Kushner Says Gaza Reconstruction Will Wait for Hamas Disarmament
Kushner also met Hamas officials on Sunday in a rare direct encounter as Washington seeks to move its Gaza plan forward.
Middle East
Strategic Goal and Operational Context of the Euphrates Shield
The Euphrates Shield is intended to create a terror-free zone cleared of Daesh and PYD/PKK terrorists by the setting of…
How Did Iranians Approach the Failed Coup Attempt in Turkey?
Fortunately, many Iranians inside the country see any coup attempt as categorically damnable, as they welcome the popular resistance in…
The US Army Special Forces in Syria
The US policy in northern Syria raises the question: could Turkey benefit more from a possible regional security alliance than…
Turkey Can Play a Role in Riyadh-Tehran Rapprochement
With Turkey’s involvement, it is not a remote prospect that Iran and Saudi Arabia will be inclined to cooperate to…
How Can Turkish-Iranian Commonalities Outweigh the Areas of Disagreement?
Turkey and Iran should increase the level of bilateral direct investment to soften the impact of possible tensions emanating from…
The Rise of Secular Radicalization and the PKK
The claim that radicalization is a religion-based phenomenon is not only incomplete but also it hinders recognizing the dangerous face…
The Troubling Legacy of the Sykes-Picot: A Century-Old Chaos in the Arab Middle East
If the Sykes-Picot arrangement is to be overwhelmed by new territorial reshuffle, this should not come in the form of…
Sykes-Picot: The Symbol of Western Imperialism in the Middle East
Dividing the region into smaller political units will not bring political stability to the Middle East. The smaller the political…
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The conditions of the Sykes-Picot agreement are no longer valid, but the spirit of the agreement is still alive.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…
