Policy Note | The Middle East at Breaking Point: Turkey’s Neighbourhood Policy and the Need for Enhanced ‘Soft’ Power
January 22nd, 2015 by MERI
Is Turkey’s failure in the ME because of the changing dynamics following the Arab Spring transcending the country’s foreign policy capacity, or is it because of the under-performance of its foreign policy?
The emerging Middle East order: who can shape it and how?
October 16th, 2014 by MERI
The US must show leadership in bringing local stakeholders together, and in dealing with the series of never-ending crises
The Ankara-Erbil strategic relationship; will it survive?
July 24th, 2014 by MERI
The Erbil-Ankara relationship appears to remain firm, but just as Iraq will never be the same again in the wake of Mosul’s fall, nor will this “strategic” relationship.
Iraq as we knew it, is no longer
July 3rd, 2014 by MERI
The significance and impact of the surprise occupation of much of the Sunni triangle of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) are far greater than what meets the eye.