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ng tensions between the two countries. Discord hampers our countries' abilities to address trilateral security challenges including the threat from North Korea. But the rebalance is about more than military assets; it places an even greater emphasis on diplomacy and trade. The centerpiece of the economic

013. Al Monitor Hard choices for Erdogan as he mulls candidacy for president Semih Idiz April 20, 2014 -- You have to hand it to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is not one to mince his words whether he is hurling invective at his enemies or laying his future political intentions on the line. He

ed approach to its Asian neighbors in pressing its territorial claims in the East and South China Seas. And, while growing signs of impatience with North Korea EFTA00678387 have been welcomed as a harbinger of an eventual policy shift, fresh thinking in China has not been sufficient to forestall US effor

tations) were not realized. The Arab revolutions ended up exposing Turkey's own weaknesses and contradictions, further aggravated by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's repressive policies and overweening political style. This became clear in the demonstrations that spread this spring from Istanbul's Taks

t refuse to sign on to it. The United States and the world's eight other nuclear-armed countries — Russia, China, Britain, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel - boycotted the negotiations that created the treaty and have shown no inclination to accept it." WPost Urges Openness About Invisible A

orts French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday that France is recalling Ambassador to Turkey Herve Magro a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo§an "sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron's response to the beheading of a teacher who had shown students pictures of the prophet

security issues. The Obama administration has repeatedly said that it wants Beijing's help in dealing with the erratic nuclear-armed menace that is North Korea. The Chinese talk the language of shared responsibility in Sino-American meetings, but they never quite step up to the task of jointly solving prob

FTA_R1_02029335 EFTA02689710 3 foreign policy was rarely up for open discussion. Over the past decade, however, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has considerably trimmed the military's influence over political life, foreign policy included. To meet EU accession criteria, Erdogan's A