Tuesday, 22 April , 2025

Eastern Mediterranean

War and Peace in Eastern Mediterranean

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos The decision of Turkey to withdraw its vessel surveying  Eastern Mediterranean, where maritime zones are not demarcated and are claimed by both...

Turkey’s road to diplomacy of loneliness

By Namık Tan Sep.15, 2020 The global image of Turkish foreign policy doesn’t look good, with the country facing loneliness in diplomacy. Our embassies in Syria,...

Westlessness: how cracks within NATO signal a new balance of global...

It is easy to treat Trump as the cause of Western fragmentation. But it is much truer to consider him merely a symptom. By Jeremy...

Maidan, Navalny, Kastellorizo: The Chaos Strategy

By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos Twenty years ago, I was covering the Munich Security Forum as a journalist and I took an interview from Brent Scawcroft, National...

Macron: Europe must have a ‘more united and clear voice’ with...

Sep. 10, 2020 French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe needed "a more united and clear voice" on Turkey which is "no longer a partner". Macron categorised...

Turkey’s power projection risks military clash in Mediterranean, former PM says

By Orhan Coskun, Dominic Evans Sep.3,2020 ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey risks military confrontation in the eastern Mediterranean because it prizes power over diplomacy, a former prime...

`There will be rapprochement if Turkey changes its polities`

Sep. 5, 2020 Abdurrahman Salahuddin, the Former Egyptian Ambassador to Ankara, has given an exclusive interview for the Turkish TV channel KRT. During the interview,...

Greek – Turkish crisis escalates. Closer to military conflict

Diplomatic sources refute reports of NATO-brokered talks between Greece, Turkey Sept. 3, 2020 Diplomatic sources on Thursday refuted reports of NATO-brokered talks between Greece and Turkey...

Pope addresses tension in eastern Mediterranean sea

Aug.30, 2020 Pope Francis prays for dialogue and a resolution to the conflicts threatening peace on the Mediterranean. After the recitation of the Marian Prayer during...

Turkey issues new navtex for Oruc Reis in East Med

Aug 31, 2020 Turkey on Monday night issued a new navigational telex (Navtex) for the continuation of survey activities of its Oruc Reis vessel until September...