Karel Valansi
@karelvalansi.bsky.social
PhD in International Relations | Political Columnist | Lecturer | OSS | Middle East | Author of “The Crescent Moon and the Magen David”
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Karel Valansi
@karelvalansi.bsky.social
· Jun 22
“A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking” Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama
“We shall defend our people with all the means at our disposal. We shall not allow any enemy to develop weapons of mass destruction turned against us. another
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“The future trajectory of Iran also depends on the international response. How Russia and China would react to a potential military involvement of the United States would radically change the script and reshape the international balance.” www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...
Türkiye-Çin İlişkilerinde Yeni Dönem: Çok Kutupluluk, Ticaret ve Jeostrateji – Karel Valansi
Panorama Soruyor’da bu ay, Türkiye-Çin ilişkilerini Altay Atlı, Barçın Yinanç, Ceren Ergenç, Derya Göçer ve Tolga Bilener ile masaya yatırdık www.globalpanorama.org/2025/10/turk...
Panorama Soruyor’da bu ay, Türkiye-Çin ilişkilerini Altay Atlı, Barçın Yinanç, Ceren Ergenç, Derya Göçer ve Tolga Bilener ile masaya yatırdık www.globalpanorama.org/2025/10/turk...
Türkiye-Çin İlişkilerinde Yeni Dönem: Çok Kutupluluk, Ticaret ve Jeostrateji - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama
Küresel düzen ciddi bir değişim yaşarken dünya, çok katmanlı krizler, jeopolitik sarsıntılar ve belirsizliklerle şekillenen bir döneme girdi. Soğuk Savaş
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October 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Türkiye-Çin İlişkilerinde Yeni Dönem: Çok Kutupluluk, Ticaret ve Jeostrateji – Karel Valansi
Panorama Soruyor’da bu ay, Türkiye-Çin ilişkilerini Altay Atlı, Barçın Yinanç, Ceren Ergenç, Derya Göçer ve Tolga Bilener ile masaya yatırdık www.globalpanorama.org/2025/10/turk...
Panorama Soruyor’da bu ay, Türkiye-Çin ilişkilerini Altay Atlı, Barçın Yinanç, Ceren Ergenç, Derya Göçer ve Tolga Bilener ile masaya yatırdık www.globalpanorama.org/2025/10/turk...
To Understand Erdogan's Turkey, Watch the Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan says @kayagenc.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...
The Dreamers and Cynics of the New Turkey
A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.
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August 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
To Understand Erdogan's Turkey, Watch the Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan says @kayagenc.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/t...
Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to Iran's supreme leader: “This corridor [TRIPP] will not become a passage owned by Trump, but rather a graveyard for Trump's mercenaries”
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Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal
The proposed Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity would run across southern Armenia, giving Azerbaijan a direct route to its exclave of Nakhchivan and in turn to Turkey.
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August 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to Iran's supreme leader: “This corridor [TRIPP] will not become a passage owned by Trump, but rather a graveyard for Trump's mercenaries”
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Israel won’t escape the trauma of October 7 until hostages are free.
An Israeli journalist gives an insight into how a national conversation still dominated by the atrocities of October 7, 2023 means the suffering in Gaza takes second place for many www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
An Israeli journalist gives an insight into how a national conversation still dominated by the atrocities of October 7, 2023 means the suffering in Gaza takes second place for many www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Israel won’t escape the trauma of October 7 until hostages are free
An Israeli journalist gives an insight into how a national conversation still dominated by the atrocities of 2023 means the suffering in Gaza takes second place for many
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August 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Israel won’t escape the trauma of October 7 until hostages are free.
