Food Inflation, Global Crisis, and Turkey
According to the 2020 UN FAO data, Ukraine supplies 92% of Moldova’s wheat imports, 81% of Lebanon’s, 64% of Qatar’s, and almost 50% of Tunisia’s, Libya’s and Pakistan’s imports.
Italy’s New Far-Right Prime Minister: Giorgia Meloni
The leader has pledged to impose a naval block on Libya and push back “masses of illegal immigrants.
The New Foreign Policy: The World Is Heading towards New Models
The Libyan crisis is an excellent case in point.
The New Politics of Alliance: Allies, Proxies, and Adversaries Have Become Hard to Tell Apart
The latest conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria exhibit new behavioral patterns, in which actors could cooperate, compete, or do both at the same time.
Negotiating a New Chapter in Saudi-Turkish Relations
Not long after MBS’s visit, Erdoğan announced the Saudi intention to buy battle-proven Bayraktar drones, involved in successful combat in Libya, Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine, from Turkey.
Russia’s War in Ukraine Gives Iran the Upper Hand in Syria
The impact of the war in Ukraine on Syria and Libya
Russian military losses not only affect the Russian prospects for Ukraine, but also Russia's military presence in the Middle East.
How the Russia-Ukraine War Will Change Turkey-US Relations
The Trump administration supported projects that exclude Turkey from the Eastern Mediterranean natural gas equation, namely the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum and the East-Med project, and approved the creation of alliance zones that would limit Ankara's presence in areas such as Syria and Libya.
The Economic Hitmen behind Regime Change in Pakistan
From Mossadegh in Iran, Rousseff in Brazil, Gaddafi in Libya, or several U.
Can NATO Bypass the Security Complex Mentality?
NATO was hesitant to get involved in the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa after the Iraq and Afghanistan experiences, and failed to reach a consensus among its member states on Syria or Libya.
Why Did the Houthis Demolish an Ottoman Martyrs’ Memorial in Yemen?
The Ottoman Empire was facing the Italian invasion of Libya, a revolution in the Balkans, and was in a dire need of ending the military attrition it suffered at the hands of the Zaydis in Yemen
The agreement maintained the Zaydis' influence in Yemen and granted the Zaydi imam the powers to supervise his Zaydi sect.
De-Dollarizing Trade: How the Global Trade Finance Gets More Nationalized
The Turkish lira is also now heavily used in Syria and Libya by citizens who do not trust the value on their own national currencies and wish to continue trade with Turkey.
Global Food Insecurity Looms as the War in Ukraine Continues
Ukraine is an important supplier to many North African markets, including Egypt and Libya, as well as the EU and China.
Euro-Med Researcher: “Migration Muted in Tunisia”
Many refugees choose Libya and Tunisia as points of departure for Europe.
The Geopolitics of Russia-Turkey Relations amid the Ukraine War
Read: What Role Can Turkey Play Between Russia and Ukraine in Antalya?Furthermore, Russia and Turkey developed a model of damage control through high-level dialogue, compartmentalization of issues, and keeping cooperation intact, especially in Syria, Ukraine, and Libya, where Ankara and Moscow have different approaches.
Foreign Fighters Arrive in Scores to Fight in Ukraine
Russia has previously used the private military company Wagner Group in Syria, Crimea, and Libya.
The Urge to Kill to Survive: Russia’s Imperialist Expansionism Explained
Read: Iran’s Bitter Choice and the Russia-Ukraine WarSecond, Russian private military companies such as the Wagner Group are sent to war zones to support pro-Russian figures such as Khalifa Haftar of Libya and attempt to encircle NATO for strategic leverage such as the Russian military presence in Africa.
Stability, Resilience and Chaos in the New World Order
In other words, the pandemic could not prevent conflicts across the globe, like those in Syria and Libya, while its consequences can devastate the order of the international political system.
What Role Can Turkey Play Between Russia and Ukraine in Antalya?
President Erdoğan was able to strengthen both Turkey’s effectiveness and diplomatic power in many regional issues such as northern Syria, Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Southern Caucasus.
Turkey and Israel: A Marriage of Convenience and Necessity?
Biden is starkly different than Trump, who had given a carte blanche to the aggressive and expansionist ventures of his “favorite dictators” in the Middle East, such as those in Yemen and Libya.
The GCC States’ Russian Dilemma
“Moscow has increasingly embedded itself in the Middle East region, in Syria, Libya and through OPEC+ so that none of the GCC states wants to spoil the relations with Russia,” said Nikolay Kozhanov, associate professor at Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Program, to Politics Today.
