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Turkey fortifies nearly half its land borders with walls under nationwide security plan
ANKARA (Realist English). Nearly half of Turkey’s land borders are now protected by security walls as part of an extensive...
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey pledge to boost competitiveness of Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway
TBILISI (Realist English). Railway officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey have agreed on joint steps to enhance the competitiveness of...
Hamas and Turkey condemn Israeli interception of Gaza aid flotilla
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Hamas on Wednesday night denounced Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, calling it a “crime of piracy...
Turkey set to sign $43bn LNG deal with US
NEW YORK (Realist English). Turkey is preparing to finalize a $43bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchase agreement with the United...
Turkey begins nationwide construction of bomb shelters amid regional security concerns
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey has launched the construction of bomb shelters across all 81 provinces, according to a source familiar...
Turkey’s war college chief: Greece cannot win a war against Ankara
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Greece would be unable to fight and win a war against Turkey, the rector of the Turkish...
Turkey eyes “Zangezur corridor” for future energy transit, omits mention of Armenia
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has declared that Ankara will prioritize the so-called “Zangezur corridor” as a...
Turkey seeks full use of Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in new energy pact with Iraq
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is pressing for full-scale utilisation of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline as a key condition in a...
Turkey deepens ties with Libya’s east as maritime deal edges closer to full ratification
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Saddam Hifter, commander of Libya’s eastern ground forces and son of Khalifa Hifter, made his second visit...
China and U.S. hold 2025 maritime safety talks in Hawaii amid efforts to manage military risks
HONOLULU (Realist English). China and the United States convened the second working-group meeting and the 2025 annual session under the...
CBO cuts $1 trillion from Trump’s projected tariff revenues
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Congressional Budget Office has sharply reduced its forecast for tariff revenues, cutting an estimated $1 trillion...
Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress after rift with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the most polarizing figures in US politics, announced on Friday that...
Putin says Russia ready for peace talks but awaits U.S.-Ukraine clarity on Trump’s proposal
MOSCOW (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin convened a video-link meeting of Russia’s Security Council on Friday, bringing together senior officials...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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