By: Mohamed Abu Saada* According to a study published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an Israeli think tank, President Donald Trump aims through his proposals known as the “Deal of the Century” [ More … ]
Investment guru Rogers: US rift with Turkey ‘madness,’ time to invest in Turkish assets The United State’s rift with its NATO ally Turkey is “madness” and smart people are currently investing in Turkish assets, Jim [ More … ]
Cairo is an old hand at playing the East and West off each other – for its own profit, says a report by Foreign Policy Egypt Loves China’s Deep Pockets Gamal Abdel Nasser, former president [ More … ]
Turkey has to protect its airspace and the United States has failed to guarantee the sale of Patriot missile defense systems, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said after a U.S. Congress delegation urged Ankara to [ More … ]
Europe needs to prove it’s ‘willing to defy US’, says Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Europe’s support towards Iran has been only verbal and lacking in any ‘practical measures’, the Iranian foreign minister said. Tags: [ More … ]
BY: Burhanettin Duran The Trump administration’s policy of economic selfishness doesn’t just make the U.S. look like a vulgar and isolated superpower, but at the same time encourages the world’s leading economies to work more [ More … ]
BY: Erdal Tanas Karagöl The Gezi Park events, the Dec. 17-25 judicial coup in 2013, the July 15 coup attempt in 2016 and the latest attack on the economy through the exchange rate, which Turkey [ More … ]
Weapon that hit bus was 500-pound laser-guided MK 82 bomb made by US defense contractor Lockheed Martin, CNN reports The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in an attack on a school bus that killed [ More … ]
The Turkish lira is rebounding after Qatar pledged US$15 billion in investments to help Turkey’s economy The currency strengthened some 3 percent against the dollar on Aug. 16, trading at around 5.75 per dollar, hours [ More … ]
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and sanctions policies, saying such measures were destroying jobs and growth and that Europe would not bow to U.S. pressure regarding Iran. [ More … ]
How the Obama administration watched the demise of Arab democracy — and paved the way for Trump’s embrace of dictators. President Trump boasts that he has reversed American policies across the Middle East. Where his [ More … ]
Losing Egypt to Russia Isn’t the Real Problem—but Collapse Is. Cairo is no long a prize to be won, but a weak state in need of reform, says a report by The National Interest While most [ More … ]
The U.S. Senate took a step late Monday to block the delivery of F-35 warplanes to Turkey with an amendment in a $716 billion defense policy bill. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill containing [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül Foreign Affairs magazine published an issue with the cover reading, “Is democracy dying?” Based on the regress and weakening of democracy worldwide, the theme “the end of the period of democracy” is [ More … ]
Kurdish military commander says Washington and Ankara’s plans for flashpoint northern city are premature Turkey and the United States have agreed on a roadmap for Syria’s Manbij that would see the Kurdish YPG militia leave [ More … ]
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