How the Soviet leadership pursued foreign policy ob- jectives in relation to Turkey and the resulting legacy from these pursuits in today’s terms
The history of relations between Russia and Turkey can be characterized as complex. Attempts by the Ottomans to capture Zaporozhye and Left Bank ...
... Ukraine?
What is the reason for the upsurge in fighting talk in Europe?
Leading Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta talks to international relations expert Sergey Karaganov, who is the honorary chairman of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, an academic supervisor at the School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, and a former Kremlin advisor.
— Evgeny Shostakov: Mr. Karaganov, given the current difficult foreign policy situation,...
... veteran leader knows Moscow well, and the Kremlin understands his agenda. But how will it play out this time?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s victory in the Turkish presidential election is supposed to mean there will be continuity in Ankara’s foreign policy. However, in this case, it applies not so much to the content as to the approach that will be taken: most probably constant manoeuvring in search of opportunities.
As a result, those preferences can change quite dramatically as circumstances transform,...