US actions will only push other regional actors closer together, isolate Armenia, and likely lead to further territory losses for Yerevan. But at least the neocons scored a temporary PR victory.
Read more...Bedeviled by their own weakness, European officials refuse to heed the advice from the old adage, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”
Read more...Sweden’s NATO accession remains at a standstill as Turkiye confronts headaches in every direction.
Read more...Armenia and Azerbaijan are on the verge of another war – one that would suck in outside actors like Turkiye, Iran, Israel, India, and of course, Uncle Sam.
Read more...Lack of trust has both sides wanting the other to fulfill their end of bargain first.
Read more...Will the West give Erdogan what he wants?
Read more...Turkiye is still playing hardball with NATO and Sweden.
Read more...With nationalists empowered in parliament and the West all but certain to keep up the with-us-or-against-us pressure, Turkiye moving closer to the East appears more likely.
Read more...In run-up to the vote the opposition candidate claimed (without evidence) that Moscow was interfering in the election.
Read more...Erdogan and his opponent Kilicdaroglu are virtually tied ahead of the May 14 election that could have enormous implications for the New Cold War.
Read more...Tensions rise at the Armenia-Azerbaijan-Iran intersection.
Read more...The Turkish opposition’s “memorandum of understanding on common policies” reveals which way they’re likely to steer the country should they win May’s election.
Read more...Türkiye’s economy, reeling after the Feb. 6 earthquake, will need beneficial economic ties with Russia more than ever despite western pressure.
Read more...The massive February 6 earthquake weakened Erdogan’s already not-so-hot re-election prospects. What now?
Read more...Victoria Nuland is a loser as even the newspaper of record admits defeat.
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