Hollande’s New France or…

Reshaping de Gaulle’s national strategy ! ©photocredit Vaadlerimin (yeni bir AB Anayasası…), Avrupa tarafından kabul göreceğinden emin olabilirsiniz!  The irony is that Hollande is a Socialist and the ideological enemy of Gaullism. But as we said, most presidents do not make strategy but merely shape an existing national strategy for the moment. It would seem [...]

Rusya ile Osmanlı Devleti’nin Kafkas Ötesi Mücadelesi.

Osmanlı’nın 18.Yüzyıl Kafkasya Politikasında Rus Faktörü  Kafkasya coğrafyası Osmanlı, Rusya ve İran arasında bir tampon bölge görevi görmüş ve bu dönemde bu ülkelerin ciddi anlamda güç mücadelelerine sahne olmuştur. İran, bu bölgeye yaptığı seferlerle Rusların güneye inmesini engellemeye çalışmış ve bölgesel güç olmanın bir basamağı olarak görmüştür. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ise bölgeye doğrudan müdahale edebilecek bir [...]

We will do everything to ensure a safe and peaceful future.

Putin’s Evolving Strategy in Europe ©photocredit  It is our common duty to remember why the war began and to analyse its lessons, which remain just as relevant today. I stress today that strict respect for international law, state sovereignty and the independent choice of each people is one of the crucial guarantees for ensuring that [...]

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’ [...]

The inauguration ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

If Putin completes his six-year term, he will be the longest served as President, since Stalin   Russia was “entering a new phase of national development. We will achieve our goals if we are a single, united people, if we hold our fatherland dear, strengthen Russian democracy, constitutional rights and freedoms. Putin Returns to Kremlin [...]

Europe’s Energy Security Options and Challenges…

Natural Gas Supply Diversification ; a Washington view ©photocredit  Central Asia may hold the greatest potential for new natural gas supplies for Europe, but currently those supplies would have to transit Russia to arrive in the European market. The delays in developing a southern corridor natural gas pipeline route to Europe have forced Central Asian [...]

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 [...]

Washington Should Advance U.S.–Turkey Ties! (en-tr)

National sovereignty is never a license to slaughter people. the United States is taking concrete steps to prevent mass atrocities, protect civilians, and ensure that we hold the perpetrators of atrocities accountable. Presidential Study Directive-10, released last August, stated that “preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral [...]

Syria : UN Supervision Mechanism; 300 military observers.

Syria: Ban reports ‘troubling’ situation, recommends Council authorize 300 observers Turkish FM tells NATO counterparts Syria “abuses” Annan plan France urges “humanitarian corridor” in Syria 19 April 2012 – Amid “deeply troubling” evidence of continuing violence in Syria and following a recommendation for the establishment of a United Nations supervision mission there

Küçük düşünen liderler devletlerini küçültür.

Büyük düşünen liderler de devletlerini büyültür. ©photocredit Türkiye’de işbirlikçi siyaset cambazları, kitapsız ajan akademisyenler, her konuda uzman gazeteciler ne konuşuyor? Demokrasi, yüzleşme, intikam, hesaplaşma, darbe, güç, hukuk… Peki ya dünya neleri konuşuyor? Silah, ekonomi, kalkınma, sağlık, bilim, sosyal adalet… ***

Brussels/Bruxelles : NATO-Russia Council – Conseil OTAN-Russie.

NATO‑Russia relationship: Euro‑Atlantic security as a whole. The Foreign Ministers of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) met today in Brussels, fifteen years since the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security, and ten years since the Rome Declaration on NATO-Russia Relations, to take stock of progress achieved through continued cooperation and dialogue and to move [...]

Processes which define New Turkey’s strategy.

To understand Turkish strategy By George Friedman April 17, 2012 Turkey is re-emerging as a significant regional power. In some sense, it is in the process of returning to its position prior to World War I when it was the seat of the Ottoman Empire. But while the Ottoman parallel has superficial value in understanding [...]

Sınırdaki son gelişme kaygı verici – Syria, “cause of concern”.

Turkey wishes to invoke NATO, in accordance with Article 5  or not ? Türkiye, NATO’yu Suriye ile Sınırını 5.Madde uyarınca korumaya çağıracak mı ? Annan in Turkey for Syrian refugees Turkish PM to visit Saudi Arabia on Syria, maybe later Russia Russia says Turkey not to act unilaterally on Syria Russia urges Syria to step up peace [...]

U.S. Department of State Background Notes : Russia

Official Name: Russian Federation PROFILEGeographyArea: 17 million sq. km. (6.5 million sq. mi.); about 1.8 times the size of the United States.Cities: Capital–Moscow (pop. 10.4 million).

Syria: Humanitarian Aid Is Military Intervention – Adım adım müdahaleye mi?

Suriye’de şiddeti sona erdirmek için uluslararası camiadan ortak eylem planı’ bekliyoruz ©photocredit Ortak bir mesaj iletme yeterli değil.  Ahmet Davutoğlu Dışişleri Bakanı la Turquie appelle à un plan d’action en plus du vote à l’ONU Turkish FM due to Belgium ***