Author: Muhammet Ali Zurnacı

Muhammet Ali Zurnacı The emphasis on the economy in the final National Security Council (MGK) meeting of 2021 might reveal more than surface-level speculation. When I first encountered the word economy in the press release, it sparked immediate thoughts: how does a bureaucratic state tradition reconcile such a comparative and relative approach? After all, the Ministry of…

MUHAMMET ALİ ZURNACI In the midst of Ukraine Crisis 2.0, Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken tweeted: “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.” A week earlier, he had underscored the U.S. position on Russian aggression beyond Ukraine, emphasizing international principles crucial for peace and security: “These principles transcend Ukraine. They transcend Europe.”This triggered a thought in my mind: “And so,…

At the Very Beginning of Ukraine Crisis 2.0 The attitude of Germany and France was defined as blurred by the U.S., the U.K., and many other European allies, together with NATO. Russian aggression near and inside the borders of Ukraine was almost taken for granted throughout the Berlin and Paris corridors. This raised several questions…

Ukraine Crisis and the Possible Pattern of Russia’s Eastern Europe Policy