Türkiye’s latest success, in bringing the warring sides of Ukraine and Russia to an agreement on the export of grain out of Ukraine’s ports, is due...

The best way to think about the climate emergency is to imagine humanity has just arrived at a new planet somewhere in a distant galaxy. After all,...

The technologies embedded in the emerging 4th industrial revolution (4IR) –and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular– promise to constitute a...

Over the last 20 years, Türkiye’s education system has undergone a period of transformation. The process of universalization from primary to higher...

Starting the end of 2020, the Middle East has witnessed an unprecedented de-escalation among its key regional rivals. Several major players,...

Over the last few years, the Eastern Mediterranean region has been struggling to capitalize on its natural gas resources due to several technical...

The world politics of the 2020s seems to consist of two realities: People are concerned about an ecological catastrophe, as pollution kills...

Traditionally the Arctic has been on the margins of international political interest, either geopolitically or environmentally. Climate change,...

Turkish-German relations not only have a long tradition of close cooperation but are also based on mutual dependence. A structure that has become...

This commentary discusses how the latest resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), recognizing “The Human Right to a Safe, Clean,...

ABSTRACT This commentary examines Ankara’s ‘safe zones’ in Northern Syria, as well as elaborating on whether creating safe zones in response to the...

Climate change has recently emerged as a major factor informing people’s decision to migrate and has increased the urgency of traditional reasons...

This paper takes a cursory and insightful examination of the socio-economic implications of the illegal migration to and from Libya. It aims to...

Kerala, the southernmost state in India, much researched for its high standard of living and a model of development, largely dependent on...

Today, soft power plays an important role in advancing states’ foreign policy goals. As one of the world’s emerging economic powers, Turkey pays...

Turkish-African relations have consistently exhibited strong growth since Ankara declared 2005 as ‘the year of Africa.’ Turkey’s growing economic,...

The commentary argues the Saudi-Qatari tensions lie in conflicting perspectives about the role of political Islam within the fabric of both states...

President Macron did decide to withdraw French troops from the Sahel last summer, leaving only special forces based in north Mali, he stated that...

Sudan, an African-Arab country, has in recent years been witnessing the political transformation process of the revolution-coup spiral. The...

In the last century, the importance of foreign trade, particularly net exports of goods and services, in achieving balanced and high-quality...

Following the Islamic Revolution, a number of leaders have served as the highest elected official of Iran, with the winner of the last presidential...

Israeli authorities have committed a wide range of human rights violations, including direct violence, land annexation and settlement building,...

The Palestinian tragedy is not simply a matter of one nation-state suppressing another nation that has been deprived of its legitimate right to...

In this commentary, I deal with how the governing conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) managed successfully to fundamentally reshape the...