Archivo etiqueta «Turquía»
By Timothy Garton Ash, a contributing editor to Opinion, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and professor of European studies at Oxford University. His most recent book is Facts are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 19/01/12):
On Monday, the French Senate is scheduled to debate and possibly vote on a bill that would criminalize denial of the Armenian genocide of 1915, along with any other events recognized as genocide in French law. The bill has passed the lower house of Parliament. The Senate should reject it, in the … Seguir leyendo
By Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 15/01/12):
As Egyptians and Tunisians vote to replace ousted despots and the Syrian government teeters on the brink, two old imperial powers are competing to exert their political influence over Arab countries in upheaval. And they are not America and Russia. After years of cold-war competition over the Middle East and North Africa, it is now France and Turkey that are vying for lucrative business ties and the chance to mold a new generation of leaders in lands that they once … Seguir leyendo
By Mohammed Ayoob, professor of International Relations, Michigan State University, and Adjunct Scholar, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (Project Syndicate, 09/01/12):
Turkey has over the past few weeks become the spearhead of a joint Western-Arab-Turkish policy aimed at forcing President Bashar al-Assad to cede power in Syria. This is quite a turnaround in Turkish policy, because over the past two years the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had gone out of its way to cultivate good relations with neighboring Syria, with whom it shares a long land border.
This change of course on Syria has also … Seguir leyendo
By Jason Pack, who researches Libyan history at Cambridge University and is president of Libya-Analysis.com and Martin van Creveld, an Israeli military historian and the author, most recently, of The Age of Airpower (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 05/01/12):
During the last decade many right-wing American and Israeli analysts have described the geostrategic struggles unfolding in the Middle East as a new “Cold War” pitting the United States against Shiite Iran. They have warned of an Arab “Shiite Crescent” — stretching from Lebanon to Iraq — connected to Iran via ties of religion, commerce and geostrategy.
The new year … Seguir leyendo
By Emma Sinclair-Webb, a Human Rights Watch researcher working on Turkey (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 19/12/11):
There has been much discussion in the U.S. and European media of Turkey as a rising star after its recent stance on Syria and its general support for the “Arab Spring.”
Turkey is viewed as the successful merger of Islam and modernization. The Muslim religious coloring of the ruling Justice and Development Party is not seen as being at odds with its democratic, pro-Western outlook. The government has won popular support in the region, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted rapturously on his … Seguir leyendo
Peter Harling y Hugh Pope escriben sobre Siria y Turquía respectivamente para el Grupo de Crisis Internacional. Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia (EL PAÍS, 13/12/11):
Después de un año de revueltas árabes, Turquía es probablemente el actor externo que más ha intervenido. Ankara fue la primera capital que reaccionó al cambio de modelo de la región y que exigió al presidente egipcio, Hosni Mubarak, que dimitiera; definió unos principios claros, presionó para que se hicieran grandes reformas y denunció la represión; evitó lanzarse a una guerra para derrocar en Libia a Muamar el Gadafi y, aun así, acabó en … Seguir leyendo
Por Dani Rodrik, profesor de Economía Política Internacional en la Universidad de Harvard y autor de The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy (Project Syndicate, 22/11/11):
Cuando lo interrogaron recientemente sobre un profesor de derecho constitucional que fue arrestado por dar cátedra en un instituto dirigido por el principal partido político pro-kurdo del país, el ministro del Interior de Turquía, Idris Naim Sahin, no pudo ocultar su irritación: “Me está costando mucho entender a aquellos que dicen que un profesor no debería ser arrestado mientras se arrestan a miles de otras personas en Turquía”.
