More: Turkey
A war of Competing Narratives in Middle East
Narratives and metanarratives have a key role to play in determining and establishing the collective sense of history in a nation, as they fashion...
Conflict in the Mediterranean: What explains Turkey’s aggressive stance?
The Eastern European nations of Turkey, Greece and Cyprus have been embroiled in a battle of invectives over the exploration of gas deposits in...
The Turkey-Cyprus-Israel area and Greece
With a view to understanding how Erdogan's Turkey thinks strategically, we need to analyse the recent evolution of Turkey's political system, together with its...
Opportunism and July’s Armenian-Azerbaijani Flareup
By mid-July, within days of the latest flareup in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a flurry of articles written by Azerbaijani think tank members...
War between Libyan groups and Syrian mercenaries erupts for the GNA wallet
A series of large-scale anti-government protests and local clashes in Libya’s Tripoli demonstrate huge problems of the Government of National Accord (GNA).
At the same...
Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism is knocking on the door
Turkey’s resurgence as a center of Islamic values and its strategy of drifting away from Western influenced society is in the making. The neo-Ottomanism’s...
Turkey in Tripolitania
General Haftar has already responded to Turkey's moves in Libya - all strongly supporting al-Sarraj's government - with various actions: on April 27, General...
Azerbaijan Becomes Turkey’s Top Gas Supplier
Azerbaijan has become Turkey’s major gas supplier and this could have major geopolitical ramifications for the region. But it also fits into Turkey’s efforts...
Deconstructing Russia’s Response to the Hagia Sophia
The Hagia Sophia has been a frequent point of conflict between Islam and Christianity. Originally built by Justinian I, leader of the Byzantine Empire...
The Caesar Act: A New Challenge for Syria?
On June 17, the United States began implementing the Caesar Act (the “Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act”) following a six-month grace period that was...