Qatar Crisis
Normalization in the Gulf and Turkey’s agenda
| OpinionThe Qatar blockade, also known as the Gulf crisis, broke out in 2017 due to …
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OpinionThe new face of anti-Turkey rhetoric
By Burhanettin DuranThe latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh reignited anti-Turkey rhetoric in the international arena. Turkey, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's leadership, threw its weight behind Azerbaijan to help the country reclaim its Armenian-occupied territories.
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OpinionTurkey’s proactive regional role and UAE’s panic
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey’s most recent steps in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean raised questions in foreign capitals about that country’s international standing. As Americans grappled with President Donald Trump’s call to delay the 2020 elections, the European media went berzerk over the Hagia Sophia’s reclassification as a mosque. On the one hand, they called on European leaders to respond to “Sultan” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whom they charged with neo-Ottomanist expansionism. At the same time, European reporters appreciate that Erdoğan has been filling the power vacuum that the United States left behind, empowering his country in the process. They also understand that the Turkish president, as an experienced leader, does what his European counterparts fail to do and takes his country to a new level of agency.
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OpinionA crumbling alliance in the Middle East
By Talha KösePresident Donald Trump's administration in Washington explicitly supported this ambitious alliance, which portrayed itself as the new powerhouse to reshape the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Muhammed bin Zayed (MBZ), were the leading figures and sponsors of this project.
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Fear and loathing in the Middle East
By Burhanettin DuranTwo prominent regional powers in the Middle East made headlines this week for entirely different reasons.
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Turkey handled the Khashoggi affair well
By Kılıç Buğra KanatTurkey's response to the Khashoggi affair has remained solid and serious since the very beginning and this stance has thwarted some from using the case as a political tool
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Disharmony in US foreign policy strategies
By Kılıç Buğra KanatAlmost every foreign policy crisis in the United States in the last few years has shown the difficulty of responding due to the lack of a strategy or coordination.
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The United States in trouble with its alliance network
By Kılıç Buğra KanatThe foreign policy makers of the Trump administration are damaging the U.S.' prestige among its allies, leaving the country more isolated than ever
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Trump breaking the norms of Turkey-US alliance
By Kılıç Buğra KanatThe Trump administration's controversial and reckless moves against Ankara are about to spell the end of the traditional Turkey-U.S. partnership