GLOBAL ISSUES

Cyprus: A Stone in Turkey’s Shoe

A solution to the Cyprus problem is long overdue and a stumbling block in the Eastern Mediterranean

Robert Ellis
( Turkey analyst and commentator. He is also an international advisor at RIEAS (Research Institute for European and American Studies) in Athens)

Copyright: @ 2024 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 9 December 2024

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies

The armistice between North and South Korea is a frozen conflict that Kim Jong-un would like to unfreeze, and Northern Ireland and Eire have learned to cohabit. The Cyprus issue, on the other hand, which Lyndon B. Johnson called “one of the most complex problems on earth”, plays a major role in the turbulence in the Eastern Mediterranean. ...Read more

Restructuring of the Influences in the Western Balkans

Dragan Petković, Ph.D.
(An Independent Analyst,former Defense Attaché of the Republic of Serbia in Athens.
Previously, he was directly involved in the area of international military cooperation during the long period of time – for more than ten years. He has acquired his doctoral degree in the area of military-technical sciences)

Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 28 October 2025

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies

It is not easy to update and process all the happenings across the world – as the result of the global repositioning of the power – since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Wherever one could look – ongoing processes are not promising at all – Gaza Strip, Syria, Far East, Africa…

Situation is not much better even in Europe, where European Union is struggling to confirm itself as the significant and decisive player – supporting Ukraine against Russia. In that spirit, the announced Turkish construction of new ammunition factory in "Kosovo" is just another piece in the puzzle of restructuring of the influences in the Western Balkans.... Read more

SEEING GREECE THROUGH THE TURKISH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

(Researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (MDC), Tel Aviv University. He serves as Turkey analyst for the Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk’s publication, Bee Hive, and is co-editor of Turkeyscope)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr)
Publication date: 20 August 2017

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Re-search Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).

Despite the shadow of historical rivalry and significant political disagreements, Greece and Turkey enjoy a relatively neighborly relationship. The personal relations linked to tourism, culture, music and food constitute the backbone of this fragile stability. However, these alone are insufficient to form a complete picture of one state and its citizens in the eyes of another. Thus, alongside the platform of civic dialogue, states' education systems and their auto-biographies - i.e the school textbooks – act as complimentary tool in shaping a country's reputation....Read more

TURKEY’S ERDOGAN TRIES (AND FAILS) TO CENSOR AN AMERICAN THINK TANK

by Winfield Myers
(Director of academic affairs at the Middle East Forum and director of Campus Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum)

The Gatestone Institute September 21, 2017

Copyright: http://www.meforum.org/6929/turkeys-erdogan-tries-to-censor-us-think-tank

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan often seems to fancy himself a world-striding figure capable of bullying anyone, anywhere he likes. As the world saw this past May, when his security forces launched what police called a "brutal attack" against peaceful demonstrators outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., opponents of his dictatorial regime have good reason to fear for their safety, even in America. Read more

SAVING NATO FROM TURKEY

Member states must break with Erdogan’s Islamic extremism

Daniel Pipes
(President of the Middle East Forum)

Copyright: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/16/nato-must-be-saved-from-turkey/ Monday, October 16, 2017

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, faces an existential problem.

No, it’s not about getting member states to fulfill agreed-upon spending levels on defense. Or finding a role after the Soviet collapse. Or standing up to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Rather, it’s about Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Islamist, dictatorial ruler of Turkey whose policies threaten to undermine this unique alliance of 29 states that has lasted nearly 70 years. Read more

CAROLINE GLICK: ENDGAME FOR THE U.S.-TURKEY RELATIONSHIP

Caroline Glick
(World-renowned journalist and commentator on the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, and the author of The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East)

Copyright: http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/05/18/caroline-glick-endgame-for-the-u-s-turkey-relationship/ Posted at RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 20 May 2018.

On Monday, NATO ally Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Washington. The severe step is meant to punish the U.S. for opening an embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.

Also Monday, Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador to Turkey. It had already withdrawn its ambassador from Tel Aviv. Read more

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