Mohammad Affan | 23 November 2020 | AR | TR
The New American Administration and the Limitation of Hope Last July, President-Elect Joe Biden tweeted, “No more blank checks for Trump's favourite dictator” referring to Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al Sisi. While this tweet [...]
Sinan Hatahet | 23 November 2020 | AR | TR
Despite all appearances, speeches, and claims, Trump’s Syria policies have not marked a break from his predecessor’s. The fight against ISIS, U.S. financial support to the Syrian Democratic Forces, and even sanctions against the [...]
Hassan Ahmadian | 23 November 2020 | AR | TR
Bidens Iran Policy The 2020 U.S. presidential election has been of peculiar importance for Iran. Though Iranian leaders expressed indifference to the results, they also indicated that a change in Washington’s Iran policy would [...]
Furkan Alperen Sonkaya | 27 October 2020
Although Libya’s armed rebellion was successful in toppling down the autocratic regime of Muammar Gaddafi, it failed to secure a peaceful transition of power or maintain stability and unity in the country. The emergence of two rival administrations in 2014, the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and the Tobruk administration with the House of Representatives (HoR), paved the way for a multi-actor civil war across the country.
Thembisa Fakude | 19 October 2020
The recent announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to normalise relation with Israel did not come as a surprise. It has been expected for a long time by observers of the [...]
Omer Aslan | 01 October 2020
The Egyptian Army during the COVID-19 Pandemic Despite the insistence that ‘nothing will ever be the same’ after the COVID-19 pandemic, currently there is more continuity than otherwise in various issues around the world. [...]
Aly El Raggal | 01 September 2020 | AR | TR
Egypt has been withdrawn and pre-occupied with its internal affairs and the after-effects of the revolution, resulting in the destabilization of its internal security by the arms smuggling coming from Libya. In 2014, Egypt [...]
Anton Mardasov | 01 September 2020 | AR | TR
Russia’s strategic agenda in the Eastern Mediterranean is shaped around the same factors that determined Soviet conduct there: the region’s geographic role as a foothold for influencing political and economic events and the trade [...]
Selin Nasi | 01 September 2020 | AR | TR
Escalating political tensions that are sparking fears of a hot conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean go beyond a competition to control energy and natural resources. Instead, the tensions reflect a multilayered, geopolitical power struggle [...]
Sinan Ulgen | 01 September 2020 | AR | TR
German mediation between Turkey and Greece should be considered as a serious diplomatic engagement. Traditionally, the US has acted as a mediator and facilitator in disputes between Ankara and Athens. However, nowadays under the [...]
