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August 1, 2005

Capital Flows
The real issue, of course, is who comes after Abdullah.

King Fahd has not been running the world's largest family owned petrol station for some time now. And right now, the Saudi royal family does more than run the  central bank of oil.  Saudi oil is onc…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 18, 2013

The World Next Week: Boston Bombing Investigation Continues, King Abdullah Visits Washington, and ASEAN Meets in Brunei

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, King Abdullah II of Jordan’s visit to the United States, and the ASEAN summit in Brunei. …

A jogging shoe hangs at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on Boylston Street (Shannon Stapleton/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 28, 2014

Turkey
Man in the Middle

This article was originally published here on ForeignAffairs.com on Thursday, March 27, 2014.  Many observers, both in Turkey and abroad, believe that this is Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s moment…

maninthemiddle_CROPPED
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

October 6, 2010

United States
Tilting Turkish Trade

Turkey’s exports to the Middle East have grown substantially over the last three years, particularly to Iraq, Egypt, Libya, and Iran. In tandem, its share of exports directed to the European Union…

Tilting Turkish Trade
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

January 23, 2014

Turkey
Erdogan for the Win

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a stunningly gifted politician.  He can be thuggish, high-handed, painfully arrogant, but he also seems to have an innate sense of what makes many Turks tick and how to connec…

Erdogan Cropped
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates