Fri Sep 30, 2016 | 12:07pm EDT
Reuters
Greece on Friday accused neighboring Turkey of endangering ties between the two NATO allies by questioning the wisdom of an almost century-old treaty that established the modern boundaries between the two countries.
At a speech in Ankara on Thursday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the Treaty of Lausanne, a 1923 peace accord which forged modern Greece and Turkey's borders, was essentially a defeat for Turkey because it "gave away" islands to Greece.
"Ό,τι η ψυχή επιθυμεί, αυτό και πιστεύει." Δημοσθένης (Whatever the soul wishes, thats what it believes, Demosthenes)
Showing posts with label Foreign Policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign Policy. Show all posts
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Friday, September 23, 2016
Greece Rejects Asylum Requests by Three Turkish Officers
Trio were part of group of eight soldiers who fled after failed coup attempt in Turkey
The Wall Street Journal
By STELIOS BOURAS and NEKTARIA STAMOULI
Sept. 21, 2016 1:08 p.m. ET
ATHENS—Three of the eight Turkish army officers who fled to Greece after July’s failed coup attempt in Turkey have had their asylum requests rejected, a Greek government official said Wednesday.
The requests of two of the officers were rejected owing to a lack of cooperation with authorities, a second Greek government official said. All three have the right to appeal.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Turkey Moves To Restore Relations With Russia And Israel On The Same Day
Closer ties could mean a boost to Turkish tourism, gas prospects for Israel and greater security cooperation.
06/27/2016 03:19 pm ET | Updated 14 hours ago
The Huffington Post
Sophia Jones
Middle East Correspondent, The WorldPost
ISTANBUL — Turkish leaders on Monday announced a series of landmark moves meant to normalize ties with Russia and Israel after years of tumultuous relations with the two leading world powers.
Strengthened relations — a result of a deal with Israel and a letter to the Russian president calling for restored ties — could lead to a boosted economy and tourism sector in Turkey, lucrative Mediterranean gas prospects for Israel and greater security cooperation at a crucial time in the region.
06/27/2016 03:19 pm ET | Updated 14 hours ago
The Huffington Post
Sophia Jones
Middle East Correspondent, The WorldPost
ISTANBUL — Turkish leaders on Monday announced a series of landmark moves meant to normalize ties with Russia and Israel after years of tumultuous relations with the two leading world powers.
Strengthened relations — a result of a deal with Israel and a letter to the Russian president calling for restored ties — could lead to a boosted economy and tourism sector in Turkey, lucrative Mediterranean gas prospects for Israel and greater security cooperation at a crucial time in the region.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Is Russia still a key world power?
By James
Nixey
BBC
Whether Russia , one of 15 successor states to the USSR , which
broke up in 1991, is still a genuine world power in 2015 is open to question.
It remains the
world's largest country and the largest oil producer
It retains
its permanent seat on the UN Security Council (one among five)
Its nuclear
arsenal (in Cold War times one of five countries, but now one of nine) has been
progressively modernised
Sustained
increases in defence spending have brought it close to its goal of escalation
dominance in local and regional war
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
David Ignatius: A U.S.-China ‘reset’?
The Washington Post
By David
Ignatius Opinion writer December 16 at 7:11 PM
This year
began with some Chinese and American foreign-policy analysts looking back a
century to World War I and wondering if confrontation was inevitable between a
rising power and a dominant one. But now there has been progress on climate,
trade and security issues and what seems a modest “reset” of the Sino-American
relationship.
Future
disagreements between the United States
and China
are inevitable. But the surprise of a high-level dialogue here last weekend was
the interest by both sides in exploring what the Chinese like to call “win-win”
cooperation.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Turkey, Greece to Develop Economic Ties Despite Differences
Renewed
Tensions Over Gas Fields Off Cyprus
The Wall
Street Journal
By STELIOS
BOURAS
Dec. 6,
2014 8:22 a.m. ET
ATHENS—Greece
and Turkey confirmed Saturday their commitment to developing economic ties
between the two countries but admitted to disputes over energy and Cyprus
separating the two sides.
Turkish
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday wound up a two-day trip to the Greek
capital Athens
where he attended a forum on confidence-building measures between the two
countries that have nearly gone to war three times in the last four decades.
Friday, April 11, 2014
During Hagel Visit, China Showed Its Military Might, and Its Frustrations
By HELENE COOPERAPRIL 10, 2014
The New York Times
ULAN BATOR,
Mongolia — When Robert M. Gates visited China in 2011 as the United States
defense secretary, the military greeted him with an unexpected and, in the view
of American military officials, provocative test of a Chinese stealth fighter
jet, a bold show of force that stunned the visiting Americans and may even have
surprised the Chinese president at the time, Hu Jintao.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Is Putin “in Another World?”
Marvin Kalb
| March 4, 2014 12:30pm
Brookings
President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy
By
Editorial Board, Published: March 3
The Washington Post
FOR FIVE
YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the
world should operate than on reality. It was a world in which “the tide of war
is receding” and the United
States could, without much risk, radically
reduce the size of its armed forces. Other leaders, in this vision, would
behave rationally and in the interest of their people and the world. Invasions,
brute force, great-power games and shifting alliances — these were things of
the past. Secretary of State John F. Kerry displayed this mindset on ABC’s
“This Week” Sunday when he said, of Russia ’s
invasion of neighboring Ukraine ,
“It’s a 19th century act in the 21st century.”
