Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Opportunities for Ankara and Baku in new geopolitics
| OpinionPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Azerbaijan on Thursday with a delegation that included yours truly. To …
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OpinionRussia-Turkey-US energy triangle: Success of TurkStream
By Gloria Shkurti ÖzdemirThe TurkStream pipeline, a milestone project for both Turkey and Russia, marks its first anniversary since it delivered the Russian natural gas to Turkey and Europe on Jan. 8, 2020. In a general evaluation of its first year, the pipeline can be considered as a success for both Turkey and Russia, while its achievements are expected to increase more in the following years.
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OpinionWhy Vladimir Putin praises the Turkish president
By Burhanettin DuranTwo news stories with completely opposite titles appeared in Western media last week. The first story was about Turkey allegedly provoking its NATO allies by testing the S-400 air defense system. The other related to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks on the “unprecedented” level of cooperation between Turkey and Ukraine, viewing the Ukrainian leader’s decision to award President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the medal of honor as problematic for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. That development, The Times argued, could be detrimental to Erdoğan’s relationship with Putin.
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OpinionWar crimes: What Yerevan is doing in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Muhittin AtamanThe clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which erupted on Sept. 27, have now entered the fourth week. Although the two warring sides reached an agreement declaring humanitarian cease-fires twice, they could not maintain the truce. The Armenian side insistently broke the cease-fires and continued its attacks on both the Azerbaijani military and civilians.
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Turkey’s new gas reserves and Black Sea geo-politics
By Burhanettin DuranAs Turkey grows stronger, it must develop a new kind of relationship with not just the Western alliance but also Russia. The Black Sea may be a geopolitical space where that claim will be put to the test.
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LNG Trade A Silver Lining in U.S.-Turkey Bilateral Relations
By Gloria Shkurti ÖzdemirThis analysis argues that the increase in the LNG trade between Turkey and the U.S. is a win-win situation for both states.
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TurkStream | The U.S. Opposition and the Reasons behind...
By Gloria Shkurti ÖzdemirThis analysis focuses on the position of different U.S. actors regarding the Turkish-Russian energy relations and, specifically, on TurkStream which is one of the most important projects undertaken by the two states.
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Neither war nor peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Talha KöseThe ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan – which began with the former's recent aggression – has escalated rapidly since Azerbaijan retaliated in kind. Baku has indeed turned Yerevan's miscalculation into an opportunity to regain lost territories. So far, Azerbaijan has made some remarkable military gains to liberate some of its territories from the Armenian occupation.
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Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean: Maritime Disputes and Geopolitical...
By Kadir ÜstünRecent tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean have multiple drivers including the race for exploitation of energy resources, long-standing maritime disputes, and the broader geopolitical competition between regional powers. While Turkey’s recent assertiveness of her rights in the Eastern Mediterranean drew renewed attention to the region, this round of confrontation has been long in the making.
Israel’s dirty war in Gaza
