Antiwar.com: "Real reasons for the Turkish-American cooperation against ISIS"

The Natural Gas Europe magazine, specializing in the analysis of energy markets, wrote about the nature of the relations between Russia, Iran and Turkey. The recent agreement between the world powers and Iran over the Iranian nuclear program has led to the emergence of a number of issues, including in the energy sector. In the case of lifting the sanctions against Iran, it is likely that Iranian gas will be supplied to Europe via Turkey. The ‘Turkish Stream’ pipeline project has been developed to provide the EU with Russian gas, but the Turkish side has been postponing signing the agreement in every way. Perhaps this happens because the Republic of Turkey is now in a state of war with the Kurds and the Islamic State terrorist organization, and perhaps the reason that Turkey hopes to make an agreement with Iran for better prices.

In addition, it is obvious that pressure is being put on Turkey by Washington, which is against the construction of the ’Turkish Stream.’ Despite all the difficulties associated with the project, Russia is already in talks with Iran over arms transfers amounting to $10 billion, thereby seizing the initiative of the Turkish authorities, aimed at rapprochement with Iran. The relations between Moscow and Saudi Arabia, too, are on a high, which allows Russia to receive considerable support in the Middle East. If Iran, in turn, will decide on a partnership with the Kremlin, it is likely that Iranian oil will be supplied to Europe, but through ‘Turkish Stream’, and this process will be monitored by Russia, and this once again makes Europe dependant on Russian energy resources.

The situation on the energy market is changing every day because of the influence of considerable geopolitical factors. There is no clear idea of ​​what the role of Iran in the global energy sector will be after the sanctions are lifted, but it is clear that Russia is the undisputed leader today, despite the economic problems and instability in oil prices, thanks to the competent foreign policy, the country's leadership and ability to enter into profitable and timely contracts with partner states.

The US independent information portal Antiwar.com wrote today about the real reasons for the Turkish-American cooperation against ISIS. The recent agreement between Turkey and the US to jointly fight ISIS once again underlines the failure of the American foreign policy. Formally, the plan means using the Turkish airbases to bomb Islamic State bases in exchange for US help for Turkey to create a "buffer zone" along the border with Syria.

In reality, such an agreement will lead to further US involvement in the Syrian conflict. In addition, the Kurds, America's allies in the fight against ISIS, will be in a difficult situation, when a war, even if indirectly, is waged against them from the Turkish side. The end of the truce with the Kurds suggests new parliamentary elections, which could result in the ruling party of President Erdogan (AKP) getting a majority of the seats in the parliament this time. But if Turkey's motives are more or less clear, then what is Washington’s role in the next conflict? The fact that the US is obsessed with the idea of overthrowing Bashar al-Assad and thereby gaining influence in another Middle Eastern country. So, in fact, neither Turkey nor the United States is fighting ISIS, but deciding their foreign policy issues with the help of each other. Oddly enough, it is the Syrian army that might actually defeat Islamic State, but apparently this is not beneficial for either the United States or Turkey.