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Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis

The National Interest

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After Election Disappointment, Erdogan Faces Difficult Meeting with President Biden

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on May 9. Perhaps this time, the Turkish...

26.04.2024 10

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

After Election Disapointment, Erdogan Faces Difficult Meeting with President Biden

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on May 9. Perhaps this time, the Turkish...

26.04.2024 20

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

A Turn of the Tide: Turkey’s Local Elections Disappoint President Erdogan

In Sunday’s local elections, the Turkish people voted with their pockets. The parliamentary and presidential elections last May were far from fair....

02.04.2024 4

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

A Turn of the Tide: Turkey’s Local Elections Disapoint President Erdogan

In Sunday’s local elections, the Turkish people voted with their pockets. The parliamentary and presidential elections last May were far from fair....

02.04.2024 6

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

Turkey is the Hole in the Western Security Bucket

Because of its recent equivocation about Sweden’s membership in NATO, doubt has arisen about Turkey’s commitment to the organization’s...

17.03.2024 5

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

Why Turkey and Egypt are Friendly Again

Last week’s Valentine’s Day agreement in Cairo between Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi should...

20.02.2024 4

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

Türkiye: A Spin Dictatorship

In 1997, Fareed Zakaria wrote of the rise of illiberal democracy —that is, that democracy was flourishing, but its mainstay, constitutional...

26.01.2024 4

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

Turkey Holds NATO to Ransom

In the Middle Ages, holding a knight to ransom was standard practice on the battlefield; it is still routine in international relations today. For...

22.11.2023 2

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

Turkey Faces an Inflection Point

On October 29, Turkey celebrated the centenary of the Turkish republic, but there was not much celebration as far as the ruling AKP (Justice and...

10.11.2023 2

The National Interest

Robert Ellis

What Cancer Taught Me About Life, Love and Leadership

I have a photograph taken six years ago, just moments before I went under anesthesia for a prostate biopsy, grinning beneath my hospital cap. A few...

16.10.2023 5

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