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Washington-Beijing affairs: All about the economy

14 August 2019 | Opinion

In the last few years, the use of “trade wars” has become increasingly common in …

Opinion
Can Trump prevent a train wreck in S-400 rift?

3 July 2019
By Burhanettin Duran
Pesident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Osaka, Japan marked a new chapter in the S-400 dispute. A textbook example of leader-to-leader diplomacy, that meeting paved the way for Trump lending support to the Turkish position on Patriot missiles, the Russian air defense system and the F-35 jet fighter program.
Opinion
Erdoğan-Trump meeting stops S-400 dispute

1 July 2019
By Burhanettin Duran
The leader-to-leader diplomacy between the U.S. and Turkey at the G20 summit was crucial in defusing the S-400 dispute and turned it into a potential communication tool for bilateral ties
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Turkey-US partnership after Osaka Summit

1 July 2019
By Kılıç Buğra Kanat
Since the beginning of Trump's presidency, the two leaders have pretty regularly communicated with each other in face-to-face meetings or through phone calls. This has been an important factor in determining bilateral ties in the last two-and-a-half years.

Deadlock in Idlib: Main actors and different scenarios
22 May 2019 By Muhittin Ataman
Idlib province is the only region under the control of the Syrian opposition. More than 3 million people, most of whom migrated from other parts of the country, live there. The tension has increased following the Bashar Assad regime's ground forces' operations in the region over the last several weeks.
CENTCOM’s policies in Syria paving ground for more terrorism
22 April 2019 By Ömer Özkızılcık
With no Daesh-held territories left and McGurk, Votel gone, time for the US to seriously reassess the role of CENTCOM and its policies
Safe zone in Syria could repair Turkey-US relations
20 April 2019 By Burhanettin Duran
Earlier this week, senior Turkish officials visited the U.S. capital to prevent further deterioration of bilateral relations. Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan and Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalın shared Turkey's perspective with their counterparts.
S-400 a critical juncture in Turkey-US partnership
20 April 2019 By Kılıç Buğra Kanat
As tension between Turkey and the U.S. regarding the S-400 air defense systems grows, the expectation is that a creative solution to de-escalate the stress on bilateral ties and find mutually acceptable ways out of this turbulence will be sought.
Syria safe zone may be ‘safe zone’ for Turkey-US...
15 April 2019 By Kılıç Buğra Kanat
While many focus nowadays on the S-400/F-35 tensions taking place in Turkish-American relations, another issue, namely Syria, is being discussed at the highest levels among officials from the two countries. For the last eight years, the divergence of policies in regards to the crisis in Syria has become one of the most significant irritants in bilateral relations.