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September 8, 2015

Human Rights
Night Terror, Turkey, and Refugees

Exactly a decade ago I became a father for the first time. At the very moment I first laid eyes on my daughter I experienced something I had never felt before. It was total. In an instant my life’s m…

NightTerrorTurkeyandRefugees
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

July 18, 2011

Syria
Who Is Losing Legitimacy Over Syria?

American policy toward Syria is increasingly inconsistent and unintelligible. On Saturday, the Assad regime murdered another thirty-two peaceful protesters. What was the secretary of state’s reactio…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 22, 2015

Turkey
The King of the Arab Street vs. the Pope

This article was originally published here on ForeignPolicy.com on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. As the world commemorates the centennial of the Armenian genocide this week, Turkey’s government once ag…

The King of the Arab Street Vs. The Pope
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

October 8, 2014

Turkey
Fiddling While Kobani Burns

This article was originally published here on ForeignPolicy.com on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Last week, the Turkish Grand National Assembly voted to authorize the use of force in Syria and Iraq. Tur…

Fiddling While Kobani Burns.A_2
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

March 27, 2013

United States
Between Barack, Bibi, and Tayyip

There has been much ink spilled in the last week over the rapprochement between Israel and Turkey.  I have been somewhat reluctant to weigh-in if only because I was fairly certain that reconciliation…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates