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Erdoğan: Willing Hostage to Putin’s Anti-West Doctrine

Since Turkey’s economy is undergoing an unprecedented dive, Erdoğan needs European loans and investors. Erdoğan seems to have a lot of wants…. [And] he wants the US Congress to endorse the sale of F-16 Block 70 aircraft to Turkey. What to do? Erdoğan has resorted to his old trick of …

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Iran Is a Geopolitical Challenge for Europe

The Islamic Republic no longer wants to work with Europe, but rather against it. Counterintuitively, the EU should still seek areas for potential cooperation in a hard-nosed, interest-driven way to create an opening into Iranian society. September 16 will mark one year since the death of Mahsa Jina Amini in …

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Judy Asks: Can the EU Be a Global Player?

Lizza Bomassi – Deputy director of Carnegie Europe Despite its regulatory and market power, the EU does not live up to its foreign policy potential. Its ability to exert influence largely depends on member states’ political dynamics and appetite for further integration. Yes, it can, and it certainly has the …

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