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The Ukraine crisis has shown that the use of force in the 21st century can cause serious public backlash. And even in countries that are party to the conflict, the public antagonizes against harming civilians.   Reports that only 12 [...]

The recent history of the Turkish-Israeli relationship, amounts to unnecessary bickering despite a clear convergence of interests. Contrary to popular belief in such critical institutions such as U.S. Congress, the interests of both countries are strongly aligned but ideological disagreements [...]

Due to climate change, Springs are getting shorter  while summers and winters are extending. It seems that Turkish-Greek relations are also affected from global warming. The warm climate which came after a painful year will not last long. Following the [...]

Greece has always endavoured to bring her bilateral issues with Turkey to the agenda of EU from the very beginning. The fact that to a large extent she has been succesfull in her efforts, especially during the last period should [...]

Years of hope:   In the aftermath of September 11, Taliban’s refusal to act against Al-Qaeda and its leader, led to the military campaign of the United States and its allies, followed by the end of Taliban rule.   Later [...]

Peoples or states before ever going into a deal with big powers need to think twice and keep in mind that it will most likely be the interests of those powers that will in the long run be taken into [...]

The current state of Turkish-American relations reminds me of William Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be, that is the question” tirade expressed by Hamlet in the third act of the play. I think this tirade perfectly applies to the difficulty [...]

More Conflict, Less Peace   There is daily evidence that we are living in age of impunity. The latest attacks by Israel demonstrated that no matter what the world says, no matter how loud the outcries, no one can stop [...]

PLAGUE OF MEDIOCRITY    The worst form of mediocrity has widely infected the global society just like the pandemic caused by COVID 19 and its mutants. Whether this is a side product of ‘informational revolution’ is yet to be thoroughly analysed. It is still at its creeping stage [...]

Mr. President,   I am the widow of Bahadır Demir, who served as the Deputy Consul General for the Republic of Turkey in Los Angeles. He was murdered by an Armenian American, Gourgen Yanikian, in Santa Barbara on January 27, [...]