Bu yazı 23.01.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The long-awaited Geneva-II process, despite its name, started in Montreux, Switzerland on Jan. 22, with a conference attended by 39 foreign ministers and several international organizations. The real negotiations will start in Geneva tomorrow between the representatives of the al-Assad regime and…

Bu yazı 16.01.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The phrase “security of the games” has become a byline of the Olympic Games ever since the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, where gunmen belonging to the radical Palestinian group, Black September, took hostage and eventually killed 11 Israeli athletes. But it…

Bu yazı 09.01.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The stability in Iraq has been worsening for some time now. The American doomsday scenario of al-Qaeda linked groups taking control over various parts of the Middle East is getting closer. The latest news last Friday about the Islamic State of Iraq and…

Bu yazı 02.01.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Turkey welcomed the new year in the midst of political turmoil, stemming from corruption allegations against the government and counter-charges of the existence of illegal structures within the state. Externally, a scandal was narrowly averted when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan repeated allegations…

Bu yazı 26.12.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. This is my last piece in 2013. As customary, I like to look back to gain hindsight for 2014. International politics was quite volatile in 2013 and provided various tell-tale signs to discern possible risks areas that will likely continue to affect…