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The American presidential tradition of commemorating the beginning of the forced exile of millions of Ottoman Armenians occurs on April 24, and it customarily tests the strength of the US-Turkish alliance. The commemoration always sends Washington aides
Biden’s use of the G-word furthers Turkey’s isolation Biden’s use of the G-word furthers Turkey’s isolation While not a game-changer, the U.S. president’s use of the word “genocide” on Armenian Remembrance Day further destabilizes whatever is left of Ankara’s soft power. (June 1, 2021 / Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies) The American presidential tradition of commemorating the beginning of the forced exile of millions of Ottoman Armenians occurs on April 24, and it customarily tests the strength of the U.S.-Turkish alliance. The commemoration always sends Washington aid...
Posted on February 26, 2021. While Turkey mourned its 13 fallen soldiers in Gara, the United States’ first statement about the incident was incredibly arrogant.* The U.S. announced it would issue a condemnation only if it could first verify that those who carried out the attack were members of the PKK terrorist organization. The American ambassador was then summoned by the Turkish Foreign Ministry to receive Turkey’s response. Afterward, the Turkish foreign minister and U.S. secretary of state spoke on the phone. The U.S. conveyed its condolences to Turkey and placed blame on the PKK. Is...
February 11, 2021 at 3:30 pm At the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Geneva on Friday, 75 members, including former statesmen and tribal leaders, elected a small Presidential Council and a prime minister to prepare the ground for fair and transparent presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for 24 December. Those so chosen signed pledges that they will not stand in the elections for which they have been asked to prepare. The team for this new Libyan authority consists of Mohammed Al-Menfi, head of the Presidential Council, with Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Musa Al-Koni, and Abdullah Al-...
Will Erdogan’s Turkey Recreate the Ottoman Empire? Under President Erdogan Turkey is being reconfigured from a secular republic to a resurgent neo-Ottoman state, reinforced with a strong religious identity. Turkey is playing an increasingly prominent role in regional affairs not refraining from direct military involvement and setting up military bases across the region. It is also known to support such radical Islamist groups as Muslim Brotherhood, which led to a rift with Egypt and alignment with Qatar. In addition, Turkey challenges both its NATO allies, like the United States...