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Alexandr Svaranc

PhD in political science, professor

Fate of F-35s in Turkish-US relations

The US, being the military and political leader of the NATO bloc, remains the main driving force in the sphere of high military technologies of the alliance countries. Accordingly, the interoperability strategy of allied armies is determined by the Pentagon in coordination with the President’s administration, the CIA, and the US Department of State. It is clear that Washington also controls the modernization programs of the armed forces of its allies, taking into account a complex of issues (for example, intra-bloc contradictions between Turkey and Greece, or the interests of conditional micro-clubs such as the elite Anglo-Saxon…

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Turkey’s search for a “historic” alternative to the EU

The question of Turkey’s possible integration with Europe has been under discussion for decades and is one of the most problematic issues in post-war European history. Turkey was one of the founders of the Council of Europe in 1949, has been an “associate member” of the EEC since 1964, and officially applied for EU membership on April 14, 1987, but was only granted candidate status 12 years later, at the Helsinki Summit in 1999. Following the Brussels summit of December 17, 2004, accession negotiations with Turkey began on October 3, 2005. Turkey appears to have harmonized its laws with those of the EU…

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The Black Sea Straits: Turkey balances between the US and Russia

The territory of modern Turkey has economic-geographical and military-strategic advantages due to its control over the Black Sea Straits of Bosporus and Dardanelles. Control of the Black Sea Straits has always been strategically important to the great powers in world geopolitics and trade. Great Britain and Russia often clashed over the right to control the Straits. In August 1914, German ships, including the cruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau, attacked Russian ports after passing through the Black Sea Straits. This led to the Ottoman Empire joining World War…

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Netanyahu: losing or gaining power?

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Turkey is counting on the Zangezur Corridor

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The crisis in the Middle East continues to escalate

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Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace in the Middle East ...

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Turkey — Sweden: “Political negotiations” were held...

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