Since the 1990s, the Turkish military have emerged as a force defending Turkey’s secular democracy in the political realm. How will they react towards the upsurge in Islamic influence and the other issues facing the country?
The expulsion of the Taliban from Afghanistan and the neo-con fiasco in Iraq have strengthened the role of the Shias and of Iran in the Middle East. Will a new regional war be avoided?
A keynote speech by Mosiuoa Lekota, Minister of Defence of South Africa, delivered at Elcano Royal Institute on 19 April 2007.
The nomination of the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gül, of the ruling moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), as a candidate for the Presidency has led to a political crisis in Turkey.
The nomination of the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gül, of the ruling moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), as a candidate for the Presidency has led to a political crisis in Turkey.
Saddam Hussein’s Iraq posed a threat to peace and security in the Middle East. Now in the throes of a process of decomposition, the country could become a source of new and even more serious threats for the region and for the international system.
The 1989 Taef Accord that ended the civil war in Lebanon is now proving to be outdated and overtaken by events. The fundamental issue is still the question of identity, values and choices. What kind of Lebanon do the Lebanese want?
Article by Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, written in the aftermath of his recent trip to six Sub-Saharan countries.
Progress in talks between India and Pakistan has been undermined by the lack of significant progress in resolving disputes and by possible uncertainties that may arise regarding the future of the process itself, especially in the wake of the 11 July terrorist bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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