Turkish Foreign Policy in the AKP’s Third Term
On July 12, 2011, the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AKP) claimed victory for a third time in Turkish parliamentary elections since 2002. The AKP received…
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Turkey, Russia, and the Arab Spring
More than a year after the inception of the so-called Arab Spring, Turkey’s much-ballyhooed regional rise is teetering on the brink. Especially in its ability to influence outcomes in Syria,…
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan’s Dispute over the Caspian Sea: Will It Impede the Nabucco Project?
On July 24, 2009, Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov convened a special session of the government to discuss issues related to ownership of the Caspian oil and gas fields. At the…
Interacting through Migration: How Can Russia Benefit and Learn From Its Asian Neighbors?
Has Russia been missing out on the economic benefits of labor migration—particularly to and from Asia—and if so, in what manner and to what extent? What lessons or best practices…
The Russian-Georgian Crisis and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
In the early fall of 2002, two developments concerning Georgia garnered a great deal of attention. The first was the groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which has…
Russia’s International Integration and Caspian Sea Oil
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's international integration has been complicated by both its economic weakness and its unpredictable foreign policy. In 1996-97, as a result of the…
Options for Resolution of the Conflict in Abkhazia
Current prospects for resolving the conflict in the Abkhazia region of Georgia are poor. Framework agreements have been reached, but these merely paper over differences on the central issues at…
The Sivas Case and Turkey’s Credibility Problem Regarding Syria
At issue here is the recent decision to dismiss the cases against five defendants in the Sivas Massacre trial because of the statute of limitations, and the AKP government’s…
French Constitutional Court Overturns Armenian Genocide Denial Law
The French highest court decision last Tuesday to overturn the “Armenian genocide bill” brought the most recent confrontation over Turkey’s refusal to accept the genocide label for the 1915…