Middle East & Africa
The Silicon Dunes: UAE’s Grand Design to Rewire the Future of Global AI
In the dunes of Abu Dhabi, a quiet yet transformative revolution is unfolding. The UAE’s unveiling of a 5-gigawatt (GW) AI campus, the largest artificial...
Iran-US talks and Oman’s growing geopolitical clout
US President’s Middle East visit
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East visit from May 13-16, 2025 -- during which he visited three Gulf Cooperation Council...
Opening the Gates: Trump’s Syria Gambit and the Fragile Road to Recovery
On May 13, 2025, in a surprise announcement during his first post-inauguration Gulf tour, President Donald Trump declared that he will be “ordering the...
Six Reasons Why Trump’s Iran Negotiations Have a Greater Chance of Success
The 2015 Iran nuclear negotiations ultimately resulted in the fragile Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). While the deal initially raised hopes for sanctions...
Youth Diplomacy at the Core of Russian-African Relations
Amid the geopolitical reconfiguration, Russia's invaluable support for multitude engagement with African countries and integration associations across the continent were aspects of the significant...
The Changing Face of Global Power: Who Wins, Who Loses?
In the context of emerging new world, key global powers are thumbing up their strategic agendas, seriously evaluating their approaches in taking positions on...
From the Dream of “Peace Through Strength” to the Nightmare of “Power Without Peace”
The Middle East—a cradle of history, culture, and geopolitical contradictions—has repeatedly witnessed alluring promises of peace that ultimately sank into the whirlpool of its...
Ekrem İmamoğlu, Judicial Process, Social Democracy, and the Struggle for Freedom
In the modern political landscape, few figures have come to symbolize the struggle for democracy and freedom as vividly as Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor...
PKK Dissolution and Turkey’s Kurdish Question
The long and bloody saga of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has seemingly reached a pivotal juncture with the organization's long-anticipated announcement of its...
Global Power Shift. Determining African Union’s Future
Unbelievably, a new world has already emerged, and developing countries are ultimately shifting their focus from the western world toward East and Southern hemisphere!...