Under the Biden’s administration, the relations between Ankara and Washington will most likely start with tension and apprehension
Media mentions – Wider Europe
Europeans need to start cultivating new security partnership also with non-EU and NATO countries
It is the resolution process of these conflicts that are frozen, and not the conflict per se that continue at a lower intensity and that can flare up at any time
This seems like a golden opportunity for Erdogan to come forth as the defender of Islam & the Sunni leader of the Arab world & for Macron to further increase his sphere of influence in the Middle East
Dodon’s party has ‘directly copied the Kremlin’s official tactics’ and ‘develop[ed] a complex ecosystem of trolls and fake news outlets.’
Turkish foreign policy seems to overestimate the country’s own economic strength
Matteo Colombo, ECFR Junior Pan-European Fellow, comments on the gap between Turkish foreign policy ambitions and its economic strength
Le Grand Continent, in collaboration with ECFR, publishes an article by Ariane Bonzon on France-Turkey clash in the Eastern Mediterranean
US sanctions on the financial sector and recent measures targeting Iran’s defence industry will make Russian and Chinese companies think twice, both in terms of coming under US pressure and if they can get paid by Iran
He is raising the value of the bargaining chip, but also the size of the risk […] It is a Russian roulette of sorts
It’s obvious that Erdogan has ambition to position Turkey as a regional leader, and he hasn’t hit a wall yet