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Turkey’s Next Elections: Can Erdogan Run Again?
Turkey's opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, plans to create a new party to rival President Tayyip Erdogan, which may help Erdogan maintain his power after...
The Strait of Hormuz Is Where Every Iran Ceasefire Goes to Die
On the morning of 7 July, an Iranian vessel struck three commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Within 48 hours — at the...
China’s Pacific Missile Test and the Indo-Pacific’s New Nuclear Reality
On July 6, at 12:01pm Beijing time, a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine launched a ballistic missile from beneath the South China Sea. The missile came...
Why Turkey Is Now Indispensable to the Future of NATO
Turkey's emergence as NATO's indispensable partner in 2026 is not a product of Erdogan's charm or Trump's personal loyalties, it is the strategic payoff...
Beyond Diplomacy: Why the OIC Women’s Conference in Islamabad Matters
At a time when global attention is consumed by wars, economic uncertainty, climate challenges, and geopolitical rivalry, international cooperation on women's empowerment and inclusive...
Why Strategic Autonomy Is Becoming the Global Trend
For decades, the assumption underpinning global diplomacy was simple and that was when great powers clash, smaller and mid-sized states eventually have to pick...
Why Can Neither Washington Nor Tehran Talk Without Pakistan in the Room?
The 2026 war between Israel, the United States and Iran produced two outcomes that are easy to conflate but analytically distinct. The first was...
Is a Turkey–Israel War Actually Coming?
In March, Israeli F-35s struck three sites in central Syria that Turkish planners had quietly earmarked for a future airbase. No Turkish soldier had...
Why Belarus Is Now Europe’s Most Dangerous Flashpoint
Alexander Lukashenko had quite an unusual week. On June 19, Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave him a public ultimatum: remove the Russian signal relay stations on...
America’s Most Surprising New Tech Investor in 2026 Is the Federal Government
Sam Altman walked into the Oval Office in early 2025 and pitched President Donald Trump on the idea of giving the American government an...