Hamidreza Azizi | 12 April 2022
When Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Moscow in January to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, he hoped to open a new chapter in Iran-Russia relations. After signing an agreement on “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” with China and then attaining full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Firat Kimya | 08 April 2022 | TR
Syrian immigration to Turkey has become a controversial topic since the first wave of refugees arrived in 2011. While the immigration issue initially largely remained outside of party politics, it began to occupy a more central place in political debates over the second half of the last decade due to the increasing number of Syrians and their prolonged stay
Muhammet Kocak | 07 April 2022
As one of the key powers in the Black Sea region, Turkey’s response to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has the potential to direct the course of the conflict and by extension the future of Europe
Bushra Alhodiri | 04 April 2022
In Fezzan, Stateless Minorities Continue to Demonstrate for their Right to Vote Despite the fact that they consider themselves citizens, hundreds of thousands of Libyan non-Arab minorities are not officially recognised as Libyans. The [...]
Mohammad Salami | 03 April 2022
Saudi-Chinese Cooperation in the Production of Ballistic Missiles On 23 December 2021, the US intelligence agencies announced that Saudi Arabia, with the help of China, was producing solid-propellant ballistic missiles. This news was published [...]
Simon Mabon | 28 March 2022
Whither Rapprochement? Understanding Saudi-Turkish relations On the 5th of January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that he would be visiting Riyadh in the coming weeks in an effort to improve diplomatic relations between [...]
Mustafa Metin Başbay | 22 March 2022
In recent years, international commentators have increasingly interpreted the Egyptian economy as a success story due to the country’s strong growth performance and improving macroeconomic fundamentals
Harun Karcic | 21 March 2022
After Ukraine, will the Balkans be next? ‘’We pray to God almighty that he protects the people of Ukraine, who are victims of oppression and injustice.’’ Those were the words of Bosnia’s Grand Mufti, [...]
Mehmet Alaca 
Bekir Aydogan | 18 March 2022
Ethnic and religious minorities are given official quotas both in Iraqi and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) parliaments. While the given quotas are limited to certain numbers, some of the minorities do not have any quotas
Tiziana Corda | 17 March 2022
The wider Eastern Africa region, whose lands stretch from the Red Sea Basin to the Great Lakes area passing through the Horn, is a dynamic, complex, and evolving political space, rife with violent conflicts and humanitarian crises, but also opportunities piquing the interest of many extra-regional powers
