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 on, the victors engaged in mopping up operations and state building in Afghanistan. The aim was to establish a system with a [...]

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 consideration and that the world order to be established by those powers would not necessarily fulfil their aspirations. Historically, among others, this [...]

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 of managing the bilateral confrontation we will witness later this month. While both parties have a lot to gain from exiting the [...]