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 [...]

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 it from continuing its pounding and destruction of the Palestinians. The only country thatcould at least temper them is the United States [...]