Diplomatic Expulsion: Resurgence of A Cold-War Era Norm?
While diplomatic expulsion is not necessarily a new norm in international relations, expelling diplomats for solidarity’s sake is growing fast.
Opinion
Between Rock and a Hard Place: The Armed Syrian Opposition In Idlib
Under current circumstances, the Syrian opposition remains weak in their disunity and seem incapable of getting rid of HTS. In…
Assad’s Comeback? A Lebanese Perspective
Lebanon fears the return of the Assad regime to the regional and international arena, and thus its old influence on…
Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia: Bandwagon or Hegemony?
Addis Ababa welcomes foreign financial and technical supports, as well as investment and job opportunities for the sake of a…
How the European Union Continues to Generate Poverty and Migration in Africa
The CFA franc and the way in which Western corporations exploit Africa are at the root of the immigrant crisis.…
Turkey Charts an Independent Foreign Policy
Developments in northern Syria seem to be heading in the right direction, i.e. towards the creation of a deep security…
China’s Zouchuqu Policy and Turkey-Pakistan Economic Relations
Urging Turkish investors to start working from now to benefit from the immense opportunities that will come from the China-led…
Sputnik Türkiye: The Voice of Moscow?
Views on Sputnik expressed both in Turkey and Western countries must be interpreted as reviews made on the new link…
The Exchange of Threats on the Opposite Side of the Taiwan Strait
No doubt that China, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, yearns to fulfill political advancement in the form of unification…
How Cheap Drones Became Assets for Terrorist Organizations
The use of drones became popular among terrorist organizations as soon as the security vulnerability they contained was discovered. The…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
The Muslim Brotherhood: Rise, Fall, and Future Prospects
From entering similar jolts in the past to losing its popularity in contemporary times, to facing the deepest crisis in…
Discourse of Fear in Indonesia: Upcoming Presidential Elections
Prabowo asserted that if he does not defeat incumbent president Jokowi in the upcoming April 2019 elections, the nation will…
Decolonizing African Art: Colonial Heritage and European Museums’ Gordian Knot
The looting and subsequent disappearance of artistic treasures from the African continent had two detrimental outcomes: the loss of national…
