Are India and Pakistan Drifting Toward War as the Indus Treaty Crumbles?
A single misstep between two nuclear-armed neighbors could turn a regional standoff into a global catastrophe.
Politics
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.…
Sisi’s Re-Election and the Western Stance: How the West Failed in Egypt
While Egypt witnessed a guideline example of an undemocratic election process, the Western “democracies” such as the U.S. and the…
Germany’s Uncertain Military Revival
It’s a bit strange that Germany has positioned itself within the circle of militarily powerful Western circles in the form…
A Religion of Secularism?
Secularism, which turned into the official religion of the state with the 1905 French law on the Separation of the…
US Strikes do not Deliver a Syria Policy
President Trump has also given the message that he wants a U.S. pullout of Syria. Multiple priorities and conflicting rhetoric…
The Possible Outcomes of the Iyi Party-Felicity Party Alliance
Since there is a mismatch between the ideologies of the Iyi Party-Felicity Party-Democrat Party triumvirate, it will be difficult especially…
Who really wins elections? Politicians or data companies?
So what does Cambridge Analytica do exactly? One thing the company does is “data mining.” In this case, they’ve omitted…
The problem of minority representation in Europe
Interestingly however, the report emphasizes that descriptive representation (the number of Muslim MPs) does not directly equate to substantive representation…
Why Does the Opposition in Turkey Polarize Society?
Usually accompanied by the use of virulent and exclusionary language towards the rest, polarization of society occurs by splitting it…
Pentagon dismisses Trump’s “rumours” of an exit from Syria
While President Trump’s remarks have been contradictory, it seems the military leaders with experience in the failures of Iraq and…
The Rise of Mohammad bin Salman and the Dynamism in Saudi Foreign Policy
It is obvious that Mohammad bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia will continue to become an active and interventionist regional player with…
What’s Behind the German Public’s Mistrust Against Turkey?
According to a recent survey conducted for the German public channel ARD, Germans don’t trust Turkey, while France is the…
Assad Knows Chemical Attacks Will Not End His Regime
The international community has reassured Assad that he may be punished for it but using chemical weapons will not spell…
Does Pentagon’s 2019 Budget Deny Trump’s Latest Syria Statement?
The Pentagon’s agenda for Syria lacks strategic guidance and it is short-sighted and single-minded as it prioritizes the U.S. partnership…
FETO’s Russian Roulette?
As part of the investigation Turkey and Russia conducted jointly, Russia asked to examine the PC belonging to Mevlut Mert…
Re-Radicalization of the Gulenist Terror Cult
Even though most members of this terrorist organization were passivized, the ongoing debates show that there is fear they could…
Ankara Summit: Discussing Divergent Scenarios in Syria
Among such diverging priorities, Turkey, Iran and Russia will need to give each other benefit of the doubt rather than…
