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Rethinking civil-military relations in Turkey : how has the security landscape changed under AKP rule?
Adar, Sinem; Tanrıverdi Yaşar, Nebahat - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2023
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in June after being sworn in for the third time as the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promised the nation that his policies in the coming five years would "crown the second century of the republic with the Century of Türkiye". Turkey has...
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Turkish and Iranian involvement in Iraq and Syria : competing strategies, rising threat perceptions, and potentials for conflict
Azizi, Hamidreza; Çevik, Salim - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2022
cooperation. However, in Iraq and Syria, rising tensions between Turkey and Turkey-affiliated groups on the one hand and Iran and …
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Terror against the Taliban : Islamic State shows new strength in Afghanistan
Steinberg, Guido; Albrecht, Aljoscha - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2022
Since the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban took power in the country, the local … eastern Afghanistan and in the capital, Kabul, but the jihadists have also been active in Kandahar, Kunduz and Kunar. The …. In fact, there is a danger that these shortfalls will allow IS to expand its terrorist activities beyond Afghanistan …
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Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine : mission impossible
Fischer, Sabine - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2022
President Vladimir Putin escalated Russia's war on Ukraine in September 2022, announcing a partial mobilisation and repeating his threat to use nuclear weapons. But what really ended efforts to bring about peace - which had continued since the 24 February invasion - was the proclaimed annexation...
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Reviving peace talks in Cyprus : diplomatic innovation and the new UN envoy : creative diplomacy needed for breakthrough in long-standing conflict
Kaymak, Erol - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2024
On January 5, 2024, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar as his Personal Envoy on Cyprus. Her role is to determine the ‘com­mon ground’ from which peace talks can be resumed after standing still since 2017. The shift in Greece-Turkey relations...
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UN arms embargoes under scrutiny : obstacles and options for an effective contribution to conflict resolution
Vorrath, Judith - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2024
There are still a number of UN arms embargoes in place to prevent the flow of arms and military material into conflict zones. Although the UN Security Council is not generally deadlocked on this issue, it has only taken relevant decisions to re-design the embargoes in a few cases over the last...
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