Supuestamente, … Seguir leyendo
By Sinan Ulgen, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe and the chairman of the Istanbul based EDAM think tank (Project Syndicate, 15/11/11):
It was good while it lasted. Designed by Turkey’s newly elected government in 2002, the country’s “zero problems with neighbors” policy helped it to climb into the league of influential regional powers. The policy’s goal – to build strong economic, political, and social ties with the country’s immediate neighbors while decreasing its dependency on the United States – seemed to be within sight. But the Arab Spring exposed the policy’s vulnerabilities, and Turkey must now seek a new … Seguir leyendo
Por Ali Bayramoglu, sociologue et chroniqueur (LE MONDE, 11/11/11):
Monsieur le premier ministre, vous disiez hier : “Nous menons une lutte très intense contre le terrorisme. Nous réprimons de manière très décidée. Mais en faisant ceci, nous ne concédons rien de la démocratie, des droits et des libertés. Nous agissons en la matière avec une sensibilité à couper les cheveux en quatre… ”En est-il vraiment ainsi, Monsieur le premier ministre ?
Hier, deux de nos amis, connus pour leur lutte – radicale mais légitime- en faveur de la démocratie et de la liberté, la professeur Büsra Ersanli et l’éditeur Ragip Zarakolu, … Seguir leyendo
By Shlomo Avineri, a professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a former director-general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry (Project Syndicate, 21/10/11):
The recent surge in Turkey’s military actions against the Kurds in northern Iraq is an indication that, somewhat surprisingly – but not entirely unpredictably – Turkish foreign policy has undergone a 180-degree turn in less than two years. The Turkish offensive is also an indication that these changes go beyond the current tensions between Turkey and Israel, which are just one facet of much deeper trends.
Just a couple of years ago, after the … Seguir leyendo
By Daniel Pipes, (DanielPipes.org) president of the Middle East Forum and a visiting fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 27/09/11):
In a Middle East wracked by coupsd’etat and civil insurrections, the Republic of Turkey credibly offers itself as a model, thanks to its impressive economic growth, democratic system, political control of the military and secular order.
But in reality, Turkey may be, along with Iran, the most dangerous state of the region. Count the reasons:
Islamists without brakes: When four out of five of the Turkish chiefs of staff abruptly resigned July 29, they signaled … Seguir leyendo
Por Dominique Moisi, autor de The Geopolitics of Emotion. Traducido del inglés por Carlos Manzano (Project Syndicate, 27/09/11):
Hace unos días, el Primer Ministro turco, Recep Tayip Erdŏgan dijo a Al Jazeera, la red de televisión panárabe, que recurriría a sus buques de guerra para impedir que comandos israelíes volvieran a abordar barcos destinados a Gaza, como hicieron el año pasado, y en un discurso en El Cairo, declaró que su apoyo al reconocimiento por las Naciones Unidas de un Estado palestino era “una obligación”.
Así, pues, ¿será un “verano turco” el primero, si no el principal, resultado de … Seguir leyendo
By Morton Abramowitz, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 1989 to 1991 and Henri J. Barkey, a professor of international relations at Lehigh University (THE WASHINGTON POST, 17/09/11):
U.S. policy in the Middle East is f loundering. President Obama’s two most important allies in the region are on a collision course. It will not be resolved by the State Department’s injunction to Turkey and Israel to “cool it.”
Turkey’s importance to Washington is clear: its involvement in NATO and its forces in Afghanistan; its strong economic ties to northern Iraq; its … Seguir leyendo
By Mohammed Ayoob, distinguished professor of international relations and co-ordinator of the Muslim studies programme at Michigan State University, in the United State (THE GUARDIAN, 12/09/11):
Turkey’s expulsion of the Israeli ambassador, the downgrading of its diplomatic relations with Israel, and the Erdogan government’s increasingly firm position on the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara signify more than a temporary hiccup in Turkish-Israeli relations. It is a clear signal that Ankara is fed up with Israel’s foot-dragging on the apology and compensation that Turkey has demanded as a precondition for the normalisation of Turkish-Israeli relations. The UN’s Palmer … Seguir leyendo
By Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (THE WASHINGTON POST, 15/08/11):
As the Ottoman Empire vanished after World War I, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk created a new Turkey in the mold of Europe. Controlling all levers of power, including the military, Ataturk implemented his vision by mandating a separation between religion, public policy and government, and by telling his compatriots to consider themselves intuitively Western.
It took a century and a democratic revolution invoked by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) — a coalition of conservatives, reformed Islamists and Islamists that came to … Seguir leyendo