Tag: Turkey

Geostrategic magazine (29 April 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Canada; China-Iran; Female Genital Mutilation;...

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Open newsletter – february 22, 2022

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked...

Open newsletter – february 21, 2022

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Daily news – February 10, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Brookings, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Global Times, Reuters, The Jamestown Foundation AFRICA Africa needs smarter investment in digital infrastructure:...

Daily news – February 9, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Brookings, East Asia Forum, Global Times, Key4Biz, Reuters, RFE RL, The Jamestown Foundation, ThinkChina, US Department of State  AFRICA The criticality of...

Daily news – February 8, 2022

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Daily news – February 2, 2022 p.m.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO  At least 60 people killed in militia attack in eastern DR Congo. Erikas Mwisi Kambale, Reuters: At least 60 people were...

Turkish, Armenian Special Representatives Push for Normalization of Relations (Naghi Ahmadov, The Jamestown Foundation)

The first round of negotiations between the special representatives of Turkey and Armenia aimed at normalizing relations was held in Moscow, at the Russian...

Resistance to Erdoğan’s encroachment at Turkey’s top university, one year on (Kemal Kirişci, Mine Eder, and Mert Arslanalp, Brookings)

The start of 2021 was shocking as mobs attacked the U.S. Capitol, the bastion of American democracy, in an attempt to stop the certification...

Turkey’s central bank hits pause, leaves interest rates unchanged (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s central bank has ended its latest policy-setting meeting by keeping interest rates unchanged, halting a cycle of cuts initiated last September that economists...

Turkey signs $5bn swap deal with UAE, boosting foreign reserves (Onur Ant, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Turkey signed a $4.9 billion currency swap agreement with the United Arab Emirates, boosting dwindling foreign-exchange reserves depleted by the country’s financial turmoil. The three-year...

In Step Toward Normalizing Ties, Flights Between Turkey And Armenia To Resume (RFE RL)

Turkey's Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure says flights to and from Armenia will resume next month as the two neighbors continue discussions aimed at...

Crypto investing is alive and well in Turkey, thanks to lira woes (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Just off of Istiklal street, Istanbul’s busiest pedestrian walkway, the occasional passerby stops to glance at a screen displaying the prices of cryptocurrencies in...

Turkey: Opposition parties see hope in Erdogan’s lira crisis, but many hurdles remain (Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye)

Two decades ago, a crippling economic crisis and a fractured political establishment unable to cope led to the ousting of Turkey's old guard and...

Armenia, Turkey Hold First Round Of Talks On Normalizing Ties, Agree To Hold More (RFE RL)

Representatives of Armenia and Turkey have agreed to continue negotiations after a first round of talks in Moscow on January 14 aimed at normalizing relations after...