Jewish Americans Wanted Anything But Donald Trump
Trump moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, legitimizing Israeli settlements, and brokering normalization agreements between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain, did not dramatically shift Jewish voting.
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Türkiye Scholarships and the Scope of Turkish Diplomacy
Türkiye Scholarships will eventually become the most important diplomacy tool of Turkey to widen its scope of influence and soft…
Türkiye Scholarships in the Global Market of International Students
Current political uncertainties and the rise in anti-immigrant discourses, particularly in the West, spur international students to look for new…
How Iran is Investing in Shi’ism in the Name of Soft Power
Iran not only transformed into a purely ideological and sectarian state, it has also become the global religious and spiritual…
What does the French Democracy Crisis Indicate?
Macron represents himself as the voice of the liberals against authoritarian nationalists for the 2019 European Parliament elections. However, the…
Trade Wars after the G20 Summit
If Chinese President Xi Jinping does not offer big enough trade concessions in bilateral negotiations in the future, it is…
The End of History or the End of Democracy in Austria?
Departing from the Japanese-American political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s contention in his “The End of History” thesis that liberal democracy is…
Is the European Defense Union Viable?
The “European Defense Union” initiative is a manifestation of the campaign kicked off by Germany and France in order to…
Trump’s U-Turn on Relations with ASEAN
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the prime minister of Malaysia, stated that “there is a need for the U.S. President Donald Trump…
Germany: From the Refugee Problem to the Crisis of the Liberal Democratic System
The current crisis in Germany is a representation of what is also happening in other European countries governed by liberal…
Türkiye Scholarships and the Rise of Turkey in the International Education Market
In the “2017 Report on the International Mobility of African Students” published by Campus France, Turkey ranked 34th in 2010…
The G20’s Incomplete Agenda
As the economies in the West recovered after the Global Financial Crisis, their desire for reform in the global system…
Theresa May’s Brexit Deal is Part of a Dirty Trick by Brussels to Make an Example of the UK
The EU which doesn’t want the UK to leave the union at all, but prefers an arrangement whereby London stays…
Two Cup Finals, One Fate: Roberto Baggio and Osman Cakmak
If that penalty became a goal, then Cakmak would have bestowed a world cup to his beloved nation, for which…
Combatting Criminal Gangs in Northern Syria
While some media outlets reported efforts in Syria as “internal fighting among Turkey-backed groups,” in reality, there was a “clean…
Will Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Argentina?
Will the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman attend the G20 Summit next week? And if he does, will world…
Making Sense of Turkey’s New Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Turkey is revolutionizing its counter-terrorism strategy not only against the PKK in Turkey but also against other terrorist organizations in…
Debunking Trump’s Myths on Saudi Arabia
Trump has gone so far in protecting Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman that Senator Bob Corker stated he never thought…
Will Growing Economies By-Pass the US in Iran Sanctions?
Following the Trump administration’s sanctions on Iran, growing economies that are highly dependent on imported energy resources are in need…