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Japan to bolster military, boost Asia ties to counter China
BY LINDA
SIEG AND KIYOSHI TAKENAKA
TOKYO Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:55am EST
(Reuters) -
Japan will boost its
military spending in coming years, buying early-warning planes, beach-assault
vehicles and troop-carrying aircraft, while seeking closer ties with Asian
partners to counter a more militarily assertive China .
The planned
2.6 percent increase over five years, announced on Tuesday, reverses a decade
of decline and marks the clearest sign since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took
office a year ago that he wants a bigger military role for Japan as tension
flares with China over islands they both claim.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Why did China impose an ‘air defense zone’ that was so likely to fail?
BY MAX FISHER
November 29 at 12:12 pm
The Washington Post
This week's
decision by China
to impose a special "air defense identification zone" over
international waters was one such mystery. China
announced that any foreign flights into the special zone would have to alert Beijing first and file a
formal flight plan. The outcome was entirely predictable: The United States
immediately violated China 's
requirement by flying two unarmed B-52 bombers into the "zone,"
basically a way of announcing that the U.S.
would ignore China 's
requirement. Japan and South Korea
also sent in flights. China 's
"air defense zone" not only failed, it backfired, embarrassing China while further uniting Japan , South Korea
and the U.S.
against Chinese military assertiveness.
Britain's Cameron 'turns page' on Dalai Lama row with China visit
BY ANDREW OSBORN
LONDON Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:27am EST
(Reuters) -
Britain has put a diplomatic rift with China over the Dalai Lama behind it and
Prime Minister David Cameron has no plans to meet Tibet's spiritual leader
again, a senior source in his office said ahead of a visit by the British
leader to Beijing.
Instead,
Cameron will use a three-day visit to China next week, his first since the
Dalai Lama rift, to focus on deepening trade ties with the world's second
largest economy, taking with him a delegation of around 100 business people.
"This
visit is forward looking. We have turned a page on that issue," said the
source when asked whether Cameron would raise the issue of Tibet during
his trip. "It's about shifting UK relations up a gear and looking
to the future."
U.S. airlines advised to give China flight plans over new defense zone
BY LESLEY
WROUGHTON AND TIM KELLY
WASHINGTON/TOKYO
Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:11am EST
(Reuters) -
The United States advised
its commercial airlines to notify Chinese authorities of flight plans when
travelling through an air defense zone that Beijing
established a week ago over the East China Sea ,
ratcheting up regional tensions.
The United States said it expected U.S. carriers to operate in line with so-called
notices to airmen issued by foreign countries, adding, however, that the
decision did "not indicate U.S.
government acceptance of China 's
requirements.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
U.S. Sends B-52s on Mission to Challenge Chinese Claims
By JULIAN
E. BARNES in Washington and JEREMY PAGE in Beijing
Updated Nov. 27, 2013 5:00 a.m. ET
The Wall
Street Journal
The U.S. moved forcefully to try to counter China 's bid for influence over increasingly
jittery Asian neighbors by sending a pair of B-52 bombers over disputed islands
in the East China Sea, U.S.
officials said Tuesday.
The B-52s
took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and flew more than 1,500 miles
northwest, crossing into what China
has declared as its new air-defense identification zone, at about 7 p.m. ET
Monday. The U.S.
deliberately violated rules set by China
by refusing to inform Beijing
about the flight, officials said.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The Syria deal
Russian
reading
Sep 14th
2013, 22:46 by J.P.P. | WASHINGTON ,
D.C
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Obama to Show Support for Greece as Samaras Visits White House
By Margaret
Talev - Aug 8, 2013
Bloomberg
President
Barack Obama will show U.S.
support for Greece at a
meeting today with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as Greece prepares for more talks with
creditors on additional debt relief.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Exclusive: Saudi offers Russia deal to scale back Assad support - sources
By Khaled
Yacoub Oweis and Amena Bakr
AMMAN/DOHA
| Wed Aug 7, 2013 5:04pm BST
(Reuters) -
Saudi Arabia has offered Russia economic incentives including a major
arms deal and a pledge not to challenge Russian gas sales if Moscow
scales back support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle
East sources and Western diplomats said on Wednesday.
The
proposed deal between two of the leading power brokers in Syria 's devastating civil war was set out by
Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan at a meeting with Russian
President Vladimir Putin in Moscow
last week, they said.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Mitt Romney's Terrible Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
It's
official: The Republican nominee has no new ideas for the Middle
East .
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The celestial economy
The
Economist
By
2030 China ’s economy could
loom as large as Britain ’s
in the 1870s or America ’s
in the 1970s
IT
IS perhaps a measure of America ’s
resilience as an economic power that its demise is so often foretold. In 1956
the Russians politely informed Westerners that “history is on our side. We will
bury you.” In the 1980s history seemed to side instead with Japan . Now it
appears to be taking China ’s
part.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Libyan interim leader Abdul Jalil flies to Tripol
11 September 2011 Last updated at 04:43 GMT
BBC
The head of Libya's interim government, Mustafa
Abdul Jalil, has flown to Tripoli for the first time since anti-Gaddafi forces
captured the capital.
Mr Abdul Jalil was greeted by hundreds of cheering,
flag-waving supporters.
Until now he had remained in the eastern city of
Benghazi. His presence in the capital is aimed at sending a message about his
authority.
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