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Ali Ettefagh

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Dr. Ali Ettefagh serves as a director of Highmore Global Corporation, an investment company in emerging markets of Eastern Europe, CIS, and the Middle East. He is the co-author of several books on trade conflict, resolution of international trade disputes, conflicts in letters of credit, trade-related banking transactions, sovereign debt, arbitration and dispute resolutions and publications specific to the oil and gas, communication, aviation and finance sectors. Dr. Ettefagh is a member of the executive committee and the board of directors of The Development Foundation, an advisor to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and an advisor to a number of European companies. Dr. Ettefagh speaks Persian (Farsi), English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Turkish. Close.

Ali Ettefagh

Tehran, Iran

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Wanted: Steady and Realistic Players
Tehran, Iran - Mistreating Turkey benefits extremists in Europe and the Muslim world who want to believe no compromises are possible.

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January 16, 2007 12:18 PM | Report Offensive Comments

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Dimitri:

No short cuts for Turkey. They have long way to go before being on par with EU.

December 10, 2006 8:38 AM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on December 10, 2006 08:38

Berkai, Istanbul, Turkey:

Promise of letting Turkey in EU in the very unknown future does not mean an "authorization" for EU members get whatever they want done by Turkey. This bring to mind the capitulations of Ottoman Empires last days. EU could be very sure that this shall really mean "severing all relationships with Turkey for EU".

December 8, 2006 6:28 AM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on December 8, 2006 06:28

Paddy Irish Republic-EU:

A privileged partnership between Turkey and EU like that between EFTA and EU seems perfectly acceptable especially an EU with a deep federal structure.

To have Turkey as an EU member serves US geo-strategic purposes as it would forstall such a strong federal EU and even derail it while allowing continued US hegemony of Europe and the Near East under proxies such as the UK and organisations such as NATO.

"And will as tenderly be led by the nose As asses are"

December 7, 2006 10:30 PM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on December 7, 2006 22:30

FDodin, Cambridge, UK:

The EU should have closer ties with all countries, but that does not mean that all its not-European like Turkey neighbours should become members! The choice is not between severing all relationships with Turkey or letting Turkey in. Steady and realistic politicians should also have some fantasy to devise a middle way. Long live a privileged partnership, which could apply to all countries having a border with Europe.

December 7, 2006 6:01 AM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on December 7, 2006 06:01

A la Turca:

I don't think the author wants to abolish Shakespeare, despite possible European Commission Directives.

However, it shows that prejudice has deep roots in Europe, not just against Turks but also against others within Europe. It is a grand patchwork of ethnic groups and customs. Switzerland alone is cut up into three different language zones and 26 cantons where in at least 1 (Appenzell), women are still not allowed to vote on local issues (only national issues are allowed due to federal law).

It will take generations. There is 5 centuries of bad blood between Turks and every one south of the Danube as well as Romania and the Crimian Wars. Turks rank as No. 1 in German, Austrian and Swiss prisons.

Any way, it is not something that can be done instantly. The author has correctly focused on the matter as it is no longer just an economic community.

December 7, 2006 4:45 AM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on December 7, 2006 04:45

DA, NY, NYC:

I don't think the author actually meant that we should shed one of Shakespeare's plays. However, I am a bit confused by what he meant by that quote, and I only bring it up because it may offers us a cricible of insight into how Europeans and Turks perceive each other. I'm not sure any Europeans take Shakespeare's views of Turks literally. First, the man was a master satirist, and secondly he's been dead for hundreds of years. Is it the insult to Turks from an old text that the writer objects to? I don't get it. Certainly, there's a context surrounding attitudes toward Turks in Shapespeare's time, and the context today has changed.

December 6, 2006 4:44 PM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on December 6, 2006 16:44

Joana (Vienna):

Yes, indeed it is a very complex issue and it needs real, open and honest dialogue over at least a generation.

December 6, 2006 12:46 PM | Report Offensive Comments

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