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
Erdogan’s Manifesto and Democracy
The shift to a presidential system may be the most critical step in institutionalizing democratic politics in Turkey. It promises…
Rising Tensions Between Iran and its Rivals: What Comes Next?
Saudi Arabia and Iran are regarded as two major actors who are in constant competition in the Middle East. The…
Freedom of Religion as a Pre-condition?
Statements made by politicians and similar moves in order to gain potential votes from far-right, anti-Islamic and populist circles just…
Kemalism is Over, Long Live Opportunism!
Over the course of the past seven years, Kilicdaroglu’s CHP differed from former party leader Deniz Baykal’s CHP in this…
Macron Tries to Nudge Trump on Syria Policy
President Macron might have convinced Trump to reconsider pulling U.S. troops out of Syria “too soon” but the central disconnect…
The Hunchback of Germany: Right Populism
The question has to be asked again: What does Germany stand for? Freedom and liberalism or populism? Is this the…
The Opposition’s Failure in Search of a Presidential Candidate
Two important strategies of the political opposition failed in the election process. However, this does not mean that the opposition…
Who Will Turkey’s Kurds Vote For?
The electoral behavior of Turkey’s Kurds with regard to the AK Party and Erdogan vis a vis the HDP shows…
The Weakness of the Turkish Opposition
There are three interrelated weaknesses of the Turkish opposition: the lack of ideological inclusiveness, the lack of leadership, and the…
Why Will Anti-Erdoganism Bring Defeat to the Opposition?
Anti-Erdoganism is far from responding to societal demands and this makes it a poor idea in creating the largest and…
From Cooperation to Conflict: The UAE’s Deepening Crisis with Somalia and Djibouti
The crisis between the two countries reached its peak in April 2018, when Somalian security forces seized a UAE-owned plane…
The PKK’s Exploitation of Women: Assumptions vs. Realities
Although listed as a terror group by many Western states and Western-based institutions such as NATO and the European Union,…
First Elections for Turkey’s New System of Governance
To get a clear notion of what’s happening in Turkey, the following main points can be taken into consideration: First,…
What are Strategies of the Political Opposition in Snap Elections?
Overall, it should be emphasized that the political opposition in Turkey still suffer to decide on their strategy for the…
Who is Afraid of Early Elections?
The CHP chairman Kilicdaroglu does not seem to know yet if he will run himself as a candidate or nominate the names…
Is Erdogan the Condorcet Winner in Turkey?
Erdogan knows that he will win in any pairwise election and that is the reason why he presents the elections…
Why Does the Opposition in Turkey Fail to Win Elections?
The options before the opposition comes to be either to transform the secular-nationalist identity of its constituent in order to…
What Does the Snap Election Mean for Turkish Foreign Policy?
The strategic reasons behind the early election decision are multidimensional and it may influence current Turkish foreign and security policies.…
