2015

Turkish Coalition Politics: Prospects for the Kurdish Peace Process

By Aaron Stein

Turkey still needs a “solution” to its “Kurdish” (aka democracy) problem—and the AKP and HDP may need each other more than ever. Turkey’s fourth largest political party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), surprised many observers of Turkish politics with its strong showing in the recent general election.

Turkey

In the News

Jun 11, 2015

Stein on the Turkish Elections

By Aaron Stein

The Wall Street Journal quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on the uncertainty of Turkey’s political future in the wake of the parliamentary elections:

Turkey

MENASource

Jun 10, 2015

Turkey’s Parliamentary Elections: The Vote and Beyond

By Eyup Civelek

Turkey held its twenty-fourth parliamentary elections on Sunday June 7, 2015. While most analysts focused on the pivotal role played by the Kurdish-affiliated People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in swaying voters away from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), fewer have focused on the equally critical—and spontaneous—role of Turkish civil society in monitoring the process […]

Turkey

In the News

Jun 9, 2015

Ricciardone on Obama’s Comment About Turkey

By Francis Ricciardone

Daily Sabah Elections quotes Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone on President Obama’s comments regarding Turkey’s role in the fight against ISIS:

Syria Turkey

In the News

Jun 9, 2015

Ricciardone on Turkish Democracy

By Francis Ricciardone

Fox News: Opinion quotes Rafik Hariri Center Vice President and Director Francis Ricciardone on the impressive strides made towards democratic government processes in the recent Turkish parliamentary elections:

Turkey

In the News

Jun 8, 2015

Ricciardone on Turkey’s Future Government

By Francis J. Ricciardone

The Wall Street Journal quotes Vice President and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis J. Ricciardone on the prospect of a shaky coalition government and fears of uncertainty after the Turkish elections: 

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