Bu yazı 01.05.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, released a surprising statement on April 23 about the deaths surrounding the mass deportation of Armenians during World War I. The responses so far range from warm welcomes to outright rejections of the message.…

Bu yazı 24.04.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Russian annexation of Crimea and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine has heightened security concerns of several countries from Baltic to Eastern Europe and from the Caucasus to the Central Asia. NATO’s inability to prevent violations of territorial integrity of its partners, first in Georgia and…

Bu yazı 17.04.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The illegal annexation of Crimea and instigation of tension in eastern Ukraine by Russia are rapidly eroding the last vestiges of the international system, created within a hundred years of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia back in 1648. What is at stake…

Bu yazı 10.04.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The foreign policy of any country naturally flows from its domestic political system. It is true for any country that politicians will foremost focus on domestic political developments and economic problems and that international issues come after. Finally, in every country, elections…

Bu yazı 03.04.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. International politics could be likened sometimes to a poker game, in which players (i.e. states) mostly use their abilities, rather than their chances to beat others. Even if in the real game of the poker chance is an essential part to have…