February, 2022

• 24 February

  Turkey, Iraq agree to dispel terrorism: Defense Minister Akar

  

  Turkey and Iraq have agreed to eliminate terrorism as soon as possible, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Sunday following his recent meetings with central and regional Iraqi government officials. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Akar said: “We all agree on the fight against terrorism …

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• 24 February

  Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Rusya’nın sözde Donetsk ve Luhansk’ı tanıma kararı kabul edilemez

  

  Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Rusya’nın sözde Donetsk ve Luhansk’ı tanımasına ilişkin, “Kararı kabul edilmez olarak değerlendiriyoruz. Tarafları sağduyu ve uluslararası hukuka riayete çağırıyoruz.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu. Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’nden Senegal’e giderken uçakta gazetecilerin sorularını yanıtladı, gündeme ilişkin değerlendirmelerde bulundu. 20 Şubat’ta başladığı Afrika turu kapsamında resmi ziyaretlerini …

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• 24 February

  India’s Faltering Nonalignment

  

  The Ukraine Crisis Should Force New Delhi to Rethink Its Russia Policy Ever since Russia began massing troops on the Ukrainian border, the government in Kyiv has been working frenetically to shore up international support. For the most part, it has focused on its partners in Europe and North America. …

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• 24 February

  China’s Ukraine Crisis

  

  What Xi Gains—and Loses—From Backing Putin The crisis in Ukraine is exposing the limits of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s foreign policy. Beijing’s global aspirations are now clashing with its desire to remain selectively ambiguous and aloof. Although Chinese leaders may not recognize it, their country’s closer alignment with Russia is …

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• 24 February

  The Price of Order

  

  Settling for Less in the Middle East There is no question that the Middle East is a mess. The usual explanations for the disarray, however, fail to capture the root cause. Sectarianism, popular discontent with unrepresentative governments, economic failure, and foreign interference are the usual suspects in most analyses, but …

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• 24 February

  Russia-Ukraine is an Information War, So Government Intelligence Needs More Scrutiny Than Ever

  

  The threat of war is difficult to beat when it comes to mending or enhancing a damaged reputation. President Joe Biden and Boris Johnson, both derided as ineffective in domestic policy only a few weeks ago, are now reborn as statesmen capable of guiding their countries through the minefield of …

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• 24 February

  Drones pose additional security threats, challenges for Iraq

  

  With drones flying the Iraqi skies for illegal purposes, security authorities face a host of new challenges. In addition to the challenges Iraqi security forces have faced over the years, they now also strive to get control of the new security challenges caused by drones. The Babil Police Command announced …

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• 24 February

  Biden Announces ‘First Tranche’ of Russia Sanctions, Predicts ‘Massive’ Invasion of Ukraine

  

  President Biden announced several new economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, one day after the Kremlin moved to formally invade two separatist regions of Eastern Ukraine that have long been under the control of its proxies. “This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine,” Biden said. “I’m going …

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• 24 February

  Germany freezes Nord Stream 2 gas project as Ukraine crisis deepens

  

  Europe’s most divisive energy project, worth $11 billion, was finished in September. Germany on Tuesday halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project, designed to double the flow of Russian gas direct to Germany, after Russia formally recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Europe’s most divisive energy …

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• 24 February

  Russia’s Lavrov questions Ukraine’s right to sovereignty

  

  Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday questioned whether Ukraine had a right to sovereignty because he said the government in Kyiv did not represent the country’s constituent parts, the Interfax news agency reported. “If we talk about the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity, one of the key documents …

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