... Turks and the Syrians, could find more room to push this initiative. It would provide Russia with greater influence on the political settlement while allowing Moscow to exploit Kurdish frustration toward the American position. On the other hand, should Russia-Turkey relations worsen again, it would be easy for Moscow to support guerilla action carried out by the Syrian Peshmergas against Turkish forces dispatched on the ground in Syria, while at the same time activate its support to PKK fighters based in northern ...
... early April, Turkish vessels visited Batumi (Georgia), Varna (Bulgaria), Constanta (Romania) and Odessa (Ukraine), and carried out sea exercises with the host ships, in the framework of the annual Deniz Yildizi (Sea Star) drills[10].
The fact that Russia-Turkey relations have been critically downgraded in the context of the Syrian crisis has opened the path for Bucharest to float out this project. All indicates that attracting Turkey is actually the main purpose of Romania’s call for the creation ...
In light of the recent developments in Syria and the apparently imminent US military intervention, the blog will take a short break from its relatively academic style and its thematic focus in order to brainstorm and share some thoughts on the broader picture of what is happening in the geopolitical arena of the region. Dangerous ...
