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Tim Ash: Why did the West get Russia so wrong? And could we be making the same mistake with China?

Source:Tim Ash blog Date:23Sep2023

And are the same mistakes possible when it comes to China – absolutely. Western business interests are similarly invested up to the hilt, and appear active in lobbying to remain engaged and

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Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh agree to disarm

Source:Reuters Date:23Sep2023

The Karabakh Armenian statement said the ceasefire would be effective from 13:00 local time on Wednesday. It said the separatist forces would disband and disarm. The statement spoke of regular

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Has Turkey Outfoxed China in Azerbaijan to become a rising Eurasian power?

Source:Turkeyanalysts Date:20Sep2023

Turkey’s decision to provide an unprecedented level of military assistance to Azerbaijan empowered Baku to achieve a resounding victory in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, changing the

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Gonul Tol: Autocracy not reform remains Erdoğan’s recipe for Turkey

Source:Financial Times Date:19Sep2023

Until now, most Turks believed that they could vote Erdoğan out. Fraud, civil liberties violations and abuse of state and media resources had made the regime authoritarian, but elections were not

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Which 5 Turkey-based firms did US sanction for aiding Russia in Ukraine?

Source:al Monitor Date:18Sep2023

One of the firms is Margiana, which the US said had sent hundreds of shipments to two Russian companies involved in producing military drones for use in Ukraine. “Margiana’s shipments to

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Erdogan to Attend UN General Assembly Amid Tensions With US

Source:Bloomberg Date:17Sep2023

Erdogan is expected to arrive in New York on Sunday, just a day after Turkey rebuffed US allegations of enlisting child soldiers in the ranks of Turkey-backed rebels in Syria, and as Washington

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Turkey ‘seriously upset’ over Washington linking F-16 sales to Sweden’s NATO membership

Source:al Monitor Date:13Sep2023

The Biden administration insists Turkey lifting its opposition to Sweden’s accession is not linked to the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets. But privately, US officials have told Turkey

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Hannah Lucinda Smith: Finding Turkey in Narnia

Source:Engelsbergideas Date:13Sep2023

I was oblivious to Narnia’s religious symbolism when I first read the Chronicles, aged around seven. For me, Lewis’ world was all about its landscapes and characters, places, people, talking

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Turkey’s Erdogan eggs on Syria’s Arab tribes against US-backed Kurds

Source:al Monitor Date:06Sep2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come out in support of Arab tribes engaged in violent clashes with the United States’ top local ally against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria’s oil-rich

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Turkey, Saudi Arabia ink critical mineral cooperation deal

Source:al Monitor Date:29Aug2023

Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the two countries’ cooperation in mining, Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced Monday. Bayraktar

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