Omer Onhon

Article 10 of the Washington Treaty of 1949, stipulates that any European State can be invited to join, on condition that there is consensus among the Allies. This basic principle stands. In 1990’s NATO became the sanctuary for former Warsaw Pact countries seeking protection. After consecutive…

NATO Foreign Ministers held their last meeting of the year in Riga on November 30-December 1, with lots to talk about. In 2020 Macron had declared that “NATO is braindead”. He was upset about what he called insufficient consultation among the Allies. What led him to come up with these comments was…

Human sufferings in one part of the world cause chain reaction of events beyond the borders. Among many other things, they lead to political crises between countries and even carry the risk of direct conflict. When in 2020, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected, opponents…

Over the weekend, the already troubled relations between Turkey and the US and some other Western countries were further strained with a diplomatic row over a joint declaration of 10 Embassies in Ankara (US, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Canada, and New Zealand)…

Is Assad on his way to become a respectable member of the international community? Assad has gained some ground in terms of coming back into the international community. There are many who envisage that Syria could retain its seat in the Arab League by the end of the year. UAE and Jordan have…

Years of hope: In the aftermath of September 11, Taliban’s refusal to act against Al-Qaeda and its leader, led to the military campaign of the United States and its allies, followed by the end of Taliban rule. Later on, the victors engaged in mopping up operations and state building in…