The purchase of the Russian-made S-400 defense systems is a decision made against external security threats, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday, adding that the step taken for Turkey's national security does not target a third country nor does it authorize a third country to have a say in Ankara's sovereign choices. "Turkey, with its state and nation, is an absolute sovereign state and we will not share this with anyone," Erdoğan told journalists accompanying him during his visit to Moscow, where he attended the opening ceremony of the Turkey-Russia cross-cultural year and held bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Turkish-Russian High-Level Cooperation Council meetings on Monday. Erdoğan said there is great international interest in Turkey's S-400 decision and that Turkish ministers are frequently being asked whether there has been a change in Ankara's position on the S-400s. "We tell them 'this is a job completed, all is ready.' The … [Read more...] about Turkey’s S-400 deal national security decision, not an issue for third countries
Cross border negotiated deals why culture matters
Britain’s culture of confrontation
PARIS — Having exhausted all the unreasonable alternatives, Britain may just be on the brink of an 11th-hour outbreak of common sense. Don’t count on it. Four days after the bells of “Independence Day” were meant to have chimed, and a week before European Union leaders meet to decide whether to call time on British procrastination and pull the plug on the U.K.’s membership, the prime minister of her majesty’s government finally deigned to consult the leader of her majesty’s loyal opposition about how to avert a national disaster. A Brexit compromise — the nightmare of purists on both sides of the interminable national nervous breakdown over Europe — is belatedly being explored. Instead of driving a petrified U.K. headlong over the cliff of a no-deal Brexit next week, Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen to probe for common ground with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on a closer long-term relationship with the EU than most of her … [Read more...] about Britain’s culture of confrontation
Donald Trump is right about Israel and the Golan Heights
Douglas Murray 28 March 2019 9:22 AM 28 March 2019 9:22 AM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp Earlier this week President Trump made one of the most reasonable decisions of his Presidency. His administration formally recognised Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Inevitably the move has been welcomed in Israel, condemned in Europe and generally shrugged over in the Middle East. Of course various people have come up with their own explanations for why Trump made this decision. In the New York Times Thomas Friedman claims that Trump has done it only because he wishes ‘to get more campaign donations from far-right Jewish mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.’ I don’t know how Friedman knows this, nor how he has achieved such mega-access to the President’s head. My own guess is that Friedman just made it up. But whatever Trump’s short-term motives are or are not, the move is nothing more than a long-term recognition of … [Read more...] about Donald Trump is right about Israel and the Golan Heights
Donald Trump is right to recognise Israeli sovereignty of the Golan Heights
Douglas Murray 28 March 2019 9:22 AM 28 March 2019 9:22 AM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp Earlier this week President Trump made one of the most reasonable decisions of his Presidency. His administration formally recognised Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Inevitably the move has been welcomed in Israel, condemned in Europe and generally shrugged over in the Middle East. Of course various people have come up with their own explanations for why Trump made this decision. In the New York Times Thomas Friedman claims that Trump has done it only because he wishes ‘to get more campaign donations from far-right Jewish mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.’ I don’t know how Friedman knows this, nor how he has achieved such mega-access to the President’s head. My own guess is that Friedman just made it up. But whatever Trump’s short-term motives are or are not, the move is nothing more than a long-term recognition of … [Read more...] about Donald Trump is right to recognise Israeli sovereignty of the Golan Heights
A guide to MPs’ alternative Brexit plans
UK Politics 27 March 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47714669 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Related TopicsBrexit MPs will try and forge a Brexit consensus on Wednesday when they debate and vote on alternatives to the … [Read more...] about A guide to MPs’ alternative Brexit plans