Search results for: Mark S. Cogan
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Turkey’s election reveals the durability of nationalism
...Suat Kiniklioglu was formerly deputy chairman of external affairs for Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) before parting ways in 2012. He is a senior fellow at the Institute...
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Will the Kurdish Question Secure Erdoğan’s Re-election?
...The Kurdish question may serve President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, helping to secure his re-election. The election campaign has demonstrated that Erdoğan no longer energizes the masses; after fifteen...
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A Reset for U.S.-DPRK Relations: The Path Ahead
...the recent summit is then analyzed through this “framework” to assess what it achieved, its potential weaknesses, as well as what lingering question marks remain. The Art of Making a...
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The Washington-Seoul Alliance in the Time of North Korea’s Denuclearization
...Following a dangerous escalation of tensions last year, few could have envisaged the rapid turnaround in events witnessed so far amidst a flurry of high-level summit diplomacy. Although the...
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The U.S. Should Go Around Erdogan to Engage Turkey
...Following recent clashes at the Gaza-Israel border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has broken his tenuous two-year cease-fire with Israel and returned to spewing invective at the Jewish state....
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If Not North Korea, Who Will Be Japan’s Chief Antagonist?
...The last year has seen sharp turns in the relationships between North Korea and its neighbors. After tough rhetoric back and forth between the United States and North Korea,...
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Turkey’s Emergency Election: The Primacy of Raison d’etat
...It is not President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “power hunger” that accounts for Turkey’s snap presidential and general election. Instead, raison d’état is behind this event, which will enshrine presidential...
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U.S.-ROK Military Exercises: Provocation or Possibility?
...Sending State nations, Australia, Canada, Denmark, the United Kingdom, France, Norway, and New Zealand have actively taken part several times, while Thailand, Italy, the Netherlands, as well as the Philippines...
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Political Reform in Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan: Elections, Political Parties and Civil Society
...Executive Summary Since taking over from long-time President Islam Karimov in 2016, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has pursued an aggressive policy to transform Uzbekistan’s decision-making processes, invigorate civil society, encourage...
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China’s Presidential Election: The Role of the NPC
...Summary • This year begins the inauguration of the 13th NPC, which will run until March 2023. • China’s NPC of around 3,000 delegates will meet in March 2018...