Kristian Coates Ulrichsen | 24 February 2023
This expert brief examines how Saudi foreign policy decision-making is evolving to meet the challenges of aligning interests in a world of growing great power competition and strategic rivalries.
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 [...]
M. Nurullah Gulec 
Abdullah Yasir Atalan | 11 January 2023
The Gulf region has traditionally been heavily reliant on foreign defense supplies, particularly from the United States. This dependence was due in part to the security umbrella provided by the US
Bilal Salaymeh | 02 November 2022
After nearly two years of relative de-escalation, the situation heated again in Libya by the end of the summer. The gradual and anticipated escalation peaked in August, with clashes inside the Libyan capital resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries Libya, Back to Square One?
Lütfullah Bingöl | 19 October 2022
OPEC+ Saves the Day On October 5, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia (OPEC+) decided to cut its output from its baseline levels by 2 million barrels per day. This decision [...]
Hamidreza Azizi | 19 October 2022 | TR
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created both risks and opportunities for regional stability in the Balkans. While there is serious concern that the instability triggered by the invasion may spill over into the Balkans
Karim Elgendy | 04 October 2022 | TR
Incumbent and emerging great powers view the global socio-economic impacts of climate change as both a risk and as an opportunity to advance their grand strategies, with many integrating climate action into their respective grand strategies
Adel Dashela | 30 September 2022
Yemen has been lead to the dire situation it faces today due to the conflict of local and regional powers which have sought to control strategic areas in Yemen, thereby dismantling the country’s territorial integrity
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 [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 20 September 2022 | TR
The Turkish-Iranian geopolitical rivalry has been growing increasingly tense as of late. Although the two countries have different political directions, priorities and conflicting interests
