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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Ömer Özkizilcik | 16 June 2022
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently announced that Turkey will soon launch a new military operation in northern Syria.[i] The announcement followed the debates on Sweden and Finland’s aim to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Turkish decision to block military and civilian flights to and from Syria
Omer Aslan | 27 May 2022 | TR
Pakistan is feeling the aftereffects of populist PM Imran Khan’s ouster. With rupee in freefall, dwindling foreign exchange reserves, and Imran Khan in opposition firing salvoes, the new interim government has turned to foreign relations to seek political and economic support from all corners
Mürsel Bayram | 23 May 2022 | TR
The Arab Spring is a transformative quake that has affected not only its epicenter, North Africa, but also the continent of Africa as a whole. The African Union (AU) and the powerhouses within it have adjusted their international relations to the shifting continental balance of power after the Arab Spring. As for Turkey
