Turkey, a member of the NATO alliance has repeatedly said it is committed to buying the Russian missile defense system, despite warnings from the US and threats of sanctions. We discusswhat impact the deal will have on Turkey’s relations with the US and its place in NATO.

Guests:

Matthew Bryza

Former US ambassador

Can Kasapoglu

Defense analyst at EDAM, the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

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Disputed Kashmir region has been called one of the world's most dangerous flashpoints. Nuclear-armed neighbours, India and Pakistan saw their decades-long dispute over Kashmir, reached fever pitch last month. And we discuss, Turkey and Egypt, two countries who have shared histories, now find themselves at odds on a range of issues.

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As tensions between India and Pakistan simmer down, India faced a major embarrassment at the OIC where a resolution was passed condemning India’s use of force in Kashmir. Should the international community mediate to resolve the dispute? Hasan Abdullah reports.

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he would not sit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi after his government executed nine people. We lookback at the relationship between once former allies. Abubakar al Shamahi reports.

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Kashmir has been called one of the world's most dangerous flashpoints. Nuclear-armed neighbours, India and Pakistan saw their decades-long dispute over Kashmir, reached fever pitch last month.

It all started with a suicide bombing in India administered Kashmir on February 14, carried out by a local fighter. India blamed Pakistan based militants for the attack and retaliated by carrying out an air strike across the border on what it said was a terrorist training camp. After a series of cat and mouse games, India saw one of its fighter planes shot down by Pakistan. Although the pilot was released, just days later, a grenade attack hit the city of Jammu, killing at least two people.

Guests:

Victoria Schofield

Author of the book, Kashmir in Conflict

Farhan Mujahid Chak

Associate Professor of Political Science at Qatar University

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Turkey and Egypt, two countries who have shared histories, now find themselves at odds on a range of issues. One has been Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's outspoken criticism of Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el Sisi. Recently Erdogan said that he "wouldn't speak" with a leader like Sisi, that's after the execution of nine people sentenced for the killing of a prosecutor back in 2015. But, there are many other sticking points, from the mass detentions of Egyptian dissidents to energy disputes in the Mediterranean.

Guests:

Mustafa Aydin

Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University

Mohamad El-masry

Associate professor in the Journalism, and Media and Cultural Studies Programs at the Doha Institute

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Turkey has also long criticized the US decision to use the PKK linked, YPG terror group, to fight Daesh… condemning the arming of one terrorist group to fight another.

And now with the US set to withdraw most of its troops from Syria, questions remain on f who will fill the power vacuum left in northern Syria. James Kim reports

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US President Donald Trump announced that one-hundred per cent of Daesh's territory in Syria had been captured. His remarks were immediately debunked by reports from the ground.

So is Trump doubling down on his previous calls to wrap it up and call it quits in Syria? And what will this mean for the region? Turkey has long been critical of the US strategy of indiscriminate bombing and using one terror group to fight another. But just how different has Ankara's approach been compared to that of Washington.

Guests:

Alexey Khlebnikov

Political analyst at the Russian International Affairs Council in Moscow

Aylin Unver Noi

Associate Professor of International Relations at Istinye University

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Azerbaijan just marked the 27th anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre. Back in 1992 Armenian forces killed more than 600 Azerbaijanis in the village of Khojaly.

The killings stemmed from a conflict between the two countries during the early 90s, which forced nearly a million people to flee their homes. The scars of that massacre are still being felt today among countless families in Azerbaijan.

Guests:

Khazar Ibrahim

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Turkey

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This week marks the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Khojaly massacre. Hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijanis were killed in 1992 by Armenian separatists – who had taken over Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region.

The disputed territory has been in separatist Armenian hands since 1988. Omer Kablan travelled to Baku where he spoke to survivors of the Khojaly massacre and Azerbaijani officials about the future of this conflict.

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