Saudi Arabia’s Stance on Israel-Iran Escalation: War or Diplomacy?
Saudi Arabia, caught in uncertainty, views an Israeli Iranian war as ill-timed, neutrality as uncomfortable, and descent into the fray as inevitable.
Politics
Trump’s Double “Conflation” Problem
In such an “interconnected” and “intertwined” world, the economic sphere must have a certain degree of immunity from politics. Not…
The Populist Turn in Turkish Politics: Why are People Leaving?
In light of this picture, the claim or the fact that some educated and wealthy people have left the country…
Egypt’s Energy Activism as a Threat to Security in the Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt and its allies preferred to exclude the most important countries in the Eastern Mediterranean from the equation. Excluding Turkey,…
Tunisia in a Predicament: Echoes of the Tunisian Revolution Lingering
Blaise’s aphorism that ‘frustration at that failure has no more gruesome expression than Tunisia’s tide of self-immolations’ (Blaise, Self-Immolation, Catalyst…
America’s MESA Delusion
The idea of forming a strategic alliance in the Middle East (MESA) is not new. It came under many labels…
Turkey’s Fight Against Terrorism: PKK, not Kurds
There is a deliberate confusion by using the term “Kurds” in relation to both societal or even political groups and…
Turkey’s Relationship with Pakistan and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
With the BRI and CPEC aimed at enhancing economic integration and prosperity in the region, it surely provides a firm…
Another Bumpy Week in US-Turkey Relations
The continued U.S. insistence on the use of the general category “Kurds” to describe the YPG forces in northern Syria…
Is the spring finally coming to the Turkey-PUK relations?
Turkey has a simple rule: do not support the PKK if you do not want to catch my wrath.
Pompeo’s Long Tour: How Incoherence Creates Challenges for the US in the Middle East
An interesting aspect of Pompeo’s recent visit to the Middle East is that he prefers to hold separate meetings with…
Four Scenarios for Idlib and the Future of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Developments on the ground in Idlib and a bigger HTS presence will have serious implications for the international context and…
Turkey Can Help the US Exit from Syria
Although the withdrawal remains unclear, the road-map for Turkey is clear. Firstly, as President Erdoğan proposed in his piece, Turkey…
The AK Party’s Plan to Use Social Media for its Digital Election Campaign
For the March 31 elections, around 1.5 million first-time voters will go to polls. The figures indicate that young electorate…
Does Turkey have a brain and wealth drain problem?
If the lack of liberty, disrespect for merit, and an economic slowdown are not the reasons behind the educated and…
Can Germany’s Non-Permanent Seat at the UN Security Council Bring Reform?
Germany already had established together with Brazil, Japan and India the so-called G4 group in order to support the mutual…
Erdogan in the NYT: Turkey is the only Viable Partner for the US
Erdogan states that Turkey can defeat (and has already defeated) Daesh militarily and, further, it is capable of preventing grievances…
How Sisi’s Plans for a PR Campaign Turned into an International Scandal
Egyptian media outlet Mada Masr argued that due to the fear of domestic reactions, the Egyptian government ordered media channels…
US-Turkey Cooperation in Syria Requires Serious Strategy
Going forward, the central question will remain the same: what is the U.S. strategy in Syria? With or without U.S.…
