Civil wars, foreign interventions, and political instability in the Middle East have caused a mass refugee influx since the end of the Cold War....

Türkiye’s positive relations with the European Union (EU) in the early 2000s and its enthusiasm for the membership process started to weaken after...

As we observe and reflect on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Syrian civil war, the literature helps us make sense of the past, present,...

At a time when anti-Islam activities are resurging and the Muslim voices are kept down, this issue of Insight Turkey aims to present and to provide...

This study seeks answers to how protests are managed in the digital age by comparing youth activism in Egypt and Syria.

This essay seeks to demonstrate that there are both ethical and practical considerations for enabling refugees to manage the coronavirus disease...

The existing body of research on defense spending contains two main theses that appear in the much-debated discourse of “guns versus butter.” The...

This article argues that the change in Turkey’s defense and military strategy stems both from Turkey’s changing security landscape following the...

Tracing the evolution of the Turkish defense industry through five major periods of development, this article draws attention to crucial turning...

Turkey’s new expeditionary capability, resting on enhanced naval capacity and new forward bases, is the logical result of Turkey’s post-Cold War...

In the post-9/11 era and now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meaning of security and the means of ensuring it have radically changed. As...

This issue of Insight Turkey aims to present the current situation of the Turkish-American relations and to provide to its readers with a general...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the domestic and foreign policy agendas of all countries have been turned upside down. The pandemic has brought new...

Yemen’s socio-political structure has a close connection with the tribes. Unlike the central and southern parts of the country, Yemen’s extreme...

Increasing cooperation between Russia and Turkey date back to the 1990s, and go beyond the preferences of a specific political party or leader. A...

This commentary provides an analysis of the Turkey’s relations with the U.S. and Russia in the context of the Syrian civil war. Owing much to the...

Starting in 2013, Turkish-American relations have been undergoing one of the deepest and most alarming crises since the 1940s. Ankara, a NATO...

The book under review is a work by American-Lebanese scholar Walid Phares, who specializes in Middle East politics. He has worked in different...

Since the commencement of the Syrian uprising in March 2011, which would thereafter change the existent regional order in the Middle East, many...

With the retreat of liberalism in the Western world and the US withdrawing on many global issues, the international system is undergoing serious...

Although many actors, from regional powers to global powers, engage in grand strategy practices, the concept of ‘grand strategy’ is most closely...

Over the past fifteen years, nation branding has become a popular subject of study, and a formative enterprise in the creation of national...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operates under the names of the Democratic Union Party and the People’s Protection Units in Syria. The PKK is...