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Turkish presence in Caucasus ushers in new balance of power

Burhanettin Duran Posted On December 14, 2020

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended last week a military parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, to celebrate that country’s victory in Nagorno-Karabakh. His address, which reinforced the idea that Turkey and Azerbaijan are “two states and one nation,” touched on three key […]

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Nagorno-Karabakh: The next Syria in the Caucasus?

Burhanettin Duran Posted On October 26, 2020

It was Washington’s turn to make a diplomatic move regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict yesterday. Although Moscow initially stepped in to broker two cease-fires between Azerbaijan and Armenia, those pauses proved short-lived. Likewise, no one seriously expects U.S. Secretary of State […]

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The new face of anti-Turkey rhetoric

Burhanettin Duran Posted On October 13, 2020

The latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh reignited anti-Turkey rhetoric in the international arena. Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership, threw its weight behind Azerbaijan to help the country reclaim its Armenian-occupied territories. Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinian, made a huge […]

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Actors and perspectives in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Burhanettin Duran Posted On October 12, 2020

The move by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to “spread the war” and to ensure the intervention of great powers into the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has come to nothing. Neither the missiles he fired at Ganja nor his fuss that “Turks […]

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EU summit and Macron’s brand new nonsense

Burhanettin Duran Posted On October 8, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron is back on the stage with more of the outlandish claims we have come to expect. In a seeming attempt to make up for his failure to get the European Union to sanction Turkey, the Frenchman […]

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Yerevan’s mistake and Ankara-Moscow competition

Burhanettin Duran Posted On October 1, 2020

Armenia engaged in acts of aggression in Nagorno-Karabakh, days after its attack on Tovuz in western Azerbaijan. That country opened fire on its neighbor’s civilian population on Sunday, which elicited a strong military response from Baku. A number of villages […]