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Şafak Göktürk
Şafak Göktürk
Jun 25, 20249 min read
TWO WARS AND THE WIDER MATRIX
The war in Ukraine is well into its third year and the one in Gaza may complete its first. And the latter may as well degenerate into a...
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Şafak Göktürk
Nov 30, 20234 min read
WHAT THE GAZA WAR PORTENDS
An uneasy truce, extended in instalments, holds in Gaza. Exchange of captives between the warring parties and humanitarian access to Gaza...
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Şafak Göktürk
Oct 12, 202320 min read
TRENDS IN WEST EURASIAN GEOPOLITICS
The rise of East Asia has for some time been a point of departure to explain events and politics elsewhere. This is warranted but should...
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Şafak Göktürk
Dec 1, 20229 min read
IRAN’S UNFOLDING REVOLUTION
I liken autocracies to a seemingly sturdy rectangular table, only that one of its legs is missing. The regime mobilizes virtually all...
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Şafak Göktürk
Jun 22, 20227 min read
NATO SUMMIT; NOT SIMPLY ABOUT NATO
In 2010, NATO declared in its Strategic Concept that Euro-Atlantic area was at peace and that the threat of a conventional war in Europe...
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Şafak Göktürk
Sep 17, 202111 min read
RETHINKING AFGHANISTAN AND BEYOND
I am aware there is a growing fatigue over the multiplicity of articles of late on Afghanistan. I shall thus not be repetitive on aspects...
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Şafak Göktürk
Mar 2, 20216 min read
A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
The prospect of Turkey’s membership in the European Union has always been a contentious matter. Turkey obviously needs to conform to the...
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Şafak Göktürk
Feb 17, 202111 min read
TURKEY-GREECE STANDOFF; A CLASH OF PERCEPTIONS
Observers characterize the uneasy relationship between Turkey and Greece variously as historically troubled, a combination of politics...
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Şafak Göktürk
Dec 14, 20209 min read
ARAB UPRISINGS: TEN YEARS ON
It has been a full decade since a young and hapless street vendor in Tunisia self-immolated, sparking the Arab uprising. The process set...
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Şafak Göktürk
Jun 8, 20206 min read
WHAT HAS(N’T) CHANGED?
We are in a transfer room. The lockdown phase triggered by the Covid-19pandemic is winding down, yet we are still languishing in the...
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Şafak Göktürk
Apr 1, 202010 min read
POST-CORONAVIRUS STATES
The coronavirus pandemic caught the world unguarded. With the notable exception of the Republic of Korea, a handful of other countries...
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Şafak Göktürk
Feb 7, 20205 min read
END GAME IN SYRIA
The “Mehmetcik”, as we affectionately refer to our young men under arms, remain in harm’s way in Syria’s Idlib Governorate. This ominous...
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Şafak Göktürk
Jan 9, 20205 min read
ALL QUITE OBVIOUS ON THE EASTERN FRONT
The killing of Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Al Quds Commander, by the United States, has left the pundits and the public...
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Şafak Göktürk
Dec 27, 20195 min read
CANAL ISTANBUL: IS IT ABOUT MONTREUX OR DUBAI?
Let me begin with a quotation: “I attributed great significance to the success of this Conference in the name of international...
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Şafak Göktürk
Nov 27, 20194 min read
THE UNBEARABLE DISTRACTION OF THE DOMESTIC-FOREIGN POLICY MIX
A country’s foreign policy is the combined derivative of its constant and dynamic assets as well as its normative make-up. As such, it is...
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Şafak Göktürk
Nov 17, 201912 min read
GEOPOLITICS OVER SYRIA
As involved governments strive to influence Syria’s future and the international public keeps wondering what to expect next, the...
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