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November 18, 2011

Turkey
Turkey and Israel: More Strategic Than You

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara September 2, 2011. Davutoglu said Turkey was reducing its diplomatic presence in Israel and suspending military agr…

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara September 2, 2011. Davutoglu said Turkey was reducing its diplomatic presence in Israel and suspending military agreements after details emerged of a U.N. report on an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks.
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

August 28, 2015

Americas
This Week in Markets and Democracy: Tackling Corruption in Guatemala, Snap Elections, and AGOA’s Challenges

CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy (CSMD) Program highlights noteworthy events and articles each Friday in “This Week in Markets and Democracy.”  International Anticorruption Efforts Seem…

Workers stand on top of bags of sugar at the Mumias sugar factory in western Kenya February 24, 2015. In the sugar cane fields of western Kenya, farmers complain that falling prices mean they can barely make ends meet. Yet rival African producers can still offer cheaper supplies. With much of the production coming from small rain-fed plots rather than large irrigated plantations, costs are much higher than Kenya's competitors (Reuters/Thomas Mukoya).
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Development Channel

September 6, 2011

Turkey
Palmer, Politics, and the Turkey-Israel Denouement

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara (Stringer Turkey/Courtesy Reuters) Last Friday, the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, announced what had …

Palmer, Politics, and the Turkey-Israel Denouement
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

November 8, 2012

United States
Patriot Games

I coauthored this post with my good friend, colleague, and former intern, Michael Koplow.  He writes his own terrific blog:  ottomansandzionists.com.  Wednesday saw a strange confluence of events su…

A Patriot missile battery is seen from the canoeing venue at the Athens OIympics (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

October 29, 2012

Israel
Middle East Matters: Voices From the Region

“How long can this situation continue? I mean in Bosnia, now we have Ban Ki-moon [the UN secretary general] apologising 20 years after. Who will apologise for Syria in 20 years’ time? How can we stay…

Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks with reporters during a news conference (al-Sayaghi/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters