ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is downplaying Ankara’s tensions with a host of countries as he launches a charm offensive on a variety of fronts.
Meeting with the ambassadors of EU member states in Ankara on Jan. 12, Erdogan said that he expects to “turn a new page” in ties with Europe and “set a positive agenda” in 2021.
However, his comments came at the same time as Brussels draws up an expanded sanctions list targeting Turkish individuals over Ankara’s decision to drill for offshore natural gas near Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. The punitive measures are set to be announced in March.
Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) Saturday chose Armin Laschet, premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, as their new leader.
By Reuters Staff
2 Min Read
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Laura Rosenberger, a State Department and White House veteran who was a foreign policy adviser to Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful 2016 presidential election campaign, will serve as senior director for China in Joe Biden’s White House.
Rosenberger will report to Kurt Campbell, another Obama-administration veteran, who was named on Wednesday to be President-elect Biden’s senior coordinator for Indo-Pacific policy at the White House National Security Council (NSC), a spokeswoman for Biden’s transition said.
“Humbled by the enormity of the task and privileged to once again serve the American people alongside an incredible team,” Rosenberger, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States think tank, said on Twitter on Thursday.
Michito Tsuruoka, Associate Professor, Keio University
Céline Pajon, Senior Fellow and Head of Japan Research, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) and Senior Fellow, Japan Program, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Andrew Small, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States and Associate Senior Policy Fellow, Asia Programme, ECFR
Chaired by
Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp, Visiting Fellow for Japan, Asia Programme, ECFR
The past four years have been a difficult time in terms of predictability for the international community. After the elections, the new administration will therefore be faced with high expectations regarding the nature of its foreign policy and its take on international alliances. How will the new administration impact US Indo-Pacific strategy and China policy? What will this mean for key allies such as Europe and Japan?