While controversies and debates proliferate about Trump's Presidency, there is little analysis of the context and factors leading to his rise and...

The often-used description in the American mainstream media and geopolitical literature of “North Korea’s nuclear aggression” is misleading. I...

In drafting its Middle East policy, the Trump administration appears to depart from the soft power rhetoric of the Obama years, seemingly favoring...

In Libya high hopes for change, experienced in 2012 and 2013 after Muammar Qaddafi was overthrown in 2011 by a civil rebellion following a 42-year...

Utilizing Gramsci’s conceptualization of hegemonic struggles through both coercive means of the state and also the production of consent in civil...

The main aim of this paper is to prove that religious communities can play a vital role in building peace and trust among conflict-divided...

Turkey has suffered from interventions and enforcements against its elected governments, on the average, in every decade. Against this background,...

The macroeconomic and financial stability orientation of AK Party governments, with their emphasis on fiscal discipline and the regulatory function...

Turkey-EU relations have historical significance in terms of politics, societal structures along with the longevity of Turkey’s EU accession...

This study analyzes the peace and reconciliation initiatives of the AK Party governments (2002 until 2017) to address the Kurdish Question, with a...

This article aims to evaluate the 15 years of leadership of the AK Party in terms of health and health policies using the Health System Framework...

The Ennahda Movement, whose foundations were laid in Tunisia at the beginning of the 1970s by Rached Ghannouchi and his friends, has continued its...

Egypt under President Abdel Fatteh el-Sisi appears committed to avoid falling into the contentious Sunni-Shia divide by reconfiguring its security...

In a time when our globalizing world is confronted by a deepening global turmoil, political instability and multiplying security threats have set...

This article argues that recent upheavals in Turkey’s domestic and regional dynamics – the transition to a more crisis-ridden foreign policy around...

This article analyzes the fluctuating course of the Turkey-U.S. relationship with a special focus on Barack Hussein Obama’s presidency. When Obama...

Turkey adopted a new strategy for its European Union accession process in 2014, in an attempt to revitalize its relations with the EU. Turkish...

Energy relations between Turkey and Russia provide an excellent example of how energy and politics interrelate in countries with a historically...

In the case of Turkey, competing foreign policy perspectives have always represented a central issue in the ideological clash between Kemalism and...

In this article, we present and reflect on the role of the Armed Forces in the reparation of the victims of the Colombian conflict. The article...

Much like Iran’s nuclear program, scholars and policy makers are largely puzzled to understand Iran’s intentions in developing its ballistic...

The Ukrainian crisis altered the security paradigm in Europe by forcing NATO to revise its stance towards Russia, as it employed a wide array of...

In 2015, Kazakhstan celebrated 550 years of Kazakh statehood. The extraordinary interest in these events, both among Kazakh officials and some...

Debates on the system of government have been on the political agenda in Turkey since the 1960s, gaining momentum in recent years. Disengagement...