Why the EU Needs a Strategy for the Black Sea Region
By Lara Scarpitta* It is old news that geography matters in foreign policy. A dormant EC/EU had to learn this vital lesson in 1989, when communism crumbled behind its safe walls. Faced with the sudden...
View ArticleTurkey: Europe’s Emerging Energy Corridor for Central Eurasian, Caucasian and...
By Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu One important geopolitical consequence of the demise of the Soviet Union was the rise of intense political and commercial competition for control of the vast energy...
View ArticleThe Assassination of Hrant Dink: Another Deadly Incident Destined to Remain...
By Mehmet Kalyoncu The assassination of Hrant Dink, one of the most prominent Turkish Armenians and the editor-in-chief of bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos outside his newspaper’s...
View ArticleThe End of an Era in the Armenian Genocide Debate: Will Recognition Lead to a...
If Turkey gives up its opposition to potential US recognition of the atrocities between Turks and Armenians that took place during World War One as a “genocide,” will its diplomatic hand ultimately be...
View ArticleProjects and Possibilities: Turkey’s Future Role as a Transit Country for...
By Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu Nowadays, energy diplomacy is more crucial than ever for the EU. There is a strong need for a long-term EU common energy policy in order to enable the bloc to meet its...
View ArticleGreek-Turkish Military Altercations Expected as Cyprus Readies for Offshore...
By Ioannis Michaletos and Christopher Deliso A potentially major military face-off between perennial rivals Greece and Turkey could be looming, motivated by Turkish alarm over the imminent plan of the...
View ArticleKurdistan in the Making: Challenges and Opportunities for Turkey in Northern...
By Mehmet Kalyoncu Nowadays, amid the current presidential and nearing parliamentary elections, Ankara is preoccupied with the question of a cross-border operation against Kurdish PKK militants who...
View ArticleSouth European Gas Ring Project: The Role of Turkey and Greece
By Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu Today, Europe is a net importer of gas. Natural gas accounts for 25% of the European Union’s total energy consumption. The Union currently imports more then 40% of its...
View ArticleThe Strategic Significance of Greek Thrace: Current Dynamics and Emerging...
By Ioannis Michaletos and Christopher Deliso Strategic Geography: an Overview Greece‘s northeastern province of Thrace has historically played a very significant strategic role in terms of economy and...
View ArticleTurkey’s Parliamentary Elections and the Long-Debated Cross Border Operation...
By Mehmet Kalyoncu The timing of the Turkish army’s dramatic, though long expected, military move against the PKK across the Iraqi border has some suspecting that there is more than exigency behind the...
View ArticleEastern Mediterranean Oil Politics: the Emerging Role of Cyprus
By Ioannis Michaletos in Athens The issue of oil drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean Sea has emerged over the past few months, after the initiative enacted by the Cypriot government to proceed...
View ArticleAnkara’s Growing Importance for Israel in the Post-American Middle East
By Mehmet Kalyoncu Several developments are concurrently taking place in and around the Middle East, both national and regional ones, which are likely to have wider implications. First, the United...
View ArticleGreek Military Acquisitions on the Rise
By Ioannis Michaletos in Athens Greece and Turkey are historically known as traditional foes that accumulate vast military arsenals, preserving a delicate balance of power that breaks out occasionally...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen: Threat, Benefactor, or Both?
By Mehmet Kalyoncu* Turkey is a country where there is seemingly no end to oddities. As the majority of Turks (and foreign observers of Turkey) ponder how it is possible to shut down a ruling political...
View ArticleTurkish Intelligence Activities under Increased Public Scrutiny in Turkey and...
By Ioannis Michaletos and Christopher Deliso A number of high-impact incidents over the past few months have revealed that the historic feuding of Turkey and Greece is not a thing of the past. Some of...
View ArticleA Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire
A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire By M. Sukru Hanioglu Princeton University Press (2008), 288 pp. Reviewed by Seth C. Elder* Far too often, the narrative of the collapse of an empire becomes a...
View ArticleRemnants of Byzantium in London
Editor’s note: this special report comes to us from Dr. Jonathan Harris of Royal Holloway, University of London. It recounts the proceedings of an absorbing workshop recently held at London’s Hellenic...
View ArticleTourism on Turkey’s Black Sea Coast: Interview with Dr. Gülçin Bilgin Turna
Balkanalysis.com Editor’s note: in this new interview, Turkish professor and tourism expert Dr. Gülçin Bilgin Turna shares her knowledge and experience of the issues regarding Black Sea tourism...
View ArticleTurkey-Africa Relations: A Partnership under Review
Balkanalysis.com Editor’s note: almost five years since this website first isolated Turkey’s developing relationship with Africa, we are providing new insights into the current state of affairs in the...
View ArticleEU-Turkey Dialogue Reboots amid Migrant Crisis
By Maria-Antoaneta Neag Since the Syrian conflict started in 2011, Turkey has been taking in refugees, with 2.2 million currently residing in camps and being taken care of at the government’s expense...
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