Sinan Ulgen, Chairman of the Istanbul-based Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe.
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Sinan Ulgen
Commentaries by Sinan Ulgen
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Erdoğan’s Kurdish Gambit
ISTANBUL – Conflict in the Middle East threatens not only the security of many of its states, but also their continued existence. Syria, Ira…
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Revolutionizing Arab Economies
ISTANBUL – The ongoing showdown in Egypt between the country’s Islamists and its military rulers is a clear reminder of how difficult democr…
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Erdoğan the Peacemaker?
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken on a daunting challenge. After participating in the nuclear-security summi…
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Turkey’s “Zero Problems” Problem
ISTANBUL – It was good while it lasted. Designed by Turkey’s newly elected government in 2002, the country’s “zero problems with neighbors” …
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NATO and the New Turkey
ISTANBUL – Turkey joined NATO at the beginning of the Cold War to gain United States protection in the event of a Soviet attack. Back then, …
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Turkey’s Middle Eastern Road to Europe
ISTANBUL – Just a few years ago, Europe headed Turkey’s agenda. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s newly elected government had embarked on a series of …
Erdoğan’s Kurdish Gambit
Paul A. Myers: I think creating economic stability through economic integration while devolving political autonomy to sub-state ethnically-based entities has the potential to for wide application in the region. It c…
Erdoğan’s Kurdish Gambit
Leo Arouet: Turquía es el puente entre Europa y Asia, por lo tanto es el mediador de las políticas y acuerdos con Asia. Se erige como un país modelo con un democracia y un buen gobierno laico, aunque pareciera …