For the last three months, since the inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States, we have seen an increasing recalibration of U.S. foreign policy. First off, the administration is trying to end the long wars that have haunted […]
Last week U.S. President Joe Biden finally announced a deadline for the withdrawal of all the U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It was something that former U.S. President Donald Trump also wanted to do but could not achieve. It was also something Biden wanted […]
The foreseen face-to-face between U.S. President Biden and his Russian counterpart expected to be a significant determinant in Washington’s upcoming Asia-Pacific moves The Biden administration, from day one, has asserted the military, technological, economic and political threat posed by China […]
The Biden administration’s initial foreign policy statements and announcements demonstrate that China is the most significant priority of the United States. As mentioned in this column previously, China is considered a technological, political, economic and military challenge for the U.S. Within […]
The future of the international system is being debated fiercely nowadays. Everyone knows that the liberal order, backed by United States hegemony, is breaking down. Washington’s comeback isn’t widely expected to restore liberal order either. At the heart of the […]
For almost two decades now, there have been debates about a conflict between China and the U.S. People from different fields, including hawkish foreign policy experts, realist international relations scholars and some journalists, have written about this “eventuality.” During the […]
The Middle East is experiencing an extraordinary amount of activity on the 10th anniversary of the Arab revolts. A series of developments and debates are intertwined: in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey and Egypt are watching each other’s movements, as Tel Aviv sends […]
Biden as a candidate promised to take the U.S. back to the deal and was confident of achieving it; however, his time in office has proved that this won’t be an easy task Since the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, […]
Policymakers in the United States are trying to transform President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge – “America is back” – into the Biden doctrine. Think tanks and the media are working hard to shape and grant legitimacy to the post-Trump era. […]
U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration are making every effort to send a message to the world that “America is back.” Biden’s motto was very clear in his recent address to the Munich Security Conference during which he reiterated […]
It has become commonplace for incoming U.S. administrations to revise the nation’s foreign policy toward Russia. In some instances, it can be as ambitious as former President Barack Obama’s “reset.” The objective is rather clear. Every new administration believes that their predecessors […]
Eighty-seven Turkish parliamentarians responded to a scandalous letter that 54 United States senators sent to U.S. President Joe Biden on Turkey. The statement, which members of four major parties – except the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) – signed, reminded the American lawmakers that their […]
U.S. President Joe Biden recently made his first foreign policy speech since his inauguration on Jan. 6. In an approximately 20-minute address to State Department personnel, there was not any unexpected move or position. At least for the last three months, […]
If Biden cannot renew miscalculated U.S. foreign policy, there is no way to talk about a positive future for relations with Turkey Even before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, there were different projections about the election’s impact on the future […]
If Biden adopts an aggressive foreign policy approach, there is no chance for the U.S. to repair its broken relations, including with Turkey Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. In his inaugural address, he […]
Adecade has passed since the December 2010 self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor who set off mass protests in the Arab world. The wave of democratization, which began with the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, took down the authoritarian […]
With the official announcement of Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, everybody has started to discuss what the new president’s foreign policy will bring for the U.S. There are a lot of different projections in regard to the […]
On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, the SETA Foundation at Washington, DC hosted a virtual panel of experts to discuss ‘The Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy Priorities.’ The discussion featured Charles Kupchan, professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service […]
Last week, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced some of the most senior names of his national security and foreign policy team. The only surprise was the appointment of former Secretary of State John Kerry as a special envoy for climate […]
There have been ongoing debates about the U.S.’s declining relevance in regional crises over the last several years. Although the U.S. administration has consistently reiterated its interest in the developments across different regions and expressed certain positions on regional crises, […]
Pandemi sürecinde sorgulanmaya başlanan uluslararası düzen, uluslararası örgütlerin yetersiz kalması, pandemi sonrası ortaya çıkan ekonomik darboğaz ve gittikçe gerileyen Amerikan liderliği ABD’de yapılacak başkanlık seçimini uluslararası ilişkiler açısından önemli bir hale getirdi. Her ne kadar ABD seçmeni oy kullanırken dış […]
The second U.S. presidential debate took place on Thursday in Tennessee. The disastrous first presidential debate between the two candidates lowered the bar, with some calling for the cancellation of future debates and many analysts declaring it the lowest point […]
On Thursday, October 22, 2020, the SETA Foundation at Washington, DC hosted a virtual panel to discuss ‘Losing the Long Game: The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East.’ The discussion featured Dr. Philip Gordon, Mary and David Boies Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. The panel was moderated by Kilic Kanat, Research Director at SETA DC.
Turkey called back its research vessel Oruç Reis to port in order to support efforts by Germany and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to facilitate dialogue with Greece. As Ankara and Athens continue to exchange statements, tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean […]
This critically important book includes chapters both contextualizing and discussing the U.S. administration’s Jerusalem declaration in great detail. Various sections authored by American, Latin American, European, and Turkish authors examine the international responses to the U.S. President Trump’s declaration.
On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, the SETA Foundation at Washington, DC hosted a panel to discuss ‘The Future of US Policy on Syria. Moderated by Kadir Ustun, Executive Director at the SETA DC, the panel included Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor […]
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 […]
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 […]
It has become almost customary for every U.S. administration to propose a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian problem in the Middle East. For some, like the Bill Clinton administration, it became almost a legacy issue. The administration and its president […]
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 […]