İlgililerin Dikkatine!!! Başvuru Tarihi Güncellenmiştir! Enstitümüz tarafından 17-18 Nisan tarihlerinde düzenlenecek olan ‘Türkiye, NATO ve Transatlantik İlişkiler’ başlıklı sertifika programımıza başvurular başlamıştır. Detaylı bilgiye broşürlerden ulaşabilirsiniz.
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Peeling Turkey Away from Russia’s Embrace: A Transatlantic Interest
From a European and transatlantic standpoint, it is as troubling as it is counter-intuitive: a de facto partnership has developed between Russia and Turkey, surrounding Europe. Paradoxical as it may be, the trend is now clear and represents a thorn in the side of European and transatlantic interests. The paradox […]
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Democracy or Plutocracy? – America’s Existential Question
Kishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore. This essay contains excerpts from his latest book Has China Won? (2020). You may follow him on Twitter @mahbubani_k. Is the United States of America still a functioning democracy or has it become, for all […]
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Another Turning Point in the EU and Turkey Relations?
On 10-11 December, the leaders of the EU countries come together in Brussels last time in this chaotical year. In addition to the fight against COVID 19 pandemic and EU-UK relations, the tension between Turkey and two EU member states, Greece and Cyprus, in the Eastern The Mediterranean will be […]
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The EU’s “New Pact on Migration and Asylum” is missing a true foundation
On September 23, the European Commission launched the “New Pact on Migration and Asylum,” proposing to overhaul the European Union’s long ailing policies in this area. European Union Vice President Margaritis Schinas likened the pact to a building with three floors, comprised of: an external dimension (“centered around strengthened partnerships […]
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Nagorno Karabakh conflict and EU-Turkey relations: Options ahead
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s demands to include Turkey in the Nagorno-Karabakh solution process should be taken seriously by the EU, so as to provide a fresh start to cooperation with Turkey. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which was ignited by Armenia’s adventurist territorial claims against the sovereignty of Azerbaijan, began in the […]
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China in Balkans from the EU Perspective
In the early 2000s, China started to take an active role around the world. On the other hand, we see that it started to be active in the Balkans after Xi Jinping’s examination of the Belt Road Project, which extends from Asia to the Balkans, was announced in 2013. […]
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Statement of European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell: The Old Empires Are Coming Back
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Frontelles made a speech at the European Parliament on 15 September. The EU’s Foreign affairs chief, Mr.Borrell made a statement concerning the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey’s foreign relations at the meeting of the European Parliament. In […]
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21st September EU Council
On September 21st 2020, the day has been addressed many issues in the actual European Commission in Brussels: Belarusian crisis, Turkey Eastern Mediterranean issue, Venezuela, Libya civil war, the European Union-China relations, the Russian issue, Lebanon, the European Union, and African Relations. The election was lived on 9th August 2020 […]
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From escalation to normalisation
The reader can access the article written by our Institute President Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Bağcı for Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung from the link below. KAS_From_escalation_to_normalisation_v1
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EU Neighborhood Policy towards Eastern Neighbors
EU Neighborhood Policy Considering the history of the EU’s Neighborhood Policy, it can be seen that it emerged with the steps taken in the 1990s. The most important of these is the signing of Partnership and Cooperation Treaties with Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine, along with other Central and Eastern […]
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Turkey-EU relations: What is the Matter?
Throughout the years, Turkey’s relations with the European Union has had fluctuations, and it has been the nature of all human-involved relationships. However, in the last 24 years, it might be right to say that it is only getting worse. Özdem Sanberk (R. Ambassador), in his online article, classified […]
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The old transatlantic relationship ain’t coming back
This article written by Paul Taylor Even if Joe Biden replaces Donald Trump as US president, Europe will have to learn to carry its share of the burden. With those four words, uttered at the 2019 Munich Security Conference, Joe Biden warmed the hearts of Europeans despairing at the erratic, indifferent […]
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“Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty”
Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim KALIN was a guest of todays’ webinar where Turkey’s strategic position against the European Union(EU) and its’ relationship as an entity with each one of the European countries like Greece and France, or the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus was discussed. As we know, Turkey plays […]
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRILATERAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US, EU AND TURKEY
By THO Contributor, Tarik Oğuzlu The dynamics of security relationship between the European Union and Turkey have been closely informed by the dynamics of security relationship each has with the United States. The role that the United States might potentially play in the context of EU-Turkey relations is strongly informed […]