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The Ukrainian crisis has prompted many initiatives in the international arena and the situation in the South Caucasus is one of them. One chapter of the South Caucasus file is Russia’s relations with Georgia or its fait accompli to declare Georgia’s two autonomous republics — Abkhazia and South Ossetia — independent. Russia is not likely to backpedal from these initiatives
While Turkey has announced plans for the repatriation of around one million Syrian refugees to their homeland, refugee experts warn that the present security conditions in the conflict-ridden Arab country are not conducive for the asylum seekers to rebuild their lives.
As US officials visited Turkey and Greece, calling to end Europe energy imports from Russia, Turkey attacked PKK-linked forces in Iraq and Syria.
There was a time, many decades ago, when ruling elites in the Middle East, I am referring here principally to the Arab world, did not quite understand the United States. Almost 40 years ago, when I first set foot in the region as a young diplomat, you could see the curiosity and the illusions. But that has not been true for a very long time. Now when video appears on Twitter of President Biden seemingly wandering around aimlessly and confused at a White House event, Arabic-speaking elites not only see it but have their own hot takes about it.
Turkish drones have helped Ukraine defend against Russia's invasion. But the Bayraktar TB-2 has a darker history of civilian casualties and human rights violations.