Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 08 February 2023
Almost 12 years following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, Turkey, the most important supporter of the Syrian opposition, has been making overtures to normalize relations (or at least start a political opening) with [...]
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | 21 September 2022 | TR
What Liz Truss' leadership could mean for UK foreign policy in the Middle East Liz Truss was nominated as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister on 5 September, replacing her predecessor Boris Johnson, the man [...]
Harun Karcic | 08 August 2022
Russia’s invisible hand in Kosovo The global media spotlight this week was briefly redirected from Ukraine to the Balkans, more precisely – to Kosovo. The latest flare-up in tensions was related to new rules [...]
Betul Dogan Akkas | 02 August 2022
Biden's fruitless visit to Saudi Arabia and beyond: the elephant in the room remains Last month US President Joe Biden visited the Middle East, including Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia, in [...]
Mehran Haghirian 
Henrietta Toivanen | 27 July 2022
The regional diplomacy taking place in the Persian Gulf must not be dismissed Donald Trump’s trip to Riyadh in May 2017 kickstarted the most tension-filled era in the Persian Gulf region. These tensions lasted [...]
Omar Munassar | 20 July 2022
President Biden's Trip to the Region and its Impact on Yemen Despite once referring to Saudi Arabia as a “pariah,” United States (US) President Joe Biden recently found himself forced to visit the country [...]
Larbi Sadiki | 18 July 2022
Tunisia Decides: A Constitutional Referendum-or a Referendum on Saied? Tunisians and outside observers wait anxiously for 25 July, when President Kais Saied plans to hold a referendum on his new constitution. This 25 July [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 22 October 2021
Lately, there has been an overt increase in the efforts to legitimize the Syrian regime and reintegrate Bashar Al-Assad into international politics following the fraudulent presidential elections held in Syria in May
Nabeel Odeh | 12 October 2021 | AR | TR
US Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Only the Latest Proof of the Liberal Order’s Decline As the last United States’ soldier left Afghanistan on August 30, the world witnessed one of the latest American foreign policy [...]
Sinan Hatahet | 23 September 2021 | TR
The Future of Assad’s Syria: The Land of the Hopeless Prior to the revolution, the Syrian regime’s extensive authoritarian toolkit combined many functions, including the provision of governmental subsidiaries, employment, universal health and education, [...]
