Monthly Archives: November 2014

The IS Attack on Kobane: Open Source Analysis (Updated)

Posted on November 30, 2014 by aaronstein1

Yesterday, the Islamic State detonated four suicide car bombs in the embattled town of Kobane. One VBIED detonated just inside the Mursitpinar border gate. After the explosion, clashes broke out between the YPG and the Islamic state in the area. The … Continue reading →

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Sources of Turkish Conduct – Part 2

Posted on November 29, 2014 by aaronstein1

In part 2 of the joint Turkey Wonk & Middle East Week podcast series on Turkey’s Middle East foreign policy we cover Turkey’s foreign policy towards Syria and Iraq, from when the AKP came to power in 2002 to the … Continue reading →

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An Evolving Challenge: Deconstructing Turkey’s Syria Policy

Posted on November 27, 2014 by aaronstein1

“This article was originally published in RUSI Newsbrief (Vol. 34, No. 6, November 2014), https://www.rusi.org/publications/newsbrief.”It appears here with the gracious permission of the editors (who are awesome) at RUSI Newsbrief.  An Evolving Challenge: Deconstructing Turkey’s Syria Policy As the civil war in … Continue reading →

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Sources of Turkish Conduct – Part 1

Posted on November 25, 2014 by aaronstein1

This is a joint Middle East Week and Turkey Wonk podcast about Turkey’s foreign policy in the Middle East. This is part one of two episodes that are based on a forthcoming book by Aaron Stein on this topic. In … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of Turkey’s Iraq Policy

Posted on November 20, 2014 by aaronstein1

After years of tension, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is in Baghdad today (November 20, 2014) to meet with new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi. The visit is clearly part of a much broader Turkish effort to repair its relationship with Shia … Continue reading →

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