Türkiye

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    Four swans of the Black Sea

    Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has significantly altered regional security dynamics in the Black Sea. We explore four potential scenarios for the next decade and argue that the EU needs to invest more in the security of the region.

    Briefs
    Edited By: Ondrej Ditrych
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    Türkiye's cards in the world - Raising the stakes

    We focus on Türkiye’s presence in and interaction with four regions: the Western Balkans; the South Caucasus; the MENA and Africa. This engagement serves a dual purpose for Türkiye: diversifying partnerships to counter isolation and asserting strategic autonomy by distancing...

    Chaillot Papers
    Edited by: Dalia Ghanem
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    Sailing through the storm

    As the conflict in Ukraine continues to unfold, Türkiye is trying to perform a delicate balancing act. This Brief explores how Türkiye seeks to maintain equidistance from Russia and the West to assert its strategic autonomy while exploiting Russia’s current weakness to project...

    Briefs
    By: Dimitar Bechev

  • African Strategies

    This Chaillot Paper analyses the evolution of EU member states’ strategies towards sub-Saharan Africa, as well as those of global actors, against the backdrop of systemic changes, including the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic. It seeks to identify the points of convergence...

    Chaillot Papers
    By: Giovanni Faleg, Carlo Palleschi