Diplomacy Archive
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Learning from the Missile Crisis
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsWhat Really Happened on Those Thirteen Fateful Days in October By Max Frankel, Smithsonian magazine, October 2002 It was a lovely autumn day 40 years ago this month, a day not unlike... -
French Legislators oppose Armenian genocide bill
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe Associated Press PARIS — A Senate panel says it would be unconstitutional for France to make it illegal to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks... -
NATO- Perry Comments Ruffle Turkey’s Feathers
Posted on January 17, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Joe Parkinson Reuters Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is seen backstage during a debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday. Updated at 4:20 p.m. CET For Turkey,... -
John Terry To Face Racial Abuse Charges
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsChelsea and England captain John Terry will face charges over allegations he racially abused another player. The player will appear in court on February 1 following the decision by the... -
Break or save Franco-Turkish relations?
Posted on December 19, 2011 | 1 CommentCONTRIBUTOR MAXIME GAUIN A new bill criminalizing the “denial” of the unsubstantiated “Armenian genocide” claims was introduced in the French National Assembly with the barely implicit support of Mr. Sarkozy.... -
Genocide, Karabakh issues cause fresh round of ‘diplomatic boxing’ between Yerevana and Ankara
Posted on December 15, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Naira Hayrumyan ArmeniaNow correspondent A real “diplomatic boxing” match has started between Armenia and Turkey, and while formally the reason was the latest statement by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,... -
US Drone Lost Over Iran Was On CIA Operation
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 1 CommentThe US military has said a missing unmanned spyplane was involved in a joint CIA military operation on Afghanistan’s border with Iran. The Pentagon has admitted the RQ 170 Sentinel... -
Syria/Russia: Moscow to Resist Western Pressure on Syria
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsNovember 29, 2011 A new round of sanctions against Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad puts significant international pressure on Moscow and Damascus. As Russia’s strategic and economic interests in Syria... -
Turkey’s Syrian Ambit: New War in the Making
Posted on November 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsBy Jeremy Salt – Ankara Nov 18/2011 Possibly for the first time in the life of the Turkish republic, a Turkish government has adopted a policy of open, unprovoked... -
MISREADING INTENTIONS IN THE SYRIA CRISIS
Posted on November 26, 2011 | 1 CommentWednesday, November 23, 2011, 8:50 AM STRATFOR ————————— November 23, 2011 Summary The aim of the Sunni army defectors who make up the Free Syrian Army is to sow divisions... -
Israel may launch strike on Iran as soon as next month to prevent development of nuclear weapons
Posted on November 11, 2011 | 1 CommentSenior Foreign Office figure: ‘We’re expecting something as early as Christmas, or very early in the new year’ By Tim Shipman Last updated at 8:30 AM on 10th November 2011... -
Sarkozy calls Netanyahu ‘liar’
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 1 CommentLost in Translation? Microphones accidently left on after G20 meeting pick up private conversation between US, French presidents. Sarkozy admits he ‘can’t stand’ Israeli premier. Obama: You’re fed up with... -
New train to Germany will refresh memories after 50 years
Posted on October 22, 2011 | No CommentsNew train to Germany will refresh memories after 50 years This Wednesday the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation will host a remembrance event at the Sirkeci railway station. It... -
Reflections of Israeli Crisis in Caucasus
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe recent tension between Turkey and Israel has over the last year affected the fronts of alliances in the region, leading to pursuits for new forms of alliances subsequent to... -
Tony Blair ‘visited Libya to lobby for JP Morgan’
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsTony Blair used visits to Libya after he left office to lobby for business for the American investment bank JP Morgan, The Daily Telegraph has been told. By Richard Spencer,... -
TURKISH FREIGN POLICY IN A CHANGING WORLD: NAMIK TAN
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U.S. Ambassador to Syria in charge of recruiting Arab/Muslim death squads
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No Commentsby Wayne Madsen WMR has been informed by reliable sources that the U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert S. Ford, is the key State Department official who has been responsible for recruiting Arab... -
Turkey did not sponsor Gaza flotilla
Posted on August 21, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe aid convoy for Gaza organized in May 2010 was a humanitarian initiative with people from more than 30 countries (including the United States and Israel) in ships sailing under the... -
Syria Blocks Turkey’s Ascent
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsAriel Cohen Turkey finds its “zero-problems-with-neighbors” foreign policy severely compromised by upheavals in the Arab world. Relations with some of its closest friends, such as Syria, appear to be irrevocably... -
Turkey’s Trial by Fire in the Middle East
Posted on August 9, 2011 | No CommentsBy Özdem Sanberk, Director of USAK Turkey has taken a position regarding the events underway in Syria that fits in with the existing general principles and practices of its foreign...
