Turkey Barring Israeli Military Flights From Its Airspace
Israeli plane barred from Turkey
“An Undeclared Crisis”
I have a piece up on the Eurasianet website that takes a look at the ongoing evolution (devolution?) of the Turkish-American relationship, from “strategic alliance” to “model partnership” to the next, yet-to-be named stage. From the article:
Turkey officially demands Gaza aid ships back from Israel
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L) and his wife Emine Erdogan (L) stand with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper (R) at the G20 Summit in Toronto, June 26, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Jim Young
Turkish prime minister meets Obama at G-20 summit
US to Turkey: ‘If you love me, then prove it’
ÖMER TAŞPINAR – Turkey, the G-20 and self-confidence
No non-Muslims in EU-bond Turkey
ABDULLAH BOZKURT – Grilling Israel at the Council of Europe
Turkey: Klaus Klipp?s interview
1. Could you explain the mission of AER?
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is the independent network of regions in wider Europe. Regions are the second level of governance in a country, in Turkey these are Special Provincial Administrations (İl Özel İdareleri).
Dani Rodrik: ?Turkey is no longer [a] liberalizing, emerging democracy?
Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University?s Kennedy School, was born in Istanbul. He writes:
I no longer recognize Turkey, the country where I was raised and spend most of my time when I am not teaching in the U.S.
It wasn?t so long ago that the country seemed to
Turkey to open new chapter in EU membership talks
Iceland and Serbia on the Way of the EU, But Turkey?
Fatma Yilmaz-Elmas, USAK Center for EU Studies
The European Union has recently engaged with an economic crisis on the one hand and political elections in member states – the results of which indicate a far-right trend mostly due to the economic crisis – on the other hand. However, it seems that the EU also has a different issue on its agenda. Whereas the implementation of the recently passed Lisbon Treaty has not shown its “innovative face” yet, the EU is in taking steps to a new enlargement. As part of this, the EU has decided firstly to remove the barriers to Serbian candidacy status and secondly to start membership negotiations with Iceland.
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