'Just World News' with Helena Cobban

More on Turkey: Özel, Rosenberg

Related to what I blogged here earlier about the (re-)emergence of Turkish (mainly soft) power in the Middle East in recent years, I just want to note: this blog post...

Turkish IHH foundation plans new siege-busting project for Gaza

Turkey's IHH humanitarian-aid foundation has now announced a plan to help lead a 20-ship siege-busting project for Gaza, to take place most likely in April. The project is called Noah's...

My grandfather goes looking for his own grave (and other Maltese mysteries)

Ninety-five or so years ago a teenager in New Zealand, hearing news of the-- perhaps still "heroic"-- early phases of the British involvement in the Great War, was desperate to...

A Grave View of US-Iran Relations

In some countries, mine included, today is remembered as "Veterans' Day" or "Armistice Day." Juan Cole sensibly wrote earlier today that "The most patriotic way to honor future veterans of...

Turkey's intriguing diplomacy

Turkey's adroit and visionary foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and the government he's a part of, have taken two intriguing moves in recent days: 1. They canceled an invitation to Israel...

Turkish FM mediating between Iraq and Syria

As long-time JWN readers are aware, I have always been worried about the prospect that as the US military decreases its presence in Iraq, many of the country's neighbors would...

IPS post on Nabucco project and the Middle East

My piece on this is here. Also archived here. This piece was a quick out-take, if you like, from some of the research I dd for my presentation at the...

CSM piece on the AKP in Turkey

Sometimes I feel I exist in a time-warp! Today, the CSM published an opinion piece I wrote a couple of weeks ago, based on my time in Turkey. I still...

My Moualem interview on ForeignPolicy.com

... is here. I will just add to everything else I've written about Syria-Israel in recent days that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was in Washington last week, where he...

IPS piece on Turkey's role in region, world

... is here. Also here. We're on our way to Ankara, going via Bursa, which was the Ottomans' capital for many years before, finally, they were able to figure out...

Transit systems, Turkey

I'm writing-- and also, crucially, posting-- this while traveling on a Nilufer long-distance bus from Istanbul to Bursa. We were promised wireless on the bus; and yes, here it is....