http://www.turksam.org/ Turkish Centre for International Relations & Strategic Analysis “In the 21st century, no two countries will have a relationship as important as the one between China and the US.” These words were spoken by Henry Kissinger, the famous American diplomat and a key figure in US-China relations, at a meeting on the 30th anniversary of the restarting of relations between the two countries. Recent developments making the news lately remind us just how prescient the above words by Kissinger were. http://www.turksam.org/en/a284.html Cihan Uğur Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Perhaps, from Turkish point of view, it can be better described as three-and-a-half crises, rather than one.. One between the United States and Turkey, one that of France and Turkey, another between NATO and Turkey, and yet a ‘half’ between the Government in Turkey (or rather Prime Minister Erdogan) and the opposition in Libya fighting to depose Qaddafi. http://www.turksam.org/en/a282.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT We as TURKSAM, organized a conference in 2008 and said “Are You Aware of the Danger?” to tell the possible dangers of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant to the public. The conference which was organized by TURKSAM drew a great attention. http://www.turksam.org/en/a281.html Sinan OĞAN Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Turkey was originally scheduled for early February. But it was postponed at the last minute due to historic developments in Egypt which came unexpectedly like, by her words, ‘a perfect storm’, in a clear reference to well-known 2000 movie. http://www.turksam.org/en/a280.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT The recent push by some international actors in Afghanistan for Turkey to help mediate a possible reconciliation process with the Taliban has prompted experts to warn about the risks of undertaking such a mission. http://www.turksam.org/en/a279.html Sinan OĞAN Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Many experts marked that OIC CFM session (Council of foreign ministers) in Dushanbe in May was no less important event: here for the first time in OIC history the slack of presidency in the structure was picked up by Central Asian state. http://www.turksam.org/en/a278.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Understandably, concerned with the persistently unfavorable ratings of the United States in several polls, one American delegation after another in Ankara are posing the same question: “Why do Turks hate the United States?” http://www.turksam.org/en/a277.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT With China rising as a world power, Turkey has intensified its efforts to increase dialogue, sending its foreign minister to the Asian nation for a weeklong trip just three weeks after receiving the Chinese prime minister. http://www.turksam.org/en/a276.html Fulya Özerkan Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Chinese participation in the Turkish-hosted Anatolian Eagle combat air exercise and the recent visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Turkey require the need for a careful analysis of China as a promising figure. China appears as a promising figure not only in world but also in Turkey. http://www.turksam.org/en/a275.html Sinan OĞAN Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Caucasus-watchers are alarmed by the potential for renewed hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. Frustrated at the lack of progress through diplomatic means, Baku is rapidly boosting its arsenal as Yerevan ramps up military cooperation with Russia, raising concerns that armed skirmishes could resume and even spiral into war http://www.turksam.org/en/a274.html Sinan OĞAN Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Many countries have their own strategic plans for their problems which they deem significant. While sometimes states represent explicitly these strategies, in some cases they choose not expressing and even hiding. In this context, the strategies of Armenia with regard to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the normalization process with Turkey is widely concerned. http://www.turksam.org/en/a273.html Sinan OĞAN Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT We have been a country and a society busy with terrorism and separatism actively for 30 years and for the last two hundred years in various means. Insurgences in the Ottoman Empire and the separatist, ethnic terrorism that had started especially in the Balkans had taken many lives and the state had established a defense mechanism against these activities. http://www.turksam.org/en/a272.html Sinan OĞAN Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.turksam.org/en/a271.html Gözde KILIÇ YAŞIN Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT I would like to think so, but it is not too easy. Israel in the Middle East and Armenia in the South Caucasus are far from peace. Both regions have serious problems in this respect. The settlement of these problems anytime soon is considered impossible. However, it is easier to settle problems in the Caucasus than in the Middle East. Peace in the Caucasus can be achieved if both parties want it. Turkey’s unilateral efforts are insufficient. It requires Israel in the Middle East and Armenia in the Caucasus to take steps to achieve peace. http://www.turksam.org/en/a270.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT In early April 2009, USA new president Barack Obama had visited firstly London because of the G-20 summit and then Strasburg and Kehl for the 60th anniversary of the NATO, after that, with EU term president visited Prague Czech Republic for the EU-US Consultation. http://www.turksam.org/en/a269.html Doç. Dr. Celalettin Yavuz Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan, during an interview in Canada last week said that ‘one of NATO’s most important goals was fighting against terrorism’. Since ‘Turkey was a country that fights against terrorism’, NATO members should ‘replicate their cooperation in Afghanistan in other regions and lend their support to this fight’ he said. http://www.turksam.org/en/a268.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT While an enormous action continue in Turkish foreign policy, significant and unusual developments are being experienced in Nagorno-Karabakh case. But, where Ankara stands in these developments in Karabakh and to what extent follows these developments? http://www.turksam.org/en/a267.html Sinan OĞAN Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Whenever Turkey develops its relations with the neighbouring Middle Eastern states a discourse on an axis shift is being pronounced. That means an impression that Turkey will form an alliance with Middle Eastern states instead of the western alliance which occasionally confronts with Middle East is wanted to be formed, or Turkey is accused with doing so… http://www.turksam.org/en/a265.html Doç. Dr. Celalettin Yavuz Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Turkey may be shifting its axis away from the West, but it is not moving far enough East to encompass the growing importance of – or affect the current turmoil in – Central Asia, regional experts say. Observers criticize Ankara's 'indifference' to the ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, saying the government is too preoccupied with issues in Iran and Israel http://www.turksam.org/en/a266.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT The incidents in Kyrgyzstan are beyond the extent of a tragedy and have reached to a level of genocide. Civil war carries the risk of spreading to the area of Kyrgyzstan and especially to the capital city Bishkek and also to the whole region including Uzbekistan. An authority having both the capability and the intention to cease this situation does not exist at all. http://www.turksam.org/en/a264.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT