Search results for: Alexandra Said
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Turkey and Russia: Aggrieved Nativism par excellence
...and Russia has very much been accomplished by the harnessing of aggrieved nativism. That said, despite three decades of post-Cold War transition, both countries have failed to be at peace...
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Party Problems and Factionalism in Soviet Uzbekistan: Evidence from the Communist Party Archives
...course, this paper does not portend to have said the final word on the topic. Other archival evidence or oral testimony may surface that challenge these findings. But on the...
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Time to Re-Engage
...As Talleyrand allegedly said of Louis XVIII, we seem to have learned nothing and forgotten nothing. A host of clichés and semi-truths have fed the dismissive attitude harbored by many...
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Turkey is Expecting a Restart with the U.S.
...to improve with Donald Trump’s presidency. Foreign minister Cavuşoğlu said that Turkey believes that Trump will resolve the Syrian Kurdish problem, while also anticipating that the new American president is...
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China’s March West: Pitfalls and Challenges in Greater Central Asia
...but the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund both reflect the presence of a much more active, even if not expansive power in the region. Having said...
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The “Logic” of Turkey’s Repression
...of parliament.” Erdoğan reacted sharply to the statement of CHP. He said that “those who commit treason in this country, those who defend the promoters of terrorism, will pay the...
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The Belt and Road Initiative 一 带 一 路
...to integrate specific regions, while cooperation mechanisms should aid in implementing the initiative. Having said this, the size and scale of the initiative means that plans are under constant revision....
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The Tale of the Split that Brought Down Turkey
...the Nurcu movement’s founder, Said-i-Nursi, differed from the Naqshbandis in seeking to wed modernity and Islam, and in his acceptance of the republic. Fethullah Gülen built on that tradition, and...
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Real friends? Georgia-Turkey relations in the wake of the July 15 coup attempt
...events in Turkey. Promptly after, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili said his government wants to “express our support to the democratically elected government in Turkey, and personally to President Erdoğan”. PM...
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Vladimir Putin’s Next European Front
...concerned for him and we support the democratically elected government of Turkey,” Carter said. ”He assured me first, very clearly, that nothing that happened over the weekend will interrupt their...