Turkey Trapped in the Syrian Crisis (By Samim Akgönül)

For some ten years now, Turkey’s regonal policies have been characterised by U-turns and changes of heart. Henceforth, Ankara is bogged down in the Syrian crisis, caught between Kurdish demands and the terrorist attacks of ISIS. On December 19, 2016, on the eve

Armenia: Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place (By Eugene Kogan)

Armenia remains in a precarious position. It is dependent on Russia and has nowhere else to turn, but at the same time Russia is supplying arms to Armenia’s arch-enemy Azerbaijan. In addition, the four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016 clearly exposed the

The fall of Eastern Aleppo (By Polat Can)

Eastern Aleppo has fallen today, but looking at the root causes that paved the way to that fall you will realize it was inevitable not because the Baath forces and their allies are stronger or the Islamist factions are weaker but because the

Nagorno-Karabakh; No More a Frozen Conflict (By Yeghia Tashjian)

Nagorno-Karabakh; No More a Frozen Conflict “Thus, the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is not a territorial argument between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It was raised not by Armenia but by the people of Nagorno-Karabakh” The history of the conflict Wars and tragedies recognize neither borders nor