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Trump-Biden debate: Why US public doesn’t want to have another

Kilic Bugra Kanat Posted On October 3, 2020

Last week in this column, I wrote about how important the debate between two presidential candidates can be, not only for the United States election but also for the country’s standing around the world. Besides being one of the critical […]

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US presidential debate in shadow of COVID-19

Kilic Bugra Kanat Posted On October 1, 2020

The presidential debates are usually considered one of the most critical junctures of the U.S. elections. Analysts regard the debates as the last opportunity for candidates to change citizens’ voting preferences and thus presidential candidates make painstaking efforts to prep […]

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Event Summary: Trump’s “Deal of the Century”

SETA Foundation Posted On February 12, 2020

On Tuesday, February 11, the SETA Foundation at Washington, DC hosted a panel discussion titled “Trump’s Deal of the Century.” The panel included Khaled Elgindy, Senior Fellow and Director of Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs at the Middle East […]

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Upcoming Event: Trump’s “Deal of the Century”

SETA Foundation Posted On February 4, 2020

The Trump administration’s recently proposed Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, dubbed “the Deal of the Century,” offers a plan to resolve the decades-old conflict all the while declaring Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. Although it calls for an eventual Palestinian […]

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The fear of ghosts and US foreign policy

Kilic Bugra Kanat Posted On January 16, 2020

Why do ghosts play such an important role in our perception of fear? It is true some claim encounters with them and others are willing to follow them, but not many in the world have actually seen them. However, the […]

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Making Rocky great again: What the fictional champ can teach America

Kilic Bugra Kanat Posted On November 29, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter has generated a lot of debate since his inauguration. For some, it was an effective use of social media and a way to circumvent the mainstream media to reach his voters and sympathizers […]

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With Bolton’s departure, Trump seeks ways to deflect criticism

Kilic Bugra Kanat Posted On September 14, 2019

To save himself from more criticism over the increasing number of ‘unappointed positions’ in Washington, President Trump has been rushing to find a man for the foreign and national security desk since John Bolton’s ‘sudden’ departure. The departure of National […]

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Repercussions of US presidential polls

Kilic Bugra Kanat Posted On June 10, 2019

The 2020 presidential elections in the U.S. will be one of the most important elections in recent history. It will not only show if the voters in the U.S. will give President Donald Trump another term in office but it […]

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Upcoming Event: Trump’s Maximum Pressure Campaign Against Iran

SETA Foundation Posted On April 25, 2019

Thursday, May 02, 2019 12:00pm – 1:30pm The Trump administration designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization to achieve its goal of ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran. Contrary to some expectations, the administration decided not to renew […]

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Foreign policy elites and public opinion in US

Kilic Bugra Kanat Posted On February 11, 2019

A group of Venezuelans stage a protest in support of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in front of White House in Washington, United States on January 24, 2019.

It has been years now that observers of U.S. foreign policy, scholars of international relations and concerned allies of the U.S. have been asking similar questions in regards to the direction Washington is going. In every conversation, U.S. foreign policy […]

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US-Israel Relations in the Trump Era

Geoffrey Aronson Posted On May 18, 2017

While it is often the case that the president has far more flexibility to act in the realm of foreign than domestic affairs, the conduct of US foreign policy in general, and its policy towards Israel and the region in particular, is a reflection of deep-seated interests and concerns that by their very nature suggest slow and incremental change rather than precipitous and fundamental break with past practice of the kind that Trump’s bombast often suggests, and that has proven to be so popular with the American electorate.