Al Sharq Strategic Research | 26 April 2017
The Trump Effect on Iran’s Regional Policy and Iran – EU Relations | Adnan Tabatabai
Dimitar Bechev | 11 April 2017
In the short-term Putin can shrug off the U.S. strikes, but Russia’s long-term strategy in Syria is coming under strain. Whether drafted in the comfort of his opulent Tuscan villa or in the corridors of [...]
Intissar Kherigi | 30 March 2017 | TR
Arab states are among the most centralized in the world. A centralized political and economic model concentrates power in central government and capitals, driving massive rural-to-urban migration, widening inequalities between regions and undermining social cohesion and stability.
Müge Dalkıran 
Antonios Alexandridis | 28 March 2017 | AR | TR
Since the late 1990s, there have been efforts by the European Union to create common policies in order to regulate migration and to provide effective external border surveillance. However, every year more people try to reach European soil for a number of reasons, such as fleeing armed conflicts, human rights abuses, starvation, and economic conditions. While some of them have the opportunity to use legal channels, the majority do not have this chance and must put their lives into danger to reach Europe.
Galip Dalay | 10 March 2017
Multiplication of Threats and Goals Turkey’s interpretation of and approach toward the situation in Syria has been dynamic, as the nation has shifted its priorities and used different tactics throughout each stage of the crisis. [...]
Basheer Nafi | 09 March 2017
It was the diaspora that incubated the Palestinian national movement - and they may just be the ones to fire it up again A few months ago, a group of Palestinians came up with the [...]
Walter Posch | 04 March 2017 | AR | TR
Iran is a key player at the heart of the most pressing questions of today’s Middle East, including Syria, Iraq, and the Kurdish issue. This being said
Galip Dalay | 03 March 2017
Three radically different judgments have been made about the nature of Turkish foreign policy in recent years. It was described ideologically-driven
Leonid M. Issaev | 02 March 2017 | AR | TR
Orthodox Christianity arguably constitutes the foundation of the entire Russian cultural spectrum. The majority of Russians feel close to the eastern Christian tradition and identify with it to varying degrees.
Yury Barmin | 24 February 2017 | AR | TR
Against the backdrop of instability in the global energy industry, Moscow is seeking to consolidate its share of the oil and gas markets as well as ensure that its revenue stream from the oil trade does not thin out.
