Is Russia’s Syrian Gambit Paying Off?
Dimitar Bechev | 15 September 2016 | AR
The Syria deal unveiled by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on September 10, is a diplomatic coup for Russia.
Dimitar Bechev | 15 September 2016 | AR
The Syria deal unveiled by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on September 10, is a diplomatic coup for Russia.
Basheer Nafi | 10 September 2016
On May 20–22, 2016, the “Islamist” Nahda Party of Tunisia held its Tenth General Conference. This is the party’s second conference since the triumph of the Tunisian revolution of December 2010 and the removal of Ben Ali’s regime in January 2011. The previous conference was held in July 2012, eight months after the elections of October 2011
Intissar Kherigi | 08 September 2016 | AR | TR
The Ennahdha Party Tenth National Congress, attended by 1,185 party delegates from across Tunisia and overseas, was a keenly anticipated moment in Tunisia’s political calendar. One particular issue has intrigued observers
Omer Aslan | 07 September 2016
The AK Party government’s reaction to the failed July 15th coup attempt has been swift. Within a month, the government declared martial law for a three-month period, issued four decrees with the force of law,
Timur Kaymaz
Omar Kadkoy | 06 September 2016 | AR
Worldwide, as of 2016, 65 million people have been displaced from their homes, the highest level ever recorded. Moreover, Turkey is now home to the largest refugee population in the world.
Galip Dalay | 03 September 2016 | AR
Turkey and the US still take very different positions on the fighting Kurdish forces in Syria. Barely a month after the traumatic July 15 failed coup attempt, Turkey launched a military operation in Syria last [...]
Mesut Ozcan | 24 August 2016 | AR | TR
After weeks and months of Turkish diplomatic effort aimed at normalizing relations with both Israel and Russia, news of accords with both appeared in the same week,
Galip Dalay | 23 August 2016 | AR
On August 20, a suicide bomber, reportedly aged between 12 and 14, carried out a deadly attack at a wedding party in the southeast city of Gaziantep in Turkey. The Islamic State of Iraq and the [...]
Basheer Nafi | 23 August 2016 | AR
The introduction of the European state model and collapse of the Ottoman Empire, not Islam, is at the root of regional violence today When we talk about the roots of political Islam, we can look [...]
Emre Ersen | 23 August 2016 | AR | TR
Throughout the 2000s, Turkey and Russia developed very close political and economic links. Both sides tried to maintain good relations even after the Arab uprisings and despite their growing differences over the Syrian civil war, but this became an impossible task after November 24, 2015,