APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from May 2008

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from May 2008

Pax Americana In Iraq Is Changing - Part 23 - The Turkish Challenge.
May 12, 2008... As long as it is in control in Iraq, the US is bound to help improve the situation in neighbouring Turkey with the hope that, in turn, the Turkish government will keep playing a positive role in the Iraqi political process. At the same time,...

Kemalists Vs Islamic Democrats.
May 12, 2008... The situation in Turkey now is potentially dangerous as the secular Kemalists, who still form the most powerful segment of Turkish society including the TAF, are confronting the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for its Islamist...

Ankara's Regional Role.
May 12, 2008... With beleaguered AKP leader and PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the middle as a mediator, Syria and Israel are playing a game of wits which promises a hot summer for Lebanon and Iran. A hot summer may not necessarily mean a hot war, but there is a...

Ankara Eases Curbs On Free Speech.
May 12, 2008... The Turkish parliament on April 29 approved a government-backed proposal to amend Article 301 of a law which bars the denigration of Turkish identity or institutions. The law was used to prosecute Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and other...

The KRG & PKK.
May 12, 2008... The PKK still controls an enclave in north-eastern Iraq. The Iraqi Kurdish parties - Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Mas'oud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) - flank the PKK enclave. The US is co-operating with...

The Trade & Oil Export Dimensions.
May 12, 2008... Turkey is the only outlet to the outside world for the KRG other than the rest of Iraq. Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean terminal of Ceyhan is the outlet for Kirkuk's crude oil exports, and this is where the KRG will be able to export its...