How Realistic Is It to Go Retro in Turkey-Syria Relations?
Compelling factors and actors push Turkey and Syria into a rapprochement course, but the facts on the ground may impede it.
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Yellow Vests and Little Red Riding Hood
Having come to Brussels for a conference organized by far-right groups in a way reminiscent of the wolf disguised as…
Who Will Compete for Istanbul? Binali Yildirim and Ekrem Imamoglu?
Kilicdaroglu is said to have decided the name for Istanbul: Ekrem Imamoglu – the current lead of Beylikduzu. Therefore, Aksener…
Qatar Leaving OPEC is More About Independence
By leaving OPEC, Doha managed to highlight again the negative implications of the Saudi foreign policies since MBS rose to…
Yellow Vest Protests and the Constraints of Modern Democracy
The yellow vests uprising is not an identity movement. This very aspect is the actual threat posed against the state since…
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…