Turkey’s push into Africa
As Africa is turning into a big investment hub, attracting investors from all over the world, it becomes more and more evident that its...
Turkey’s renaming to Türkiye: An ideological transformation?
Over the course of the past months, references to Turkey and its international relations have been different compared to the past. Starting...
Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey’s regional hegemony
The North Atlantic Treaty Organizing (NATO) might currently be facing one of the greatest challenges to European defense and stability,...
The Erdoğan-Zelenskyy friendship, explained
While we argue that History often repeats itself, suggesting that there is a common trajectory in everything and that international...
Challenges, strategies, and concerns: Turkey’s projections for 2022
2021 was a rocky year for Turkey: The Turkish lira plummeted, inflation soared, climate change showed its true face, and political...
Sectarianism in the Middle East: A defining element of regional identity?
More often than not, sectarian conflicts and sectarianism, in general, are presented as religion-driven and deeply theological phenomena....
How 33 young leaders brought Greece &Turkey closer in matters of security, strategy and press freedom.
Read the original article in Greek written for Money Review...
How the Red Dragon came to rule the world: A tale of Chinese investments
The paradigmatic shift of U.S. foreign policy away from the Middle East exemplifies a new world order that has come to dominate the...
A small victory, a greater defeat: Abiy Ahmed’s new term
After a truly turbulent year, Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s 4th Prime Minister, was just sworn in for his second 5-year term. The...
When Erdoğan speaks, (even) Russia listens
In what could be characterized as a historical meeting, Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir...