Şeymanur Melayim | 17 February 2026
The Horn of Africa has always been more than just a coastline. It is one of the world’s ultimate strategic bottlenecks, serving as a vital link between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean via the Red Sea
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 22 January 2026 | AR | TR
The intermittent cycle of conflict between the Syrian forces and the SDF, which began in the Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Aleppo on January 6 and subsequently spread east of the Euphrates, reminiscent of the momentum [...]
Nourelhouda Mouhoub | 09 January 2026
The bilateral Turkish–Libyan memorandum was signed on November 27, 2019, in Istanbul, following a meeting between the Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA)
Mohamad Fawaz | 13 October 2025
The geopolitical map of the world resembles a vast chessboard where every move reshapes the balance of power. States compete not only through confrontation but also through strategic maneuvers that gradually shift influence, redraw alignments, and open or close the doors to future possibilities. In this grand game, some moves are aimed at “coloring”
Javad Heiran-Nia | 05 August 2025
The 12-day war between Iran and Israel served as a geopolitical turning point that transformed the balance of power in the Middle East and signaled the emergence of a new regional order. This war [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 01 August 2025 | AR
The fate of the renewed peace process that Türkiye launched with the PKK after a decade is taking a dangerous turn in the wake of the dramatic events in Southern Syria. Following recent developments [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 27 January 2025 | AR
After a decade of hiatus, Türkiye is again undergoing a renewed peace process with the PKK. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7, 2023, dramatically altered geopolitics in the Middle East
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 26 April 2024
On April 22, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid a landmark visit to Baghdad after 13 years with a sizable delegation of high-ranking Turkish officials accompanying him. The last meeting of the President to [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 10 November 2023 | AR | TR
The Arab Spring provided Turkey with a window of opportunity to project power in some Arab countries of the region that were traditionally neglected in Turkish foreign policy. Turkey’s pro-Arab Spring position drove a [...]
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 04 August 2023 | AR | TR
President Erdoğan had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and discussed the resumption of the Black Sea grain deal. During the call, Erdoğan underlined that he views the grain deal as a ‘bridge of peace’ and reiterated Ankara’s decisiveness to exert intense efforts and diplomacy to reactivate the grain deal
