Javad Heiran-Nia | 10 April 2026
With the outbreak of the 2026 February war and the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian territory—which resulted in the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, several senior military commanders, and the [...]
Mehmet Alaca 
Bekir Aydogan | 01 April 2026 | AR | TR
The war initiated by the US and Israel on February 28 has not only engulfed Iran and the immediate theaters of conflict; it has also begun to draw in Iraq, one of the region’s [...]
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
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 [...]
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
