File: G8 Camp David Declaration and conclusions…

Global Economy- Energy and Climate Change- Food Security and Nutrition- Afghanistan- Transitions in the Middle East/Syria- Political and Security Issues…  The Syrian government and all parties must immediately and fully adhere to commitments to implement the six-point plan of UN and Arab League Joint Special Envoy (JSE) Kofi Annan, including immediately ceasing all violence so [...]

EU’s new sanctions and NATO’s likely “role” on Syria.

Syria: Council strengthens EU sanctions once more ©photocredit   In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, the Council today reinforced once more EU restrictive measures against the Syrian regime. It froze the assets of two entities financially supporting the regime and targeted three additional persons with a travel ban and an asset [...]

Annan’s Plan Threatened With Failure?

“Moment of truth” as the deadline for thinking of a “Plan B,” on July 21st  The nearest discussion of “Plan B” scenarios revolves around Turkey thinking of putting forward Article 5 before the gathering of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) in Chicago on the 20th and 21st of this month in order to obtain some [...]

West Condemns terrorist attacks in Syria – Historical signature with Iraq.

Şiddete karşı kuvvetli bir mesaj yollanmalı  Annan planının tümüyle uygulanmasına yönelik samimi bir çaba içine girilmesi büyük önem taşımaktadır. Suriye’de bunun gerçekleşmesi için gerçek bir irade sergilenmesi, zaman kazanma ve oyalama amaçlı göstermelik adımlar yerine Annan planının tümüyle uygulanmasına yönelik samimi bir çaba içine girilmesi büyük önem taşımaktadır. ***

Syria : For now, international involvement seems limited.

Is This an Arab Spring or a Balkan Winter?   Turkey has become the focus of hopes for some sort of intervention, given its role in hosting the Free Syrian Army and its anger at Assad’s handling of the crisis. But the fact that Syrian refugee camps in Turkey are taking on the features of [...]

US-TURKEY RELATIONS.

ARAB SPRING AND THE SEARCH FOR MODEL PARTNERSHIP   The trajectory of model partnership will depend on the peaceful resolution of regional problems and transformation of the region toward democracy. Both the US and Turkey have strong interests in a stable and democratic region. If a military showdown with Iran can be avoided and progress [...]

Suriye konusunda, uluslararası toplumun birlikte hareket etmesi gerekiyor.

BM Güvenlik Konseyi’nin, BM’nin burada belki farklı bazı adımlar atması gerekecektir.  Sınırlarımıza herhangi bir tecavüzde bulunması halinde, biliyorsunuz NATO’nun 5. maddesi devreye girer. Şu anda henüz böyle bir şey söz konusu değil. Olması halinde konuşacağımız bir şeydir bu. Olmadan böyle bir şeyin konuşulması zaten doğru olmaz, yanlıştır. No NATO intervention, but Erdogan has ‘lost hope’ [...]

Palestinians and the End of the Peace Process

The Emperor Has No Clothes   Whether the body should be entirely disbanded or restructured – and if so, how – is a question with which the international community needs to grapple. Whatever the form, it ought to address the profound changes taking place in the Middle East, the opportunities they present and the risks [...]

Change in the Middle East and Turkey…

Issues Affecting U.S.-Israel Relations   The closer convergence of U.S. and Turkish interests on regional developments since late 2010, especially with respect to the uprising in Syria and to Turkey’s hosting of a U.S. radar for a NATO-approved missile defense system, may be softening congressional concerns about Turkey’s regional policies and alignment. Whether ongoing political [...]

Tam egemen bir Filistin devleti – A fully sovereign Palestinian state!

Filistin meselesi BM’nin en büyük sorumluluğudur   Bugün hala Filistin halkı kendi özgür devletinde yaşayamıyorsa burada bir vicdan çelişkisi vardır, güç ile değerler arasında bir çelişki vardır. Bu çelişkinin giderileceği makam da BM’dir. Oralarda zulüm varsa insanlığın, insanlık vicdanının rahat etmesi mümkün değildir! Hamas PM calls on Turkey to help release Palestinians Turkish premier to [...]

‘New Kurdish Strategy’ in the Region ?

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” George Santayana  The notion that the Kurds of Syria support Asad is, in our opinion, a conscious distortion. They recognized the Asad regime as a repressive, dictatorial one, and worked to oppose it to the extent that they could, given their options. For this [...]

Sorun Kürt yönetiminden değil, Bağdat’tan kaynaklanıyor.

Irak’ı ayırmaya çalışmak çok pahalıya mal olur  Irak’ta gerçek problem bölgesel Kürt yönetiminden değil, Bağdat’tan kaynaklanıyor. Irak’ta seçimlerden sonra temsiliyetçi ve meşru bir parlamento ortaya çıktığı ama meclisteki temsiliyet hükümet düzeyinde görülemedi. Başbakan Nuri el Maliki kilit bakanlıklar ve askeri görevlere Şii ağırlıklı atamalar yaptı. Bu durum da ülkedeki mezhepsel gerilimleri artırdı. Türkiye, Irak anayasasında [...]

The arena of a conflict & power struggle…

…And Sunni Ankara versus Syria, Iran & Irak axis!  Syria is the arena of an international conflict which is exhausting it. While one of its facets is pressing on the veins of the old alliance between Damascus and Tehran, this might encourage Khamenei to accept a deal with the superpowers to save face for the [...]

NATO Military Leaders’ informal discussion on Syria.

NATO Military Chiefs discussed “Lessons” Identified from Operation Unified Protector, NATO’s operation over and off Libya. NATO remains a very strong partnership — as strong as ever — and we have a lot of demonstrated successes with NATO if you look at the history up through today and current events, and especially in the last [...]

CoE /Pace-APCE : La situation en Syrie – The situation in Syria – Résolution/Resolution.

Conseil de l’Europe (APCE) fermement condamné les graves violations des droits de l’homme commises par les forces militaires et de sécurité syriennes. © Photo credit La domination impérialiste dans la monde arabe, avec ce droit d’intervention qu’elle s’est donné à elle-même, est hypocrite et ne vise que le profit. les Etats-Unis et la Turquie ne [...]