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1 – 10 of 49Turkey’s confrontation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a key driver of regional and to some extent international policy. Erdogan’s comfortable victory in the May 2023…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285684
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The autonomous administration there is under increased pressure, exacerbated by the Gaza conflict, which has resulted in escalating confrontation between pro-Iranian Iraqi…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285138
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Months of tensions between their respective parties have paralysed the region’s cabinet and also played into a crisis with Turkey. Talabani in late April sought to communicate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278907
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The proposals are part of a controversial package of reforms to weaken the courts, which Netanyahu’s critics say would eliminate checks on executive power. The reforms have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281107
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Russia is encouraging a rapprochement between Turkey and Syria that does not explicitly include Iran, a key economic and military backer of the Damascus government. Tehran worries…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275797
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Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272532
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Ahead of the parliamentary elections, the governing New Democracy (ND) party is pledging to reinforce Greece’s land border with Turkey. The cabinet’s Akritas Plan aims to curb…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276554
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Prospects for the Middle East in 2023.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274197
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Turkey has brokered an agreement between Russia and Ukraine for resuming grain shipments through the Black Sea which, if it sticks, will be a substantial diplomatic win for Ankara…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271809
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Terrorism in Europe.