The democratic uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East have been widely celebrated but in the West they have generated concern and...

There has been strong concern about the direction of the current revolts in the Middle East. The fear has been that the revolts may result in the...

The Arab world has been changed irreversibly by the popular uprisings that started in early 2011. The long period of dormancy that enveloped the...

Republicans, in a classic midterm “wave election,” supplanted the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives with a large majority of...

This commentary attempts to make a conceptual evaluation of the phrase “model partnership” as a definition of US-Turkey relations. Against the...

Turkey is becoming more independent and self-confident. Yet, the current analysis on Turkey in most American circles tirelessly refers to the...

The United States has to deal with a very different Turkey today than the Turkey during the Cold War. The disappearance of the Soviet threat has...

Turkey was not affected by the financial crisis as much as the advanced economies and managed to rapidly exit the turmoil. The reasons behind the...

The CHP constitutes a crucial place in Turkish political life. From its establishment to its closure after the military intervention of September...

The recent reform of the Turkish constitution makes Turkey a more democratic country according to European Union standards. This does not mean,...

This commentary studies the results of the constitutional referendum that took place on September 12, 2010. It argues that the results underscore...

Much has been said and written about US-Turkish relations recently. The main reason for that is the fact that the relations have gone through a...

Owing to a changing geopolitical environment and a new foreign-policy approach, Turkey’s policies towards and role in the Middle East have...

Since 2000, Turkey’s Europeanisation process has affected the country’s foreign policy both as a structural and a conjunctural factor. As a...

This paper begins by underlining Turkey’s excessive external dependence on energy. Issues surrounding the creation of new power generation...

Turkey has so many factors operating in favor of it becoming one of the world’s great energy hubs – and yet there are so many reasons why it may...

This article brings internal and external aspects of Turkey’s energy policy into sharp perspective by summarizing trends and practices. A brief...

Debates over Turkey’s application for EU membership are rife with pessimism nowadays. Much of the gloom comes from the many obstacles either...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) passed the fourth round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran on June 9, 2010. Turkey, along with...

The questions about the direction of Turkish foreign policy have been voiced once more following the flotilla crisis between Turkey and Israel,...

Palestinians in Gaza have suffered under an illegal siege—first imposed by Israel in 2005 and strictly enforced since early 2009—which Amnesty...

This commentary addresses Azerbaijan’s position prior to and in the aftermath of the Turkish-Armenian Protocols signed in October 2009. It...

Following the 2008 Georgia war, Russia reasserted itself as the main power in the Caucasus. The war shattered the old status quo and Moscow sought...

Since Armenia’s independence in 1991, its three successive presidents have invariably expressed their country’s readiness to normalize relations...