The Afghan president’s visit to Azerbaijan will mark the beginning of major changes in the region, Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu, the vice chairman of the Turkish Analytical Center Strategic Outlook, the expert on the South Caucasus, said.
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Search for alternative to Turkey’s foreign policy
Aralık 8th, 2015 
oztarsu The jet crisis between Turkey and Russia has reminded us that foreign policy may prove extremely fragile and variable despite all calculations and predictions. Bewildered by fluctuations in the country’s foreign policy, people are looking to foreign policy experts to guide them through the maze, to no avail. Attempts to analyze the situation as one wrought [...]
Karabakh conflict hard to solve without regional help
Ekim 14th, 2015 oztarsu Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can’t be solved with international organizations’ involvement, as evidenced by the work of OSCE Minsk Group, which has for many years demonstrated its inefficiency, says Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu, co-president of the Turkish analytical center, the Strategic Outlook.
War Games in Caucasia
Ekim 5th, 2015 oztarsu The “Shant-2015” military exercises of the Armenian Defense Ministry were conducted Sept. 3-6. Unlike during previous exercises, the public’s preparedness for a possible war was measured. “Shant-2015” was interesting and important because for the first time the capabilities of a country which has had serious disagreements with Azerbaijan were evaluated in a scenario of regional warfare. A statement [...]
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No Comments »Can Turkey compete with Iran in the Caucasus?
Ağustos 29th, 2015 oztarsu The agreement reached as the result of talks between Iran and P5+1 countries (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus Germany) has led to debate over whether or not Iran is going to wield a more influential set of foreign policies in the Caucasus from here onwards. It seems quite possible [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES Tags: ankara, armenia, azerbaijan, baku, caucasus, georgia, iran, tbilisi, tehran, turkey, yerevan No Comments »Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in the South Caucasus
Haziran 25th, 2015 oztarsu “The Soviet Union,” which has two contradictory definitions like “Prison of Peoples” and “Free Association of Peoples,” is called as the perpetrator of many ethnic and regional problems in Eurasia today. Its managing culture on numerous ethnic and religious elements with its ideological perspective closed to criticism is one of the most important issues to [...]
Who will Turkey talk to on the Armenian issue?
Nisan 21st, 2015 oztarsu Turkey, which has been trying to preserve its power in the international arena by relying on the support of its Western allies, is currently suffering from serious backlash. Our politicians, who are unable to realize the growing resentment towards Turkey in the West due to domestic political considerations, continue to make bold and optimistic statements.
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES Tags: armenia, asala, azerbaijan, genocide, karabakh, occupation, sargsyan, terrorism, turkey No Comments »Reflections of Israeli Crisis in Caucasus
Eylül 28th, 2011 oztarsu The recent tension between Turkey and Israel has over the last year affected the fronts of alliances in the region, leading to pursuits for new forms of alliances subsequent to the current crisis. Back then, the Azerbaijani and Armenian media adopted differing approaches vis-à-vis the fate of the Mavi Marmara volunteers. Armenia has made statements over [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES Tags: ankara, armenia, armenian lobby, athens, azerbaijan, baku, caucasus, cyprus, greece, israel, israeli crisis, jewish lobby, tel-aviv, todays zaman, yerevan No Comments »Strategic Knowledge of Strategic Outlook
Haziran 27th, 2011 oztarsu In the 21th Century and at the Era of Globalization, reaching to knowledge is getting easy than the last quarter of a century. So to provide “Strategic Knowledge” for followers of International Relations and to render easy of their studies on International Relations, we have decided to create the organization of “Strategic Outlook” based on [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES Tags: armenia, azerbaijan, egypt, georgia, russia, strategic knowledge, strategic outlook, turkey No Comments »Meetings About Nagorno Karabakh Problem in 2009
Ekim 25th, 2010 oztarsu Nagorno Karabakh problem was discussed by free sides and OSCE Minsk Group initiatives in 2009. It could be effected by external political issues that key actor Armenia wasn’t in. If we classify generally, protocol acts of Turkey and meetings of Minsk Group declared this problem again to solve with common consensus.
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES Tags: armenia, azerbaijan, bernard fassier, minsk group, nagorno karabakh problem, osce No Comments »
