Ukraine
Experts Respond: Struggle for Spheres of Influence Regaining Momentum | How Might the Latest Developments in Europe’s Eastern Front Take Shape?
| European StudiesVarious developments in Europe’s eastern front have started to attract the attention of many. Starting …
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AnalysisAnalysis: Donbas Crisis | Geopolitical Importance, The Diplomatic Process, And Recent Developments
By Mehmet Çağatay GülerThis analysis attempts to explain developments in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, where a low-intensity armed conflict has been taking place since early 2014. The Kyiv authorities, on the one hand, and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), on the other, are the two major parties to the conflict. Meanwhile, Russia is perceived as the main supporter of the two unrecognized republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
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OpinionEU lacks common approach on Russia
By SETAAnalysts say Russia has no interest in building constructive relations with EU, strained ties business as usual for Kremlin
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OpinionDonbass tension evolves, but to where?
By Burhanettin DuranUnited States President Joe Biden took another step against Russia last week, as Washington imposed fresh sanctions on Moscow over the latter’s alleged meddling in the 2020 presidential election and cyberattacks.
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Donbass: The first round between Biden and Putin
By Burhanettin DuranUkraine’s Donbass region is, once again, at the top of the global agenda. Tensions have escalated there following the March 26 killing of four Ukrainian soldiers by Russian-backed separatists, as Moscow and Kyiv started a war or words. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, threatened that 'any attempt to start a new war in Donbass could destroy Ukraine.' In truth, Lavrov merely uttered those words on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behalf.
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Report: Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine (2014-2018)
By Cătălin Alin CosteaThis report aims to highlight the characteristics of hybrid war and the way in which the Russian Federation implemented them in Ukraine between 2014 and 2018.
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Western otherization and Turkey’s response
By Muhittin AtamanTurkey initiated a large-scale Westernization project immediately after the declaration of the Republic. It had decided to follow the footsteps of the enemy it had fought during World War I and the Independence War. It introduced many political, economic, even social and cultural reforms during the first two decades of the interwar period. In the wake of World War II, the Soviet threat further paved the way for Turkey's alliance with the West.
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Gamble with Russia: NATO enlargement and North Macedonia
By Selen Öztürk By Mehmet Çağatay GülerNorth Macedonia’s accession to the Alliance does not give promising signs of rapprochement between Russia and NATO
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Balancing against American hegemony
By Muhittin AtamanThe current American administration, led by an ultra-nationalist and xenophobic politician, has abandoned the traditional principles of American hegemony, namely liberal democracy and the free market