Henri Barkey Henri Barkey is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University. Turkey | Sep 26, 2012 Turkey's 'Sledgehammer' Verdicts Take Military Down a Peg Turkish courts have convicted a large number of Turkish officers accused of trying to foment a coup d'état against the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Though a major step toward ending the military tutelage system in Turkey, the verdicts don't mean that Turkey has completed its transition to democracy, warns Henri J. Barkey for Al-Monitor. Originals | Jun 16, 2012 Religion Could Be The Key To Russian Aid On Syria Russian interest in Christian minorities in the Middle East continues to this day as Moscow frets over their future. Henri J. Barkey hopes that these concerns could provide the West and Moscow with a way to resolve the Syrian crisis. Rather than just shaming the Russians, he writes, we must devise opportunities that provide them with a real stake in a new outcome. Originals | Feb 23, 2012 Turkey’s Syrian Conundrum Turkey has emerged as the key country in the Syrian endgame, writes Henri J. Barkey. Almost every proposal has a Turkey component, from calls for that nation’s armed forces to enter Syria, to proposals for establishing “humanitarian corridors.” Ankara finds itself in an impossible situation, alarmed by Syria’s steady march toward the abyss, but reluctant to intervene militarily. Latest News Saudi could get first Miss Universe contestant this year by Rania SANJAR | AFP | Apr 25, 2024 Ceremony held for World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 25, 2024 UK slaps fresh sanctions on Iran after Israel attack Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 25, 2024 See more Podcasts Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq From döner diplomacy to NATO demands, a week in Turkish foreign policy Environmental horror, ISIS resurgence in Amberin Zaman’s dispatch from Syria See more
Turkey | Sep 26, 2012 Turkey's 'Sledgehammer' Verdicts Take Military Down a Peg Turkish courts have convicted a large number of Turkish officers accused of trying to foment a coup d'état against the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Though a major step toward ending the military tutelage system in Turkey, the verdicts don't mean that Turkey has completed its transition to democracy, warns Henri J. Barkey for Al-Monitor.
Originals | Jun 16, 2012 Religion Could Be The Key To Russian Aid On Syria Russian interest in Christian minorities in the Middle East continues to this day as Moscow frets over their future. Henri J. Barkey hopes that these concerns could provide the West and Moscow with a way to resolve the Syrian crisis. Rather than just shaming the Russians, he writes, we must devise opportunities that provide them with a real stake in a new outcome.
Originals | Feb 23, 2012 Turkey’s Syrian Conundrum Turkey has emerged as the key country in the Syrian endgame, writes Henri J. Barkey. Almost every proposal has a Turkey component, from calls for that nation’s armed forces to enter Syria, to proposals for establishing “humanitarian corridors.” Ankara finds itself in an impossible situation, alarmed by Syria’s steady march toward the abyss, but reluctant to intervene militarily.
Ceremony held for World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 25, 2024
Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq