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CAATSA sanctions are hurting Turkey’s military readiness at a time when NATO can’t afford it
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  • CAATSA sanctions are hurting Turkey’s military readiness at a time when NATO can’t afford it

    On Dec. 14, 2020, the Trump administration sanctioned Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), along with key individuals involved in the purchase of the Russian–made S-400 surface-to-air missile system. The sanctions were issued under the 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a law intended to punish Russia for a wide range of malign activities.

    May 6, 2021

    Once again, Iraq is at a crossroads
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  • Once again, Iraq is at a crossroads

    Although it has been more than 18 months since Iraq’s October 2019 protests, many of the big questions raised remain unanswered, most of which revolve around the sustainability of the post-2003 political system and its ability to correct itself over time.

    May 3, 2021

    مرة أخرى ، العراق عند مفترق طرق
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  • مرة أخرى ، العراق عند مفترق طرق

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    في عام 2003 ، بعد الإطاحة بنظام صدام حسين ، كان لدى العراقيين آمال كبيرة في إحداث تغيير جوهري في حياتهم بعد ثلاثة عقود ونصف من الاستبداد. لكن في السنوات التي تلت ذلك ، لم تتحقق الكثير من هذه التوقعات.

    May 3, 2021

    دورة العراق المستمرة من النجاحات والكوارث
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  • دورة العراق المستمرة من النجاحات والكوارث

    “إذا كان الاجتماع الإيراني السعودي في بغداد نتيجة دبلوماسية عراقية قديرة وذكية، فإن مأساة المستشفى هي نتيجة للفساد المستشري في الطبقة السياسية وثقافة الإفلات من العقاب”.

    April 29, 2021

    Expert Views: The Biden administration and the Middle East: Reflecting on the first 100 days
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  • Expert Views: The Biden administration and the Middle East: Reflecting on the first 100 days

    At the end of Joe Biden’s first 100 days as president of the United States, where do things stand when it comes to U.S. policy toward the Middle East and North Africa? We asked experts and scholars from across MEI to weigh in with their thoughts on the changes we’ve seen so far, the new challenges that have emerged, and what we know about the administration’s key priorities for the region. 

    The new wave of normalization in Turkey’s Middle East foreign policy
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  • The new wave of normalization in Turkey’s Middle East foreign policy

    In the past several weeks, news has been coming out of Ankara regularly about normalization in relations with countries with which Turkey has had problematic relationships for some time.

    April 27, 2021

    What does the transition in Chad mean for Middle Eastern regional powers?
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  • What does the transition in Chad mean for Middle Eastern regional powers?

    On April 20, Chadian President Idriss Déby was killed by Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebels in the country’s northwestern Tibesti region. The sudden death of Déby, who seized power in Chad via a military coup in December 1990 and was re-elected on April 11 with 79.3% of the vote, risks plunging Chad into a state of prolonged instability.

    April 26, 2021

    العراق والتحول العسكري الأمريكي
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  • العراق والتحول العسكري الأمريكي

    “الكاظمي يحاول تدريجيًا احتواء المليشيات بينما يتعهد بتجنب حرب أهلية جديدة داخل العراق، وهو موقف يرحب به العراقيون المنهكون”.

    The future for the US and Turkey
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  • The future for the US and Turkey

    Relations between the United States and Turkey have never been worse, but the two countries still must deal with each other, and so President Joe Biden and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may talk this week. Each will review his list of issues. Both will commit to better relations and to best efforts to reach peaceful solutions to global, regional, and bilateral issues — and very little will change.

    Turkey’s Engagement with Southeast Asia
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  • Turkey’s Engagement with Southeast Asia

    Turkey initiated a strategy to engage Southeast Asian nations in the early 2000s that resulted in the opening of new embassies and branches of numerous state-sponsored institutions across the region. With the launching of the Asia Anew Initiative in late 2019, Ankara has redoubled efforts to forge closer ties with the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and with ASEAN itself.  

    April 6, 2021