Turkey

  • Oct 3, 2014
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Turkey's role vs Islamic State remains rhetorical

For Turkey, Islamic State distracts international attention from toppling Assad and isolating PKK

Turkey
  • Oct 1, 2014
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Islamic State offensive will test Syria's Kurds

The jihadist offensive against Kobani raises questions over the Kurdish role in fighting the Islamic State in Syria

Syria
  • Sep 24, 2014
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US campaign in Syria will hinge on rebel capabilities

The US-led campaign to defeat the Islamic State in Syria far many more obstacles than in Iraq.

Syria
  • Sep 23, 2014
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Kurdish issue complicates Syria policy for Turkey

Turkey is more concerned with impeding PKK guerrillas than the Islamic State

Turkey
  • Sep 22, 2014
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Ankara ignores threat from radicals within

Ankara's ambivalent attitude towards the Islamic State group raises the risk of 'blowback' inside Turkey

Turkey
  • Sep 19, 2014
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Turkish government will not reform religious education

Conservative Islamist government will not back down on promoting Sunni beliefs, but it may allow teaching in Kurdish

Turkey
  • Sep 18, 2014
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Stage is set for strong Turkish presidency from 2015

Erdogan has party and country under control at least until the 2015 polls, which he must win to change the constitution

Turkey
  • Sep 18, 2014
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Ukraine crisis is biggest economic risk to EBRD region

Turkish and (to a lesser extent) Hungarian assets are the most sensitive to a further escalation in East-West tensions

Europe