Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doesn’t want others defining Turkey’s choices. He’s seeking a better position within an existing world order and recognition that Turkey is entitled to forge its own path.
- Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University
Israel’s recent actions are changing the Middle East by weakening state capacity and sustaining regional tensions.
The recent election in Northern Cyprus of a pro-unification Turkish Cypriot may be the last chance for the island to unite.
Israel’s strike on Qatar undermines diplomacy, casts doubt on U.S. security guarantees and entrenches a state of permanent war in the Middle East.
Israel’s strikes in Syria, framed as protecting the Druze, reflect a strategy to fragment the Syrian state and secure Israel’s role as the dominant regional power.
Israel’s military actions —in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and now Iran — reflect the melding of Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic political survival and his revisionist aims to reshape the regional order.
Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing the opposition’s coalition.
Increased political power for Turkey’s secularist CHP is a problem for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who must now reignite the Turkish economy and stem the rising appeal of rival splinter Islamist parties.
What are the broader implications of Azerbaijan’s recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh in terms of peace and security in the South Caucasus?
Divided by military force for decades, many Cypriots have lost their zeal for unification – but more than a few are still hopeful.
La décision de Donald Trump, qui méconnaît totalement les réalités locales, risque de susciter des réactions virulentes bien au-delà du Proche-Orient.
The city is key to both Israeli and Palestinian identity.
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