Turkey 
Prime Minister Erdogan Visits Columbia(1)
November 13, 2008
By Courtney Doggart
MIA 2009
Prime Minister Erdogan’s visit to Columbia University on Thursday came at a transformative time in Turkey’s world presence—from Turkey’s election to non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council to its recent offer to play middle man in talks between the US and Iran. Using language that conjured President-elect Obama’s uniting of races [...]
You Can’t Always Get What You Want: The Armenian Genocide Resolution and Turkey’s PKK Problem
By Courtney Doggart
MIA, 2009
The October 10th vote that passed the Armenian Genocide resolution in the House Foreign Affairs Committee had major positive and negative consequences. For those focused on Genocide Prevention, it was an apt example of doing the right thing over the realist thing (though some supporters have re-entered the realist camp). For those [...]