Mehmet Ozkan

In more than three decades, ever since the Islamic-oriented National Order Party was formed in 1969, Turkish politics has been analysed by many in terms of two straitjacketed views: Islamists...

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• September 2013 |
• Strategic Analysis

The Iranian nuclear stand-off is still a major issue in global politics. From international players like the European Union, the United States and the United Nations, to individual states, almost...

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• January 2011 |
• Strategic Analysis

From a broader perspective, the referendum and the debates around it should be seen as the latest example of the domestic transformation of Turkish politics especially since the AKP came...

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• October 07, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

What will define the future of Turkey-India relations in not Cyprus or Pakistan, but the stress on mutual strengthening of their economies and providing an environment for greater understanding of...

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• September 21, 2010 |
• Issue Brief

In international conflict resolution, there is a term called ‘disaster diplomacy’, which explains how a disaster in one country may open new ways of interaction and how it brings a...

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• August 18, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

If India is indeed interested in being a ‘rule-maker’ in a multilateral world, alternative approaches to persisting problems is the basic component of it.

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• August 11, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

The ongoing Indo-US partnership talks are interesting considering the international systemic developments, and seen from the outside is an odd development happening at the heart of rising powers in global...

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• July 22, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments

Like NAM, neither the IBSA nor any other forum will be permanent or best, though they are just one step in hopefully a direction to find a better and just...

• Mehmet Ozkan |
• July 19, 2010 |
• IDSA Comments