Tag Archives: Turkey

  1. View of Mount Ararat in Turkey from Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, November 18, 2004 (Scott LaPierre)

    Accidental War Waiting to Happen on Europe’s Periphery

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    The shimmering Nagorno-Karabakh conflict threatens to upset the regional balance of power and cut European oil supplies.

  1. A Greek F-4 Phantom plane prepares to leave Aviano Air Base in northeastern Italy, March 19, 2007 (US Air Force/Bethann Caporaletti)

    Greek Euro Exit Would Prompt Geopolitical Realignment

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    Abandoned by its European partners, Greece would be tempted to deepen ties with Israel and Russia.

  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. 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. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses parliament in Ankara, March 6, 2012 (Reuters)

    The Problem With “Zero Problem Neighborhood”

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    Turkey’s policy of befriending rivals and antagonizing allies is now perceived as liability rather than an asset.