In different ways, both the United States and Iran have engaged in nation-building in Iraq. The United States did so very explicitly, announcing to...

Iran’s response to the rise of ISIL has been driven by realpolitik rather than religious identity. ISIL threatens to undermine Iran’s regional...

Since the beginning of the 2000s the global energy landscape has undergone constant change. Various factors have affected both the demand and...

The logic of energy security is changing, with supply security being de-emphasized, governance and collective solutions are being increasingly...

The cancellation of the South Stream Project and the announcement of a new pipeline project in its stead, recently promoted and called the Turkish...

It is widely accepted that identities are stable and they are one of the main motivations for alliance formations. The recent political rivalry...

The most notable aspect of the 2015 Israeli parliamentary elections was that the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has entered his fourth...

This article evaluates the civil war in Syria from a human rights perspective from March 2011 until this article went to press. I tried to evaluate...

Water is about people and human security. Unfortunately water has become a source of conflicts around the world, especially in the Middle East....

This article examines state responses to claims made by religious groups, unorthodox communities and minority religions in Turkey and argues that...

This article analyzes Turkish-Russian relations since the end of the Cold War (1992-2014) from a neorealist perspective, while highlighting...

Turkey’s foreign policy in Africa has achieved more than what initially has been planned as Opening to Africa in the last decade. A new post-2014...

Despite the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas, early presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine were held in accordance with the...

At the conclusion of the summer 2014 Gaza War Israel, Hamas, and the P.A. agreed to meet in Cairo, Egypt to discuss a long-term ceasefire. The goal...

The growing flow of international migration to Turkey has serious implications for the social, economic and spatial transformation of recipient...

This article is a summary of the study “Syrians in Turkey: Social Acceptance and Integration,” which was conducted by the Hacettepe University...

Turkey has long been a transit site for irregular migration, and policy makers and advocates have stressed the vulnerability of many of these...

Turkey’s presidential election in August 2014 introduced the direct election of the president, ushering in a new era of Turkish democracy. Recep...

During the first years of its tenure in office, as the AK Party focused on consolidating its position domestically, Turkey’s reengagement with the...

This article examines the critiques directed at Turkish foreign policy during the AK Party administration. There are three basic critiques leveled...

This paper analyses the reasons for frustration and pessimism about Turkey-EU relations. It focuses on the impact of the crisis in Europe, the 2014...

In May 2010, Turkey and Brazil surprised the world when they succeeded in getting Iran’s acceptance for a nuclear swap deal. To Turkey and Brazil’s...

In recent years, religious pluralism has become the focus of intense debate in Europe – from controversies regarding religious clothing and symbols...

This analysis offers an evaluation of the last three elections of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. These three elections included...