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Moscow Spins Overextended Intrigues in the Middle East

(EDM) The whirlwind of Russian scandals continues to spread across government offices in Washington, DC; but in Moscow the impression is gradually forming that those scandals will soon blow over, so…

Akturk: Turkey’s involvement in Africa feeds into the Turkish ruling party’s self-perception as the protector of Muslims

(NYTimes) — Turkey has courted Africa for more than a decade, boosting trade, opening more than two dozen new embassies and Turkish Airlines routes and dispatching aid to conflict-torn Somalia. More…

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Assassination of an Ambassador

(LRB Blog) At 7.05 p.m. Turkish time yesterday, the Russian ambassador, Andrei Karlov, was shot dead in an Ankara art gallery, while visiting an exhibition entitled Russia through Turkish Eyes. The assassin,…

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Post-imperial democracies and new projects of nationhood in Eurasia

(Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies). This article argues that Russia and Turkey radically reframed their projects of nation-building around the turn of the twenty-first century, and the migration patterns…

Turkey and Russia, Erdoğan and Putin

(PONARS Policy Memo) By the summer of 2016, it had become relatively commonplace in Western policy circles to wonder if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was following in the footsteps…

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Minasyan: Turkey must choose between free trade with the EU and membership in the Eurasian Economic Union

(ARKA News agency) Armenian experts question sincerity of Turkey’s statement about intention to join the Eurasian Economic Union. Earlier, speaking to Daily Sabah, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said…

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Aktürk: Turkey’s new status might be similar to that of France

(Daily Sabah) From those on the right to those on the left, many think tankers and journalists in the U.S. are advising President Barack Obama's administration to reconsider Turkey's membership…

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The End of the Turkish-American ‘Alliance’ after the Failed Coup?

(The New Turkey) In order to assess the geopolitical dimensions of the failed coup in Turkey, first of all, one has to acknowledge that there is a near consensus in Turkey that the…

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IR discipline in Turkey and beyond

(Changing Turkey) The deficiencies in Turkish IR literature mirror the deficiencies of the broader IR literature. IR is still an American dominated field. Until recently, American IR was characterised by what…

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Turkey through the Looking Glass

(LRB blog) Since the failed coup attempt on 15 July, two distinct narratives about Turkey have emerged. Talking to Turks and non-Turks about the coup increasingly resembles travelling between parallel universes.…

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Moscow Spins Overextended Intrigues in the Middle East

Akturk: Turkey’s involvement in Africa feeds into the Turkish ruling party’s self-perception as the protector of Muslims

Assassination of an Ambassador

Post-imperial democracies and new projects of nationhood in Eurasia

Turkey and Russia, Erdoğan and Putin

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The End of the Turkish-American ‘Alliance’ after the Failed Coup?

IR discipline in Turkey and beyond

Turkey through the Looking Glass