Middle East & Africa
The future of Turkish foreign policy in the framework of the theory of offensive realism
Abstract: States' foreign policy is greatly influenced by the world system. The world system is expressed with various structural orders in successive cycles that...
Turkey Re-evaluates Its Position in the Wider Black Sea Region
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ankara’s foreign policy is set to undergo major changes. Being the most valuable ally the West has in...
Turkey’s Balancing Act Faces Tough Challenges in Ongoing Russo–Ukrainian Crisis
Authors: T-Fai Yeung and K. H. Wong*
Over the years, Turkey’s relationship with the rest of the world has certainly been complicated to say the...
Spain: Autonomy in the Moroccan Sahara is the best solution
Since the diplomatic tension started between Spain and the Kingdom of Morocco a year ago, the world’s attention has been focused on the visions...
UN, Foreign Human Rights Groups Demand Thorough Investigations into Mali’s Massacre
With a population of nearly 20 million people, the Republic of Mali is a landlocked country located on rivers of Senegal and Niger in...
Ethnic Exclusion & Reasons For Kurdish Mobilization
The plausible reasons that justify the Kurdish plea to establish a separate nation are constantly being discredited at both the regional and international level....
The 2022 World Cup: Is Qatar Putting its Best Foot Forward?
This is Qatar's year to put its best foot forward.
A major producer of natural gas, the tiny Gulf state is under the magnifying glass...
Yemen: Is There an End in Sight?
The conflict that has plagued Yemen for the past ten years has become yet another source of proxy warfare between Iran and Saudi Arabia,...
Lebanese Media: An Arab Pioneer on Media Silk Road
The right to free press is revered and guarded in Lebanon. Constitutional freedom of expression in Lebanon is guaranteed under Article 13, which states...
Always a major Middle Eastern power, Israel now takes centre stage
A straightforward message emerged from this week’s meeting in the Negev desert of the foreign ministers of four Arab countries, Israel and the United...