Category Archives: Power

  1. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey (AP)

    Diplomatic Crisis Between Iraq, Turkey Deepening

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    Turkish relations with Iraqi Kurds and Sunnis anger Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shī’ah government in Baghdad.

  1. President Joachim Gauck of Germany (Steffi Loos)

    Germany Seeks Isolation of Ukraine

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    German president Joachim Gauck cancels a visit amid growing concern about the health of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

  1. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq visits the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC, December 13, 2011 (Joshua Roberts)

    Iraq’s Maliki Brands Turkey “Hostile State”

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    The Iraqi prime minister condemned his Turkish counterpart for seeking “hegemony” in the Middle East.

  1. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, 2010 (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

    Gulf States Caught in Middle of Iranian-Saudi Cold War

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    As Iran menaces the smaller Persian Gulf states, they are driven into Saudi Arabia’s warm embrace.

  1. South Sudanese soldiers in the region of Abyei, December 1, 2010 (Enough Project)

    Sudan Mobilizes Army As South Claims Key Oil Fields

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    South Sudan took possession of strategic town near the border. The North carried out air strikes against Southern oil wells.