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Is Greece a Failed State?
Not yet. But it’s running out of time — and money. Two years ago, Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou compared his country’s travails to “a new Odyssey.” Since then, about half a million Greeks have lost their jobs, tens of thousands of businesses have closed, the economy has shrunk by more than a tenth, Athens [...]
The Strategıc Importance Of Cyprus
İntroduction Cyprus, which doesn’t have so much importance in regard to the area it covers, represents importance depending on its geopraphic location[1]. Parallel to the mentioned geopolitical location, Cyprus played a critical role between Europe, Asia, and Africa in history. So many states have had a profound desire to obtain Cyprus due to this unique [...]
Turkey’s ‘zero problems with neighbors’ Policy
This brief seeks to explain the challenges facing Turkey’s ‘zero problems with neighbors’ policy in the context of the developments associated with the ‘Arab Spring.’ How Turkey’s foreign policy understanding will be affected by the tumultuous changes in the region, and how Turkey should cope with these changes require urgent answers. The main argument of [...]
Turkish Foreign Policy in 2012
At the turn of the new millennium, Turkey’s relations with the neighborhood, once deemed a liability, normalized. Thanks to a series of structural and ideational developments, Ankara entrenched a stakeholder role in its strategic environment. This setting was defined as the Middle East, Balkans, Caucasia, Central Asia and Northern Africa. Even more importantly, relations with [...]
The Sick Man of Europe Is Europe
A new study shows Europe’s power waning — and if the continent doesn’t get its act together soon, it could put the global order in serious jeopardy. Until recently, Europeans enjoyed a pretty comfortable position in most international organizations. At the IMF, they had an unquestioned hold on the directorship and could lecture other countries [...]
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