Strategy Discussion Group – November 9th, 2016

Second workshop this year of the Strategy Discussion Group was hold on November 9th, 2016 and the following agenda.    ...

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...

THE CYPRUS PROBLEM – RAUF DENKTAŞ

                    THE CYPRUS PROBLEM (*)                                              RAUF DENKTAŞ       The search for a settlement of the Cyprus problem...

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....

Turkish-Russian energy cooperation: are there many prospects? Natalia Ulchenco

Turkish-Russian energy cooperation: are there many prospects?   Natalia Ulchenco 2007 became the year when both Russia and Turkey had defined  their positions on prospects of cooperation in such important sphere as energy...

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...