While the world frets about a possible conflict between the United States and Iran, the bloodshed in Syria is escalating once again. Syrian President Bashar...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now fulfilled his ultimate political objective of being the country’s first ever popularly elected executive...
In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has been working to centralize political power, opposition parties have lately had few reasons to...
A military coup against an elected government typically unleashes a flood of analysis about the country’s future direction following the break in democratic...
The outcome of Turkey’s latest general election – voters have gone to the polls twice in the last five months – reveals important insights into the nature of...
According to conventional wisdom, if Iran develops nuclear weapons, then Saudi Arabia, Turkey and perhaps Egypt will try to follow suit. Israeli Prime...
Following the recent safe return of 46 Turkish hostages held by ISIS, hopes were raised in the United States that Turkey would finally commit to joining the...
Turkey’s beleaguered Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) have emerged victorious from last week’s local...
Following Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s recent visit to the Gulf states, the Islamic Republic’s charm offensive is set to continue with President...
Conflict in the Middle East threatens not only the security of many of its states, but also their continued existence. Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and others, now...
The ongoing showdown in Egypt between the country’s Islamists and its military rulers is a clear reminder of how difficult democratic transitions in the Arab...
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken on a daunting challenge. After participating in the nuclear security summit in Seoul, South Korea...
It was good while it lasted. Designed by its newly elected government in 2002, Turkey’s “zero problems with neighbors” policy helped the...
Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the beginning of the Cold War to gain the protection of the United States in the event of an attack by...