The forgotten conflict of the Middle East

24 Ekim 2013

Bu yazı 24.10.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. In the commotion created by the Arab Spring and following disturbances, the focus of international politics moved away from Iraq. The especially brutal civil war in Syria, the coup d’état and subsequent turbulence in Egypt, the tensions in Lebanon, Libya, and Yemen…

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Democracy at work

10 Ekim 2013

Bu yazı 10.10.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The U.S. government has been shut down for 10 days now as the Republican-led House of Representatives, one of the two houses of the U.S. Congress, failed to agree on the Federal Budget on Oct. 1. The shutting down of all non-essential…

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Buying missiles or allies?

03 Ekim 2013

Bu yazı 03.10.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Adjacent to highly volatile regions, Turkey has been questioning its defense systems for a while and the fact that it lacked a long-range missile defense program has bothered security experts. The veracity of the threat has been confirmed by Turkey’s call on…

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Success at home: How about foreign policy?

26 Eylül 2013

Bu yazı 26.09.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. German Chancellor Angela Merkel led her conservative coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union (CSU), to a stunning victory in last weekend’s federal elections. According to exit polls, the Union gained 41.5 percent…

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