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Nov 4, 2016

Stein in War on the Rocks: The Washington-Ankara Disconnect

By Aaron Stein

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Nov 1, 2016

Erdogan: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Russian Encirclement

By Stephen Blank

Less than six months ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly complained that the Black Sea had become a Russian lake and sought regional and NATO cooperation against this threat. Russia and Turkey’s long-standing relationship was on the rocks, especially after Turkey had shot down a Russian fighter plane over Syria in November 2015. In […]

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Nov 1, 2016

Alami in Al-Monitor: What is Turkey Up To in Northern Syria?

By Mona Alami

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Oct 31, 2016

Stein Quoted by Al Monitor on Detention of Journalists in Turkey

By Aaron Stein

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, May 12, 2016

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Oct 31, 2016

Romania and Bulgaria to Host Greater NATO Presence in the Black Sea Region

By Ana Maria Touma, Balkan Insight

NATO member state officials meeting in Brussels agreed to boost the alliance’s military presence along its entire eastern flank from Bulgaria to the Baltics.

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Part of NATO's Standing Maritime Group 2 in the Black Sea, July 28, 2016

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Oct 27, 2016

Turkey Calls for End to NATO’s Migrant Mission in Aegean

By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold, Reuters

Turkey is seeking an end to NATO’s counter-migration mission in the Aegean Sea and it is telling the U.S.-led alliance that the sharp drop in refugees trying to get to Greece means there is no longer a need for warships to patrol its coast.

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In the News

Oct 26, 2016

Stein Quoted by International Business Times on Co-Mayors of Diyarbakir Arrest

By Aaron Stein

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Oct 25, 2016

Stein Quoted by Bloomberg on Implications of Mayoral Arrest

By Aaron Stein

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New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2016

With Pipeline, Russia Sustains Dominance of Turkish Gas Market

By John M. Roberts

Russia’s decision to go ahead with Turkish Stream, an offshore pipeline that will bring Russian gas to Turkey, cements its dominance of the Turkish gas market. In political terms, the revival of Turkish Stream—or TurkStream as Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy company, now terms the project—epitomizes the entente developing between Moscow and Ankara, a relationship that […]

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Oct 21, 2016

Kempe Interviewed by Hurriyet Daily News on US-Turkey Relations

By Fred Kempe

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