... Asia assumes a key importance. The challenges emanating from this region are particularly relevant for Russia, for which Central Asia is worth much in terms of both geopolitics and economics. On the other hand, an influential regional power such as Turkey is also interested in the development of economic, political and cultural cooperation with Russia and the Central Asian states, as well as maintaining stability in the region after the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan.
Afghan challenges ...
A Russian expert on international politics and foreign policy said NATO-member Turkey cannot be granted membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as the main purpose of the SCO is to establish an alternative security bloc to NATO.
Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the journal “Russia in Global Affairs” ...
On February 10-11, 2015, RIAC Deputy Program Director
Timur Makhmutov
and Program Manager
Lyudmila Fililppova
visited Istanbul to participate in a conference on proposals of key think tanks for G-20 currently presided by Turkey. The event was sponsored by
Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey
and
Centre for International Governance Innovation
, with attendance reaching
one hundred experts and think tankers
from twenty countries.
Dr. Makhmutov delivered a report ...
... targeting specific groups, avoiding picking an overall-rebels-or-regime side. Don’t expect heavy U.S. involvement, private sector engagement, or investment in specific countries until they settle down.
3.) Things may go downhill with Israel and Turkey.
I know what you’re thinking: Turkey is in NATO! And Israel, well, is Israel!
Well, with Turkey, President Erdoğan is pulling a bit of a Putin: manipulating the system to ensure he will be in power for a very, very long time and pushing ...
... RIAC President Igor Ivanov met Turkish Ambassador to Russia Umit Yardym to discuss bilateral cooperation of independent think tanks, universities and civil society institutions.
Dr. Ivanov informed the Ambassador about RIAC’s current and future Turkey-related projects, after which the sides examined possible formats and priority issues for the upcoming activities.
The meeting was also attended by First Secretary of Turkey’s Embassy Mehmet Akif Koc, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov ...
On January 8-12, 2014, Antalya hosted the 3rd Turkish-Russian Intellectuals Meeting devoted to current issues of bilateral relations, security, development and international world order sponsored by the Antalya International University, International Institute of the Development of Science Cooperation and RAS Institute for Oriental Studies.
The event was attended by public figures, experts, politicians and journalists of the two countries, among them RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Director...
The time has come to start working together on a new European – or even a Euro-Atlantic architecture
Russia and Turkey have many common features, predetermined by their respective histories, geographical locations and cultures. Among these numerous common features one can single out very complex and controversial relations of our two nations with the European ‘core’ ...
... leader (and Barzani’s father) Mullah Mustafa Barzani lived in the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1958, where he enjoyed support on a number of fronts.
Another recent visit by a Kurdish politician was also a first, as Selahattin Demirtas, chairman of Turkey’s People's Democracy Party (HDP), visited Moscow in December 2014. One would think there was nothing unusual about the visit, with Demirtas at the helm of a lawful Turkish party and, on top of that, having recently run for the Turkish Republic’s ...
... talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, at the height of the confrontation with the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The European Union stands to lose the most from the move. By itself, however, redirecting the pipeline through Turkey rather than Bulgaria does not strengthen Russia’s position on the European gas market from a strategic point of view. Rather, abandoning the South Stream project should be a good reason to start a new chapter in energy cooperation between ...
Ankara has taken a rather passive position on the “Crimean question”
Despite the obvious differences on a number of major issues in global politics (such as the Ukraine crisis and the civil war in Syria), Russia and Turkey have managed to minimize their negative impact on bilateral cooperation and dialogue. The presidents of the two countries – Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan – expect major steps to be taken in the development of relations as ...
