The Ottoman Revival
Yigal Schleifer urkish nationalism goes back to the future. One clear day in February, when Ali Babacan visited Yemen, his hosts brought him to a centuries-old, mud-brick building outside Sanaa,...
The Power Politics Surrounding Iran
Scott Lucas hirvin Zeinalzadeh, who writes on Iranian affairs for Enduring America, evaluates the significance of Tehran’s firing of a solid-fuel missile last week: Iran last week successfully test-fired the...
Is Ahmadinejad Trying To Pull Off A May Surprise?
Kamal Nazer Yasin ust when you thought it was impossible for Iranian politics to get any murkier, controversy has erupted over whether President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a gesture during a recent...
Caught in the Middle
David Ignatius still have the press credentials I gathered nearly three decades ago from the Middle East’s various combatants: one from the left-wing Druse militia in Lebanon, one from...
Fatwa Overload
Neil MacFarquhar henever I mention the word “fatwa’’ to friends in the West, they usually equate it with a death sentence. This stems from what I expect is the...
Israel’s Awful New Government
Amjad Atallah there's a reason no one has ever accused Israeli leaders of being shy. When U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Sen. George Mitchell as his envoy on Middle...
The Suez Crisis: Conclusion to a New Set of Essays
Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk I was heartened to read, in his introduction to this volume, Simon Smith’s invocation of “the interconnections between the regional and the international contexts” of Suez....
Crises & Lost Opportunities: London, Tehran, & The “British 15”
Prof. Scott Lucas ...
Deadly Triangle? Us Foreign Policy, Iraq, And Iran
Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk It is now a month after President Bush’s dramatic pronouncement of a US “surge” in Iraq, consisting of more than 20,000 additional troops and...
Yeni Orta Doğu Ve Düşündürdükleri
Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA Oldukça tartışmalı olsa da, şunu dile getirmek isteriz ki bölgeler, haklarında yazılan kitap ve makalelerin sayısına göre gruplandığında Orta Doğu bölgesi kesinlikle ilk sırayı alacaktır. [1] Kısmen, Orta...
ABD’nin Irak’tan Çıkış Senaryolarinin Türkiye Açısından Değerlendirilmesi Ve Bu Bağlamda Türkiye’nin Geliştirmesi Gereken Stratejiler
Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA ABD’nin Irak’tan çıkış senaryoları kapsamında en olumlu senaryo olarak nitelendirebileceğimiz bu senaryoda ABD’nin sadece 2005 yılı sonuna kadar Irak’ta kalacağı ön görülmektedir. Ancak, ABD bu kısa...
ABD’nin Müdahale Mantığı Ve Sürdürülebilir Üstünlük Politikası
Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA 1917 yılı dünya tarihinin en önemli olaylarından birine tanıklık etmişti. İlk bakışta o kadar da önemli görülmeyen bir güç, tarih sahnesine adım atıyordu. I. Dünya Savaşı’ndan...
Middle Eastern Studies
CESRAN MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES The Middle East is the homeland of most ancient civilizations. Being at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe, the Middle East...
The Cracks in the Russia-China Tandem
Discussions on energy security and its geostrategic ramifications continue to be topical for a wide range of states and business stakeholders. For many foreign policymakers, Eurasia, in the first decade...
Russia and its Energy Monopolies
In 1990s, due to the lack of economic independence, Russia was not able to play an active role in international affairs. The country was highly dependent on donations from the...