Gaza and Trump 2.0
Trump and Netanyahu can finally kill the concept of an independent Palestinian state, part of the ultimate “Art of the Deal.”
Middle East
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
The conditions of the Sykes-Picot agreement are no longer valid, but the spirit of the agreement is still alive. The…
Going Back to the Origins: Change and Continuity in Egyptian Society
Faruk Yaslıçimen interviewed with the director of the Yunus Emre Institute in Cairo and tried to understand the current situation…
Is Normalization Possible in Turkish-Egyptian Relations?
It is in both countries interests to overcome the crisis, both governments might need to reassess their positions in the…
Turkey and Egypt: Towards a Normalization?
Turkish-Egyptian relations have been in crisis since the military coup that toppled the first democratically-elected president and government to come…
The 2016 Elections in Iran
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a clear message to friends and foes alike that Turkey is strictly against sectarian policies and denounced any…
What is Sectarian Politics?
Pro-sectarian politics is one of the most important obstacles to the development of a politics of cooperation in the Middle…
Increasing Cooperation Between Ankara and Washington on the Syrian Issue: How About Revisiting the Safe Zone Idea?
Last week, just before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the United States, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
The Geneva Talks and Syria in its Aftermath
The Geneva Talks held in order to find a diplomatic solution to the Syria problem failed as expected and attention…
Russia in Syria
In the last five years Russia has been a keen supporter of Bashar Assad and eventually, decided to intervene militarily…
ISIL: Horror and Terror Revisited
ISIL is a modern phenomenon and it is in many ways not different from fascism or communism which for a…
