by Piper | Mar 1, 2021 | Espionage, Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes~ Piper Bayard & Jay HolmesThe assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is once more in the news now that the Biden administration is “recalibrating” the long-standing relationship between the United States and...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 26, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes One of the most pressing national security issues for the US and NATO is the recent coup disaster in Turkey. Along with the people of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, NATO state citizens, Americans, and the Putin gang are all pondering the...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 1, 2015 | Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, two Turkish Airforce F-16s shot down a Russian SU-24. How will that incident impact Russia-Turkey relations, Russia-West relations, NATO response, and the fight against ISIS? Not...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 5, 2015 | Current Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On Saturday, October 3, a Russian fighter flown from Syria entered Turkish airspace without Turkey’s permission. Turkey responded by summoning the Russian Ambassador to Turkey to receive a formal complaint from the...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 9, 2015 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes During the past twelve years, US-Turkey relations have been in a state of flux. Statements from Ankara and Washington D.C. to the Western media have been almost habitually optimistic, but the reality beneath the rhetoric has proven problematic for both...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 2, 2015 | Current Affairs, History, News
By Jay Holmes The basic relationship between Turkey and the US was founded on post-WWII Cold War realities. Since then, there has been a tug of war between Western-leaning Turkish political factions and pro-Islamist contingents. To understand current US-Turkey...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 29, 2014 | Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes This week, ISIS remains a major news item. For the sake of continuity, we will continue referring to them as ISIS, but be aware that, in recent weeks, they have acquired more aliases than the average Brooklyn mob goon. Since their defeat at...
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