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The United States Has an Opportunity to Lead in Digital Development
March 30, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura, Sundar R. Ramanujam As the developing world seeks to overcome socioeconomic inequities worsened during Covid-19, CSIS presents its first in a series of analyses on how the United States can show interagency leadership in establishing digital infrastructure and help countries spur development.

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Promote and Build: A Strategic Approach to Digital Authoritarianism
October 15, 2020 | Erol Yayboke, Samuel Brannen Digital authoritarianism transcends boundaries while subverting human rights and democratic principles. This brief presents a strategic approach grounded in fundamental principles and framed around promoting resilience while building affirmative alternatives.

Commentary
Seeking a Path to Europe, Refugees and Migrants Ultimately Turned Back by Covid-19
April 2, 2020 | Erol Yayboke, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. Confrontations between Greek forces and thousands trying to enter Europe erupted after Turkey opened its side of the border to refugees. Temporary resolution came only as fears of the spread of Covid-19 forced the refugees to return to other parts of Turkey.

Commentary
Trump-Erdogan Meeting at the G20: End of the S-400 Crisis?
July 3, 2019 | Bulent Aliriza The Trump-Erdogan meeting at the G20 summit has strengthened hopes in Ankara that Turkey will not be subjected to U.S. sanctions after the imminent delivery of the Russian S-400 missiles. CSIS’s Bulent Aliriza examines its implications for U.S.-Turkish relations.

Commentary
Erdogan’s New ‘Existential’ Test: Municipal Elections on March 31
March 29, 2019 | Bulent Aliriza President Erdogan has characterized the Turkish local elections on March 31, which are taking place in an economic downturn, as existential and effectively transformed them into a personal referendum. The new Turkey Project commentary examines the prospects.

Commentary
Trump, Erdogan, and the Surprise U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Syria
December 19, 2018 | Bulent Aliriza Beyond its impact on U.S.-Turkish relations, Trump’s move will have a profound impact on the U.S. relationship with the Syrian Kurds as well as on the U.S. factor in the complicated Syrian geopolitical equation, writes CSIS Turkey Project director Bulent Aliriza.

Commentary
Erdogan, Trump, and the Khashoggi Murder
December 12, 2018 | Bulent Aliriza The terrible fate of Khashoggi set in motion a major diplomatic gambit by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the pursuit of a number of related objectives impacting U.S.-Turkish relations, writes CSIS Turkey Project director Bulent Aliriza.

Commentary
Jerusalem Casts a Shadow over U.S.-Turkish Relations
May 18, 2018 | Bulent Aliriza

President Erdogan warned that “by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the U.S. has taken the risk of losing its allies.”

Critical Questions
Turkey Heads to the Polls on June 24
April 19, 2018 | Bulent Aliriza Despite his numerous statements confirming that presidential and parliamentary elections would be held as scheduled in November 2019, President Erdogan readily acceded to the surprise proposal for early elections.

Newsletter
U.S.-Turkish Tensions in Syria: The Manbij Conundrum
April 5, 2018 | Bulent Aliriza

Turkey issued its most formal warning yet to the United States that Manbij, where a significant portion of the 2,000 U.S. special forces in Syria is located, would be Ankara’s next target.

Critical Questions
Understanding Turkey’s Afrin Operation
January 25, 2018 | Bulent Aliriza

On January 20, Turkey launched a major military operation beyond its southern border code-named “Olive Branch” directed at the Syrian Kurdish canton of Afrin.

Commentary
Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: Erdogan Leads the Muslim Reaction
December 6, 2017 | Bulent Aliriza

On December 6, President Donald Trump confirmed in a formal statement at the White House his long-anticipated decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv, thus bringing to end the 50-year policy maintained by successive...


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