Marc Pierini: Turkey at 100
Source:Carnegie Date:24Oct2023
Pierini nails it on the nose: Ultimately, Turkey at 100 faces the challenge of making its domestic and foreign ambitions compatible with its structural economic constraints and its massive
The High Cost of An Unpredictable Turkey
Source:Carnegie International Date:18Oct2021
A masterful analysis of Turkey’s politcial-diplomatic challenges aide from the debate about which side will win next elections. I may not agree with Marc Pierini on several of his points,
How Far Can Turkey Challenge NATO and the EU in 2020?
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:31Jan2020
Marc Pierini gives a tour-de-force of the new face of Turkish diplomacy and the challenges it presents to NATO and EU. Yet, he is wrong on one point. Erdogan’s agressive diplomatic posture
Turkey’s Presidential Regime Rests on Zero Rule of Law
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:27Aug2019
By Marc Pierini: Hardly any area of public life is not in his hands. It would seem that Turkey’s one-man-rule system knows no limits despite its economic cost, dissent within the ruling Justice
Options for the EU-Turkey Relationship
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:05May2019
As usual, an excellent assessment of Turkey-EU relations by Marc Pierini which manages to encompass Turkey’s economic and democratic dilemmas in the process: This is the paragraph
Turkxit Time?
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:03Apr2019
This is a somber and multi-dimensional analysis of S-400 strife between Turkey and US/NATO. It is a must read for anyone who needs to guess the end game. Turkey will refuse deliver of S-400s,
Turkey and the West: What to Expect in 2019?
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:26Jan2019
In Washington, many voices are questioning the solidity of Turkey’s Western affiliation. The massive financial scheme to help Iran circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran, known as the Zarrab
Turkey’s All-Out Diplomacy
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:24Oct2018
Marc Pierini calls the spade a spade, by reminding Ankara that foreign policy successes will not substitue for sound economic management: The first is that Turkey’s economy is on a cliff
A Sea Change for Turkey in Europe
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:22Jan2018
Proliferating policy disagreemtns, led by Syria compelled Ankara to seek ways to mend its broken relationship with EU. While hig-levle state visits look good “optically”, former
Macron suggests ‘partnership’ with EU for Turkey, not membership
Source:FRANCE24 Date:06Jan2018
French President Macron tries to re-anchor Turkey ot EU, can he succeed? This comment by Erdogan reveals how hard it will be: Erdogan responded that some “columnists and opinion leaders