http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/Rss/Rss_ForeignPolicyAnalysis.aspxORSAM :: | Foreign Policy Analysis(c) 2008, BerkeSOFT10/19/2009tr-TRBerkeSOFT<span face="">Oil and natural gas are the two leading natural resources of Iraq. Those two resources are the most important issues that take attention both in Iraq and in assessments about Iraq. As an addition, those resources are also constitutes the ground for the debates about federalism...</span>http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=157302.02.2012 00:00:00Iraq is known as a water stress country. This is an expected situation due to arid and semi-arid climate conditions of Iraq’s geographical location. However, relating Iraq’s water stress with only geographical and climatic conditions is inadequate since it means ignoring the whole problem..<br /> http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=157102.02.2012 00:00:00Right after the withdrawal of the Arab observation delegation from Syria, the Arab League and some of the EU countries introduced a draft resolution, which includes President Bashar Assad&#39;s transference of authority to his Vice-President and creation of a new national unity...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=157001.02.2012 00:00:00<span face="">Two significant developments, which took place during the days when the draft resolution that was jointly prepared by Arab League and Western countries within UN for the crisis in Syria were talked, brought up Ankara&#39;s role in Syria crisis to the agenda again</span>...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=156801.02.2012 00:00:00Compared to the presidency of George W. Bush, the Obama era has witnessed an upwards spiral in Turkish-American relations. The positive mood in bilateral relations has gained an additional impetus since the so-called Arab Spring started in December 2010...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=156701.02.2012 00:00:00<span face="">A considerable amount of weight has been given to the argument that Turkish foreign policy has taken a neo Ottoman turn over the last few years and not always without sufficient grounds. Of course some criticisms are charged with clich&eacute; characterizations... </span> <div> <br clear="all" /> <div id="edn1"> <span face="">&nbsp;</span></div> </div> http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=156601.02.2012 00:00:00The political crisis, which broke out in Iraq short while after the withdrawal of the U.S., brought up the political developments in Iraq in the shadow of the developments centering around the Arab Spring to the agenda again. The stability and future of Iraq started to be discussed...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=156131.01.2012 00:00:00<div> Water has a vital role for living beings because all living beings need water for their lives. Without water, life is not possible. Almost 50-60 percentage of human body consists of water and major part of plants and animals consist of water as well. Water exists in three faces which are solid, liquid and gas but existence of living beings depend on the liquid face of water. &nbsp;Water fulfils very important functions in living beings such as carrying energy and materials to the cells fhttp://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=156031.01.2012 00:00:00In early 2012, we have been witnessing to an increasing tension in the Middle East. Upon the fact that Western countries, particularly the U.S., brought forward new oil sanctions against Iran by using Iran&#39;s nuclear program as an excuse; Teheran warned it could shut the Strait ...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=155931.01.2012 00:00:00One of the prominent Iraqi Shiite leaders Ammar al-Hakim, the president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, has come to Turkey with a committee during a period that the tension between Turkey and Iraq is escalating... http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=155831.01.2012 00:00:00While the political crisis, which broke out after the arrest warrant issued for Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi and after Hashimi took shelter in Kurdish Regional Government, continues; it seems that the crisis between Iraqi political groups and administrative levels...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=155731.01.2012 00:00:00<div> Maliki, in his statements, has argued that Turkey is interfering with the internal affairs of Iraq; however, he has failed to accuse the US, which occupied the country as of 2003, or Iran of doing the same, especially given that Iran even interfered with the appointment of its government.&nbsp;</div> http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=156430.01.2012 00:00:00After the US withdrawal, the Shi&#39;ite Prime Minister Maliki&#39;s show of force, which also threatens the regional countries, is gradually increasing in Iraq, where the conflicts between the ethnic and sectarian groups remain...<br /> http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=155430.01.2012 00:00:00Post Arab Spring political landscape is dominated by political parties of Islamic roots. From Tunisia, the main window of Arab Spring; Egypt, Morocco, and now results from Algeria show those Islamic political parties are going to have decisive say in their parliaments....http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=155329.01.2012 00:00:00<div> It is not just the geography of the two countries that make them simultaneously Asian and European but also their cultures, their politics, their histories and their economies. Russia and Turkey’s unique positions, not shared by any other countries...</div> http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=156327.01.2012 00:00:00The civil commotion in Yemen was launched on January 16^th 2011, upon the fact that approximately 30-people group with Mrs. Tawakel Karman, who would receive Nobel Peace Prize later on, organized a demonstration in Sana&#39;a University to make Yemeni President...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=155224.01.2012 00:00:00Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will pay a one-day visit to Moscow on Jan 25. Davutoğlu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will participate in the second meeting of the Joint Strategic Planning Group, part of the High Level Cooperation Council (ÜDİK) maintained by...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=154923.01.2012 00:00:00<span face="">Spread to Syria on March 15, 2011, public demonstrations are about to reach their anniversary. The violence in the country is going on in the country incrementally and the development of the process is not fostering optimistic expectations for the stability in the country...</span>http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=154823.01.2012 00:00:00The spread of popular movements in the Arab Middle East defined as &lsquo;Arab Spring’ to Syria has led to discussions on Foreign Policy of Turkey.&nbsp; During this process It is sometimes claimed that Turkey’s Syria Policy is denominational...http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=154723.01.2012 00:00:00Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki keeps creating tension in the bilateral relations between Turkey and Iraq in a systematic way. By pointing to Turkey as a target, the Iraqi government ensured the issuance of an arrest warrant for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi.http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showArticle.aspx?ID=155020.01.2012 00:00:00