Turkey-NATO relations have a history of challenges more or less since Turkey’s accession to NATO in 1952. Strained relations between Turkey and NATO have begun long before Turkey’s alleged failed coup attempt on 15 July 2016. However, the failed coup attempt increased tensions further and it is fair to assume that these tense relations are likely to continue. At the same time, Turkey-NATO relations are constrained by a not yet amended North Atlantic Treaty of 4 April 1949. As long as the treaty remains not updated very little can be done to change the nature of Turkey-NATO relations.

”Something very big has just happened.” This was the phrase that president Trump posted on Twitter on the night between the 26th and 27th of October. He didn’t provide any details but promised that the next day would make a clarifying statement.

The Colapse of the Moldova’s Broad-Based Governing Coalition

The Colapse of the Moldova’s Broad-Based Governing Coalition

Compared to other policy fields, the involvement of the European Union (EU) in counter-terrorism is a relatively recent development. Traditionally, European countries faced with a terrorist threat, such as the United Kingdom (UK), Italy, Spain and West Germany, addressed it largely on their own. One of the main reasons for this lack of European cooperation was the commonly held view that each European state was confronted by a distinct threat

Starting with May, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz were once again in the forefront of the confrontations and strategic rivalries amplified by a state of neither peace nor war that is characteristic to the climate of the relationship between the western community (or at least a part of it) lead by the USA on one hand and the Iranian theocratic regime on the other.

The 13th of September marked the 26th anniversary when in front of the White House the “Oslo Accords” were signed. Following two years of difficult negotiations hindered by judicial bureaucracy, mutual mistrust and century old inertial mindsets, the Israeli minister of foreign affairs, Shimon Peres – on behalf of Tel Aviv and Mahmoud Abbas, the current president of the State of Palestine – on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization – signed the so called “Declaration of Principles on a Palestinian Interim Self-Government Arrangements”.

Today we are witnessing the dynamic of a phenomenon that has already taken shape – migration – a phenomenon whose target is primarily Europe. Even if modern history shows Europe as one of the main migrant ”suppliers”, for the last few decades it has become the main destination for the continuous and diverse influx of people who, for reasons that we already know, decided to leave their countries and roam, hoping that the “new European El Dorado” would offer them what they could not have in their countries of origin.

What was expected (especially from the three presidents - Recep Tayyp Erdogan, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin) happened, even sooner than the most optimistic expert evaluations. Exactly two weeks after its launch, the operation ”Peace Spring” in northern Syria, meant to remove the Kurdish ”terrorists” from the northern border between the Syrian Kurdistan and Turkey ended, because ”it was no longer necessary”.

Operation "Peace Spring" in the Northeast of Syria has been commenced with the aim of securing Turkey’s borders by eliminating terrorist elements of PKK/YPG and ISIL and to ensure the safe return of Syrian refugees as well as Syria’s territorial integrity.