The geopolitical minefields of a Turkic world
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 15, 2022
- 4 min
Ukrainian ripples: Turkey and Israel eye extended cooperation in Central Asia
By James M. Dorsey A recent dinner in Washington suggests that a seemingly forthcoming visit to Turkey by Israeli President Isaac Herzog...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 24, 2021
- 6 min
Turkey and Iran find soft power more difficult than hard power
October 24, 2021 By James M. Dorsey The times they are a changin’. Iranian leaders may not be Bob Dylan fans, but his words are likely to...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 14, 2021
- 6 min
US military presence in the Middle East: The less the better
By James M. Dorsey It may not have been planned or coordinated but efforts by Middle Eastern states to dial down tensions serve as an...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jan 4, 2021
- 4 min
Erdogan positions powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy
By James M. Dorsey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new year, pledging to employ his country’s military to secure Turkey’s...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 17, 2020
- 5 min
Turkish shadow boxing reflects growing rivalry with Iran
By James M. Dorsey Turkey is leveraging its successful backing of Azerbaijan’s recent war against Armenia to counter Iran in the Caucasus...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 15, 2020
- 11 min
The Caspian Sea as Battleground
Credit: Southfront Second Karabakh War as Cause or Consequence? James M. Dorsey Populated at the time by fluent Hebrew speakers, the...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 10, 2020
- 4 min
Ceasefire in the Caucasus opens door to rebalancing of regional power
By James M. Dorsey A Russian mediated-ceasefire in the Caucasus cements a Turkish-backed Azerbaijani military defeat of Armenia but...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 19, 2020
- 4 min
War in the Caucasus: One more effort to shape a new world order
By James M. Dorsey Fighting in the Caucasus between Azerbaijan and Armenia is about much more than deep-seated ethnic divisions and...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 6, 2020
- 4 min
Iranian naval activity shines light on Caspian Sea rivalries
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Apr 25, 2020
- 4 min
Middle Eastern juxtapositions: The phone call that never came
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 14, 2019
- 4 min
Tension in the Gulf: Not just maritime powder kegs
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 23, 2018
- 6 min
Attack in Iran raises spectre of a potentially far larger conflagration
By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this article is available at https://soundcloud.com/user-153425019/attack-in-iran-raises-spectre-...
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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 3, 2018
- 5 min
Big power competition in the Eastern Mediterranean: Is Trump missing the point?
By James M. Dorsey A Trump administration decision to sanction two key Turkish officials in retaliation for the continued detention of an...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 16, 2018
- 5 min
Expanding regional rivalries: Saudi Arabia and Iran battle it out in Azerbaijan
Credit: Wikimedia Commons By James M. Dorsey It’s the pot calling the kettle black. As Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of seeking to encircle...
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 5, 2018
- 5 min
Asia’s dark underbelly: Conflicts threaten long-term stability and development
By James M. Dorsey A host of conflicts, stretching across the Asian landmass from the Middle East to Southeast Asia and northwest China,...
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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 2, 2017
- 4 min
In shadowy covert wars, Iran takes centre stage
Source: Monarchy Forum By James M. Dorsey In the shadowy world of covert proxy wars, Iran is taking centre stage, both as a target and a...
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 16, 2017
- 5 min
Countering supremacy: Johor Sultan battles Muslim equivalent of Islamophobia
By James M. Dorsey Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, the sovereign of the Malaysian state of Johor, does not mince his words. His repeated...
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James M. Dorsey
- May 5, 2017
- 8 min
Pakistan caught in the middle as China’s OBOR becomes Saudi-Iranian-Indian battleground
By James M. Dorsey Pakistani General Raheel Sharif walked into a hornet’s nest when he stepped off a private jet in Riyadh two weeks ago...
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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 30, 2015
- 5 min
Soccer: Iranian moderates and hardliner lock horns on the pitch
By James M. Dorsey Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suffered in the run-up to crucial elections in early 2016 what amounted to at least a...
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