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Middle East in Focus: From the Arab Spring to the Gulf Crisis
Vol. 16 No. 3 - Fall 2017
From the Desk of the Editor
Thursday, December 14, 2017
This issue of TPQ takes up a myriad of issues that the Middle East is grappling with today: from protracted conflicts and the increasing complexity of proxy wars, to changing regional blocs and emerging powers. The Arab uprisings of 2011 remain an...
Süreya Martha Köprülü
Palestinian Realities and the Peace Imperative
Thursday, December 14, 2017
What is your greatest concern today vis-a-vis the Palestinian question? One thing that really worries me is the possible end of the two-state solution and the lack of any other alternatives. This is primarily because of Israeli policies –...
Hanan Ashrawi
The Trump Administration and Global Security
Thursday, December 14, 2017
In many respects, the Trump administration is the most unique American government since 1932 – both on a domestic and foreign policy level. In the domestic sphere, a president is at best “first among equals;” under the US...
James F. Jeffrey
The Arab Spring Seven Years On: Failure or Just the Beginning?
Thursday, December 14, 2017
When Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi announced the creation of the Islamic State on 29 June 2014 in Mosul, it came as a shock to every observer of the Arab world. Experts failed to predict this major event, just like they failed to foresee the coming of the...
Koert Debeuf
Turkey’s Forays into the Middle East
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Once oriented mainly toward Europe and no more than a (wary) bystander in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Turkey became one of the region’s aspiring heavyweights in just over a decade. The country is bound to the neighborhood through...
Dimitar Bechev
Joost Hiltermann
EU-GCC Relations and the Risk of Irrelevance
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Important changes have been ongoing in the broader Middle Eastern region since the 1980s with the first Gulf War (1980-88), the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein (1990-91), the 2003 US-led invasion to topple the Iraqi dictator...
Silvia Colombo
The GGC Crisis: Regional Realignment or Paralysis?
Thursday, December 14, 2017
The current crisis in the Gulf began on 23 May 2017, when the Qatar News Agency was hacked – allegedly orchestrated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using hackers based in Russia – and a news story was posted that cited comments...
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
The Gulf Crisis and a Pariah’s Fling with Islamism
Thursday, December 14, 2017
On 5 June 2017, state news agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt published stories accusing Qatar of financing terror and interfering in the internal affairs of its neighbors. As a result, the quartet took it...
Ola Salem
Islamist Actors After the 2011 Arab Uprisings
Thursday, December 14, 2017
The Arab Spring engulfed most of the Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) starting in 2011. After first erupting in Tunisia, the social uprisings spread to most of the Arab countries. Although the uprisings particularly resonated...
Nur Köprülü
Iran’s Post-ISIS Regional Strategy
Thursday, December 14, 2017
In a book titled, Letter of the Fish, by Gul-Ali Babayi, slain Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Major General Hussein Hamadani explains the pretexts behind the Iranian decision to intervene in Syria. Hamadani says: “The Supreme...
Ali Hashem
Syria at a Crossroads: “A Peace to End All Peace”?
Thursday, December 14, 2017
The intensity of fighting between the Syrian regime forces and both moderate and Islamic opposition factions has diminished thanks to the ceasefire agreements in several geographical areas. This has derived from the Astana peace process sponsored by...
Ibrahim Hamidi
What Would a US Withdrawal from the Iran Deal Mean for the Regional Order?
Thursday, December 14, 2017
For many months, US President Donald Trump and his advisers have been trying to formally withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), the...
Saeid Jafari
Cyber Defense at NATO: From Wales to Warsaw, and Beyond
Thursday, December 14, 2017
In 2014, while reflecting upon the decision made by NATO Allies to bring cyber defense under the umbrella of NATO’s collective defense – whereby an attack on one is considered an attack on all – NATO’s Secretary General Jens...
Neil Robinson
The Right to Respond? States and the Cyber Arena
Thursday, December 14, 2017
The digital revolution has transformed human societies. The Internet, and more generally computer networks, have become ubiquitous and indispensable for humankind to function, affecting every aspect of modern life. Several significant threats and...
François Delerue
Navigating the Cyber Storm
Thursday, December 14, 2017
On 23 October 2017, Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) hosted a discussion on cybersecurity, titled, “Navigating the Cyber Storm: Implications for Governments and Businesses.” With Ambassador Matthew Bryza as moderator, the event was...
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FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR
The publication of this issue on Future for Europe marks a new milestone for TPQ. The journal was founded in 2002 and we celebrated its 20th anniversary with the last issue on Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values. Among many academics and AI policy professionals, it was considered a landmark publication. Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) now has a new identity as Transatlantic Policy...
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Comparing the Ethnopolitical Status of Ethnic Minorities in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Russians in Latvia and Hungarians in Romania
Aybars Arda Kılıçer
The MOU for Gas Sales from Israel to Europe: Meanings and Implications
Michael Harari
New University Model: Higher Education's Role Against the Backlash of a Middle-Income Trap
Mustafa Ergen
Nuclear energy: An Alternative to Russian Gas?
Lorenzo Somigli
Turkey as a Mediator Power in the Russian Aggression to Ukraine
Nadija Afanasieva
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