An Israeli journalist gives an insight into how a national conversation still dominated by the atrocities of October 7, 2023 means the suffering in Gaza takes second place for many www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
An Israeli journalist gives an insight into how a national conversation still dominated by the atrocities of October 7, 2023 means the suffering in Gaza takes second place for many www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Hostage and bereaved families announced they would initiate a nationwide shutdown next Sunday to protest the Security Cabinet's decision to occupy Gaza City. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Hostage families to escalate protests, nationwide shutdown | The Jerusalem Post
Hostage families and bereaved families represented by the October Council said that Sunday, August 17, would mark a nationwide shutdown to protest the cabinet's decision to expand Gaza operations.
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August 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hostage and bereaved families announced they would initiate a nationwide shutdown next Sunday to protest the Security Cabinet's decision to occupy Gaza City. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu’s security cabinet today approved his proposal for a gradual military takeover of Gaza, his office said. The plan goes against the advice of Israel’s military and promises to take the two-year conflict into unknown territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza
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August 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Netanyahu’s security cabinet today approved his proposal for a gradual military takeover of Gaza, his office said. The plan goes against the advice of Israel’s military and promises to take the two-year conflict into unknown territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
Greek Armed Forces Bolster Defenses with Arrival of Spike NLOS Missiles. These precision missiles, manufactured in Israel, will be deployed in the Evros region and on Greek islands, bolstering the anti-tank platoons of mechanized infantry battalions. greekcitytimes.com/2025/08/05/g...
Greek Armed Forces Bolster Defenses with Arrival of Spike NLOS Missiles Greek City Times
Greece will receive its first Spike NLOS missile systems in August 2025, enhancing its military with Israeli precision weapons. Deployed to Evros and the islands, these systems will bolster anti-tank units, special operations vessels, and Apache helicopters, creating a formidable defense network.
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August 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Greek Armed Forces Bolster Defenses with Arrival of Spike NLOS Missiles. These precision missiles, manufactured in Israel, will be deployed in the Evros region and on Greek islands, bolstering the anti-tank platoons of mechanized infantry battalions. greekcitytimes.com/2025/08/05/g...
Rusya Devlet Başkanı Sözcüsü Dmitri Peskov, Kamçatka’daki depreme hazırlıklı olduklarını ve bütün uyarı sistemlerinin zamanında devreye girdiğini söyledi. www.diken.com.tr/rusya-binala...
Rusya: Binalar depreme dayanıklıydı, can kaybı yok - Diken
30/07/2025 - Rusya Devlet Başkanı Sözcüsü Dmitri Peskov, Kamçatka'daki depreme hazırlıklı olduklarını ve bütün uyarı sistemlerinin zamanında devreye girdiğini söyledi.
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July 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Rusya Devlet Başkanı Sözcüsü Dmitri Peskov, Kamçatka’daki depreme hazırlıklı olduklarını ve bütün uyarı sistemlerinin zamanında devreye girdiğini söyledi. www.diken.com.tr/rusya-binala...
“bu çağda hakikat saklanmaz; unutturulur. Ve unutuşa karşı en eski, en kadim direnç biçimi anlatıdır.”https://www.yeniarayis.com/yazi/unutmanin-teolojisi-kronos-antigone-ve-kuller-arasinda-zamanin-bedenini-aramak-11505
Unutmanın teolojisi: Kronos, Antigone ve küller arasında zamanın bedenini aramak
Antigone'nin sorusu canlı kaldıkça, anlam da yaşamaya devam edecek.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“bu çağda hakikat saklanmaz; unutturulur. Ve unutuşa karşı en eski, en kadim direnç biçimi anlatıdır.”https://www.yeniarayis.com/yazi/unutmanin-teolojisi-kronos-antigone-ve-kuller-arasinda-zamanin-bedenini-aramak-11505
Can Turkey Make Multicultural Authoritarianism Work?
Erdogan’s negotiations with the PKK seek peace and possibly pluralism without democracy. Will they succeed?
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Erdogan’s negotiations with the PKK seek peace and possibly pluralism without democracy. Will they succeed?
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/30/t...
Can Turkey Make Multicultural Authoritarianism Work?
