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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Realpolitik in Syria

19 Eylül 2013

Bu yazı 19.09.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Realpolitik has won, humanity has lost. When the two-and-a-half-year Syrian civil war entered a new phase with the use of chemical agents on Aug. 21, killing 1,400 people, initial reactions from the U.S. and its allies raised expectations for international intervention. While…

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