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Originally posted January 2009 Understanding Iran’s foreign policy is the key to crafting sensible and effective policies toward Iran and requires, above all, a close analysis of the profound cultural ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis -- those 13 days in October 1962 that were probably the closest the world has come to a major ...

Back in 1950, the European Reconstruction Program organized a contest for posters promoting the U.S. Marshall Plan. Among over 10,000 entries, the winner was Reijn Dirksen, then barely 25 years ...

Where do the limits of freedom of thought lie? What is a hate crime? Is Islam a religion that produces terrorism and violence, or is this a fallacy? Should those ...

Turkey's demand for energy will increase in the next 15-20years,according to the International Energy Agency’s latest country analysis briefs. To deal with this matter, Turkey has to ensure diversified suppliers ...

We are currently in a period when scenarios for Syria after Assad are being intensively discussed. The regime is losing a little more blood each day. From the number of ...

This year holds special meaning for Kazakhstan and Turkey. Two decades ago, diplomatic relations were established between these two sister countries, and mutual visits were exchanged at high levels. We ...

In a recent press interview, Orhan Pamuk said that Turkey’s EU project “has fallen apart.” These words, coming from a Nobel Prize winner and a writer whose books I admire, ...

In the first foreign policy speech following his momentum-gaining debate against President Barack Obama, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney expanded on his vision of an “American century,” a view he ...

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has given two different messages when it comes to Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party). The first was mere rejection. However, after the Jan. ...