Erdogan’s negotiations with the PKK seek peace and possibly pluralism without democracy. Will they succeed?
foreignpolicy.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Can Turkey Make Multicultural Authoritarianism Work?
Erdogan’s negotiations with the PKK seek peace and possibly pluralism without democracy. Will they succeed?
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/30/t...
Erdogan’s negotiations with the PKK seek peace and possibly pluralism without democracy. Will they succeed?
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/30/t...
Trump and von der Leyen made a deal. But the US and EU are drifting apart on trade. www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
Trump and von der Leyen made a deal. But the US and EU are drifting apart on trade.
Many elements of the Turnberry deal still need to be finalized, and the difficult process could drive the two sides even further apart.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trump and von der Leyen made a deal. But the US and EU are drifting apart on trade. www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
"Starting Aug. 2, Syria will begin receiving 3.4 million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan to Aleppo governorate via Turkey," Bashir said in a statement carried by the Syrian state-run news agency SANA.
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Turkey to begin natural gas exports to Syria on Aug. 2: What to know
Turkey will supply gas via a swap deal with Azerbaijan, backed by Qatar financing, the Turkish energy minister said.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Starting Aug. 2, Syria will begin receiving 3.4 million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan to Aleppo governorate via Turkey," Bashir said in a statement carried by the Syrian state-run news agency SANA.
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“The real measure of success lies in whether enduring security, stability, deterrence have been achieved or whether this was merely the opening salvo in a new era of protracted, hybrid confrontation” Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran warontherocks.com/2025/07/less...
Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran - War on the Rocks
The outbreak of direct hostilities between Israel and Iran in June represents one of the most significant geopolitical escalations in the Middle East in
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July 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“The real measure of success lies in whether enduring security, stability, deterrence have been achieved or whether this was merely the opening salvo in a new era of protracted, hybrid confrontation” Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran warontherocks.com/2025/07/less...
The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) south of Crete, which it claims encroaches on Libyan maritime zones. www.ekathimerini.com/politics/for...
Libya files UN complaint over Greek maritime zones | eKathimerini.com
The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) south of Crete, which it claims encroac...
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July 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) south of Crete, which it claims encroaches on Libyan maritime zones. www.ekathimerini.com/politics/for...
Emmanuel Macron declares July 12 as France's annual Alfred Dreyfus day. The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began. www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
Emmanuel Macron declares July 12 as France's annual Alfred Dreyfus day | The Jerusalem Post
The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began.
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July 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Emmanuel Macron declares July 12 as France's annual Alfred Dreyfus day. The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began. www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
Bakü’ye İsrail modeli - Güney Öztürk www.sozcu.com.tr/baku-ye-isra...
Bakü’ye İsrail modeli - Sözcü Gazetesi
Rusya’nın arka bahçesi bahçıvan değiştirdi! Geçtiğimiz hafta Rusya’nın Yekaterinburg kentinde 50’ye yakın Azeri kökenli kişi gözaltına alındı. Olay, iki kardeşin - Ziyaddin ve Hüseyin Safarov’un - göz...
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July 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Bakü’ye İsrail modeli - Güney Öztürk www.sozcu.com.tr/baku-ye-isra...
⭐️The Concept of Middle Power and Türkiye’s Foreign Policy
We posed 3 questions to Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, and Mehmet Ali Tuğtan whose insights provide valuable perspectives on Türkiye’s strategic positioning www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/t...
We posed 3 questions to Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, and Mehmet Ali Tuğtan whose insights provide valuable perspectives on Türkiye’s strategic positioning www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/t...
The Concept of Middle Power and Türkiye’s Foreign Policy - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama
Ongoing conflicts and crises across various regions continue to underscore the intensifying power rivalries that define today’s international relations. The
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July 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
⭐️The Concept of Middle Power and Türkiye’s Foreign Policy
We posed 3 questions to Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, and Mehmet Ali Tuğtan whose insights provide valuable perspectives on Türkiye’s strategic positioning www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/t...
