December 28, 2020 The author is an alumnus of Trinity College Dublin, specialized in Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International and Comparative Law. His main focus areas are Turkey-EU relations, Eastern Mediterranean and contemporary debates in Turkish foreign policy. He has a special interest in public international law, EU law and Late-Ottoman Era legal-political developments.
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Although 2020 will definitely be remembered as a tough and unprecedented year, Azerbaijan’s legendary victory over Armenia in Upper-Karabakh was not overshadowed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the Upper-Karabakh Ceasefire Agreement is not just an ordinary border agreement, yet it will also be marked as a manifestation of the reality that even the most complicated “frozen conflicts” can be resolved through diplomacy and/or use of military force.
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Diplomatic sources from Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a statement made by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs that accused Athens of provocative commitments in large areas of the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.
“The NOTAM concerning the planned Trident exercise is the same areas in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean used for years,” the ministry said.
“The areas are blocked separately and not all at the same time, only for specific days and hours and not for the entire period between January 4-February 26, 2021 as incorrectly and misleadingly stated in the announcement by the Turkish Foreign Minister,” diplomatic sources clarified.
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On December 14, 2020, the United States
imposed sanctions on the Republic of Turkey s
Presidency of Defense Industries ( SSB ), the
country s defense procurement agency, and four senior officials
at the agency, for knowingly engaging in a significant
transaction with Rosoboronexport ( ROE ),
Russia s main arms export entity, in procuring the S-400
surface-to-air missile system. These measures were a long-time
coming under
Section 231 of the Countering America s
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( CAATSA ) of 2017, the
President has been
required to impose sanctions
on any person determined to have knowingly engage[d] in a