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Note of the Month February 2019

Turkey – Russia: Developing Relations For the last two decades Turkish-Russian relations were getting better every year. Of course there were major setbacks during that period. Hitting a Russian war plane in 2015 by Turkish air...

SEPTEMBER 11, THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CONJUNCTURE – REŞAT ARIM

SEPTEMBER 11, THE BEGINNING OF A NEW  CONJUNCTURE (*)                     REŞAT ARIM   The general trend seems to be away from the vestiges of the Cold War and towards more interna­tional cooperation. If,...

The Caucasus and Central Asia: Strategic Implications – SEYFİ TAŞHAN

Caucasus and Central Asia              The Caucasus and Central Asia:                  Strategic Implications (*)...

IS IRAN GOING NUCLEAR? – MUSTAFA KİBAROĞLU

IS IRAN GOING NUCLEAR? (*)                                                           MUSTAFA KİBAROĞLU This paper will focus on Iran’s nuclear program in general and...

Turkish Stand on the Gulf Crisis, Middle East and Europe – TURGUT ÖZAL

Turkish Stand on the Gulf Crisis, Middle East and Europe (*) TURGUT ÖZAL Neither the European Community nor the Western European Union may reach their netural and logical boundaries without Turkish presence.   It is a great...

The End of the Cold War and Changes in Turkish Foreign Policy Behaviour – KEMAL KİRİŞÇİ

The End of the Cold War and Changes in Turkish Foreign Policy Behaviour (*)                                                        KEMAL KİRİŞÇİ Turkey has responded  to...

Turkey’s Military Doctrine – NECİP TORUMTAY

Turkey‘s Military Doctrine (*) NECİP TORUMTAY   In order to make a major contribution to the building of security in the present environment of rapid change the military men should   first  evaluate the situation free...

Effects of the End of the Cold War on Turkey’s International Position – Hüseyin Bağcı

Effects of the End of the Cold War on Turkey’s International Position   Hüseyin Bağcı   The system established in Yalta has ended and Europe has entered into a search for a “new system.” The end of Cold War and the...

REMINISCENSES ON CYPRUS – NİHAT ERiM

REMINISCENSES ON CYPRUS (*) NİHAT ERiM A prominent Turkish Statesman, Prof. Nihat Erim, who later becamethe Prime Minister of Turkey, has been involved with various phases of the founding of the Cyprus Republic and subsequent...

Turkey’s Policy towards Iraq in the post-Saddam era – Tarık Oğuzlu

Turkey’s Policy towards Iraq in the post-Saddam era   Tarık Oğuzlu   US Policy in Iraq during 2003-2006 US Policy during 2003-2006 period can be described a pro-Kurdish, as Kurdish groups received strong US support....

STRENGTHENING THE POLITICAL COHESION OF THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE – İlter Türkmen

STRENGTHENING  THE   POLITICAL COHESION OF THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE (*) İlter Türkmen The political cohesion of the Alliance is a concept which goes beyond harmonization or concertation of foreign policy attitudes and...

DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY AND TURKEY – Muharrem Nuri Birgi

Security   DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE ATLANTIC COMMUNITY AND TURKEY (*) The “Atlantic Community” is an expression of  the unity of destiny and the identity of interest between the United States, Canada and Europe brought forth...

35. Anniversary Issue – Cold War Years -Seyfi Taşhan

Cold War Years TURKEY’S RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.A. AND POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS (*) Seyfi Taşhan Foreign policy formation in the United States is not always determined solely by military exigencies and Turkish-U.S....

NATO’s New Strategic Concept Conference June 2010, Ankara

Keynote Speech H.E. Tacan İldem, Director General of International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs E. Tacan Ildem: Thank you Mr. President, Excellencies distinguished guests to very important event and I would like to...

Is there a move towards a change in the international system? First,US-Russian relations RESAT ARIM

Is there a move towards a change in the international system? First,US-Russian relations RESAT ARIM The Summit meetting between President Obama and President Medvedev  in Moscow has signalled a change in the relations between...