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Join us for an expert webcast as scholars explore the potential consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for U.S. policy in the nearby Middle East. Watch live starting at 1:00 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) on Thursday, March 3, 2022.

The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Supports Enhanced Focus on Chinese, Russian Challenges to U.S. in the Region The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is launching a new research program devoted to the policy challenges of Great Power competition in the Middle East, the organization announced.

For Turkey, 2021 was marked by a free-falling currency, the lira, and record-high inflation. The government’s monetary policy has sent the country into economic turmoil, and as Nick Schifrin reports, soaring prices have hurt Turks from all walks of life.

Following a diplomatic row this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters Tuesday he would seek to confirm a divisive F-16 deal with US counterpart Joe Biden at the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

Soner Cagaptay, Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of A Sultan in Autumn: Erdoğan Faces Turkeys Uncontainable Forces (2021), spoke to an August 20 Middle East

As Biden meeting nears, Erdogan softens his stance

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Get email notification for articles from Ben Samuels Follow Apr. 25, 2021 2:42 PM WASHINGTON – After Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to formally recognize the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey as genocide, many are wondering what the move says about the state of U.S.-Turkish relations. Experts tell Haaretz that while Saturday’s recognition may not doom relations between the two countries, it is a remarkable moment in itself and the latest ...

Kristina Jovanovski 04/15/2021 Ankara has been strengthening ties with Moscow for years but said it would side with the West in Ukraine conflict Russia’s restrictions on flights to and from Turkey beginning on Thursday will hurt Turkey’s economy, but Ankara has shown it is prioritizing its relationship with NATO by supporting Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, analysts told The Media Line. Moscow has been reinforcing its troops on Ukraine’s eastern border, where pro-Russian separatist...

Brief Analysis Join us for a webcast conversation on the pitfalls and potential areas of cooperation between Washington and Ankara in the coming years. Watch live starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 16, 2021. Although U.S.-Turkish ties stretch back to the early Cold War era, one cannot describe them as warm today. From Ankaras purchase of Russian missiles, to Washingtons cooperation with Syrian Kurdish armed groups, to President Erdogans autocratic policies at home, the long list of fric...