We posed 3 questions to Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, and Mehmet Ali Tuğtan whose insights provide valuable perspectives on Türkiye’s strategic positioning www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/t...
⭐️Orta Büyüklükte Bir Güç Olarak Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası. Panorama Soruyor için Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, Mehmet Ali Tuğtan’ın kapısını çaldık⭐️ www.globalpanorama.org/2025/06/orta...
Orta Büyüklükte Bir Güç Olarak Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası – Karel Valansi – Global Panorama
Farklı bölgelerde devam eden savaş ve krizler, uluslararası ilişkilerde güç rekabetini öne çıkarıyor. Buna ABD’nin büyük güç olarak alışılmış rolünü yerine
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June 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
⭐️Orta Büyüklükte Bir Güç Olarak Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası. Panorama Soruyor için Zeynep Arkan, Pınar Dost, Özgür Özdamar, Özlem Kayhan Pusane, Mehmet Ali Tuğtan’ın kapısını çaldık⭐️ www.globalpanorama.org/2025/06/orta...
“The future trajectory of Iran also depends on the international response. How Russia and China would react to a potential military involvement of the United States would radically change the script and reshape the international balance.” www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...
“A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking” Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama
“We shall defend our people with all the means at our disposal. We shall not allow any enemy to develop weapons of mass destruction turned against us. another
www.globalpanorama.org
June 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“The future trajectory of Iran also depends on the international response. How Russia and China would react to a potential military involvement of the United States would radically change the script and reshape the international balance.” www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...
My take: “A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking”
Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...
Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...
“A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking” Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama
“We shall defend our people with all the means at our disposal. We shall not allow any enemy to develop weapons of mass destruction turned against us. another
www.globalpanorama.org
June 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My take: “A giant clock hung above our head, and it was ticking”
Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...
Begin Doctrine and the limits of military counterproliferation www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/b...
My latest: Wherever Iran looks, it now sees Türkiye; expanding its diplomatic, economic, and military presence across Eurasia, the Middle East, Africa. Comprehending the nature and consequences of this rivalry is crucial for any enduring strategy in the region www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/a...
As Iran Recedes, Türkiye Fills the Void - Karel Valansi – Global Panorama
Three months later, this strong warning looks less like a threat and more like a prediction. A decade ago, Iran was the region’s shadow puppeteer, proudly
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June 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
My latest: Wherever Iran looks, it now sees Türkiye; expanding its diplomatic, economic, and military presence across Eurasia, the Middle East, Africa. Comprehending the nature and consequences of this rivalry is crucial for any enduring strategy in the region www.globalpanorama.org/en/2025/06/a...
📚T24 okuyucularının önerdiği 104 kitap t24.com.tr/yazarlar/meh...
Bir roman okudum, bütün hayatım değişti - I
Büyük Birader seni izliyor. Düşünce polisi her yerde. Nelere kadirdir bir yemek? Hangi baharat kılavuzdur kalbe giden yola? Şan ve şerefle kandırılıp ölüme gönderilen piyonlar. Yalnızlık kader midir? ...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Iraq due to a growing security risk in the Middle East.
June 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Iraq due to a growing security risk in the Middle East.
When Barrack met Netanyahu last week, the Israeli PM told him he wants to use the momentum from the Trump-al-Sharaa meeting to start U.S.-mediated negotiations with Syria.👇🏻 www.axios.com/2025/06/11/i...
Scoop: Netanyahu asks U.S. to broker Israel-Syria negotiations
Netanyahu is interested in negotiating an updated security deal and working up towards a full peace agreement.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When Barrack met Netanyahu last week, the Israeli PM told him he wants to use the momentum from the Trump-al-Sharaa meeting to start U.S.-mediated negotiations with Syria.👇🏻 www.axios.com/2025/06/11/i...