From Ankara to Annapolis: Turkey and the Middle East Peace Process
The two-day summit in Annapolis ended on 29 November, 2007. Israel and the Palestine Authority agreed to start a new peace initiative
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The Middle East Peace Process Comes to Ankara
The current meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian presidents in Ankara comes only a few weeks before the multilateral summit in Annapolis, Maryland, in the US.
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Writing forty years ago in the "Journal of Contemporary History" Andrew Mango, the prominent British historian of modern Turkey, noted Turkey's potential new role in the Middle East as a "middle-power." He observed that "Turkey is socially and technologically the most advanced country of the Muslim Middle East.
The excitement Turkey generates in the Arab world and beyond (the Balkans, Europe and parts of Africa can easily be added to the list) seems to be sustained by the confluence of substantial changes in three areas: Turkey, the region and the world.
SETA PUBLIC LECTURE By Alon Ben-Meir, Professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies at the Center for Global Affairs, New York University Date: January 14, 2010 Thursday Time: 11.00 – 12.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
Iraq is like a miniature of the Middle East with its population structure and social characteristics. Each domestic actor in Iraq has relations with ethnic and religious groups in the neighboring countries.
Turkey and the Middle East
Turkey's soft power is on the rise in the Middle East and there is a widespread positive perception of Turkey's involvement in the region. SETA PANEL DISCUSSION Organized by SETA &Al Sharq Centre for Regional and Strategic Studies Chair: Bulent Aras, SETA & Istanbul Technical University Panelists: Mustafa Al Labbad, Al Sharq Centre for Regional and Strategic Studies Akif Kireççi, Bilkent University Date: April 08, 2010 Thursday Time: 10.30 – 12.30 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
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The U.S. and Shifting Dynamics in the Middle East
SETA PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Bulent Aras, Bulent ARAS, SETA, Coordinator, Foreign Policy Studies Panelists: Robert Malley, International Crisis Group, Middle East and North Africa Program Director Joost Hiltermann, International Crisis Group, Deputy Program Director, Middle East and North Africa Peter Harling, International Crisis Group, Project Director (Iraq, Lebanon and Syria) Date: March 12, 2010 Friday Time: 13.00 – 14.15 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
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CONFERENCE Organized by Yildiz Technical University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Strategic Research Centre (SAM) Politics, Economics and Social Research Foundation (SETA) Global Political Trends Center (GPOT) Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) USA Consulate General of Istanbul Date: 15-16 October 2010 Venue: Yildiz Technical University Presidential Hall
SETA PUBLIC LECTURE Chair: İhsan Dağı, METU Speaker: Roger Cohen Date: October 21, 2010 Thursday Time: 16.00 Venue: SETA Foundation, Ankara
Returning to Tunisia after 20 years in exile,the opposition leader Ghannouchi said Turkey provided political inspiration.
INSIGHT TURKEY DEBATES Chair: İhsan Dağı, Insight Turkey Speakers: Kemal Kirişci, Boğaziçi University Alper Dede, Zirve University Date: June 2, 2011 Thursday Saat: 14.00-16.00 Venue: SETA, Ankara
‘What are the implications for the Palestinian problem?’ and discuss the New Middle East a year after the first flotilla and in the wake of the Arab Spring.
SETA PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Talip Kucukcan, SETA Panelists: Taha Özhan, SETA, President Bill Park, Kings College London Mohammed Ayoob,Michigan State University Date: October 13, 2011 Thursday Venue: SETA, Ankara Hall
Arab Spring has placed Turkey’s proactive Middle East policy at the top of international attention once again.
The wave of uprisings that spread through North Africa, and the Middle East have brought our region to an interesting junction in terms of the proxy wars.
The worry is not about the possibility of a war breaking out; it is about the hope of building a new regional order in the near future fading away.
The final leg of support for the Syrian Ba’ath regime’s geopolitical comfort zone was the political climate generated by the other dictatorships in the area.
Yıldız Technıcal Unıversıty Facult Of Economıcs And Admınıstratıve Scıences Seta 100 Anniversary Of Yildiz Technical University Mıddle East And Securıty-II
The Arab world is going through fundamental social and political transformation. By the end of 2010, Arab states were stagnant and paralyzed.
Does the PKK, in the context of Turkey’s Kurdish question, intend to lay down its arms under any circumstance?
