Henri J. Barkey

Articles de cet auteur (2)

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  The Armenian genocide resolution is a farce all around

  15 mars 2010

  The House of Representatives has decided to make a problem from the past into a problem of the present. On Thursday, the House foreign affairs committee is set to launch its fruitless annual effort to declare that the 1915 massacre of over a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide. As in the past, the resolution isn’t likely to get very far. But this year, it portends great damage to the Obama administration’s attempts to rescue a fragile Turkey-Armenia reconciliation.
  To be clear, (...)

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  Cyprus sabotage

  17 October 2007

  If the EU, which deserves much of the blame for perpetuating the Cyprus conflict, is not prepared to move vigorously to resolve it, then Turkey should try to force a resolution. Otherwise, it will watch its goal of EU membership die a death of a thousand cuts at the hands of Greek Cypriots.
  A recent meeting between Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders was unproductive. With every passing year the impasse on the otherwise idyllic island solidifies. The lackluster attention paid by the EU and (...)