“A Regional Entanglement that Could Drag the Middle East into a Protracted War” With the continued Russian involvement in Ukraine and the depletion of enormous financial and …
Turkey
-
-
Here is a great article from the other side of the world as we currently know it. I’ve been to Israel a half dozen or more times. I love it. …
-
FeaturedMilitary and PoliceNational SecurityOpinionOpsLens
Syria—It’s Time to Come Home
by Jon Harrisby Jon HarrisPresident Trump announced that the U.S. is pulling its troops back from the northern border in Syria. The cooperative patrol agreement between the U.S. and Turkey has ended, and Turkey …
-
In an effort to avoid a confrontation over northeast Syria, Turkey and the United States have agreed to jointly establish a Syrian buffer zone. On Wednesday, Turkey and the U.S. …
-
Europe’s call for an integrated air-defense system intensified in recent weeks. The German Council on Foreign Relations recently urged fellow NATO allies on the continent to band together and sharpen …
-
FeaturedMilitary and PolicePolitics
Pres. Trump’s Military Update to Congress Reveals Some Surprising Facts
On 11 June, the White House released President Trump’s military update to Congress. Addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as well as President pro tempore of the Senate Charles …
-
This week, the world observed the most recent contributor to the dysfunctional state of the U.S.-Turkey relationship. The Trump administration recently issued an ultimatum to the Turkish government regarding their …
-
FeaturedMilitary and PoliceNational SecurityPolitics
Turkey and the United States: A Tale of Jilted Lovers
by D. Hartby D. HartFor over seven decades, the United States saw Turkey as its key ally in countering Russian influence in the Middle East and the Balkans. From its vantage point bordering Bulgaria and …
-
Jairo Sousa. Chandan Tiwari. Juan Javier Ortega-Reyes. These are only three of the 53 members of the media that the “Committee to Protect Journalists” says were killed in 2018. Sousa …
-
John Bolton likes to aggressively assert his version of order. This pattern has followed the long-time public servant over his nearly forty years of government work. But perhaps nowhere can …