Breaking the stalemate in the U.S.-Iran standoff no longer hinges on the belligerents’ wartime tactics and calculations. For two reasons. One is obvious. Owing to a multitude of asymmetries -primarily geography, which heavily favoured the defender, affordable application of new […]
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Türkiye has regarded integration with the Turkic world as one of the principal objectives of its foreign policy. Although this process has experienced periodic interruptions, it acquired an institutional framework with […]
Mustafa Ergün Olgun, Betrayal — The Other Side of the Cyprus Case: An Account of the Cyprus Issue and the UN Facilitated Settlement Process from 1960 to 2025 Pelgrave Macmillan, 649 pages, 2025 As someone involved in the UN-led settlement […]
Will Kosovo, which has failed to elect a president, head to the polls for a third time? Bulgaria, which has repeatedly called early elections in the Balkans but failed to secure a result from the ballot boxes, now faces a […]
Significant developments are taking place in Cyprus and the Aegean Sea. Greece, using the US attack on Iran as a pretext, sent four F-16s and two frigates to southern Cyprus on a permanent basis; it deployed Patriot missiles to the […]
(By Seda Tubay) Executive Summary The conference titled “Times of Challenges to Regional and Global Security: Russia’s War on Ukraine” brought together policymakers, diplomats, scholars, and practitioners to examine the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and its implications for regional and […]
24 February 2026 marked the fourth year since the Russian Federation launched full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in violation of the United Nations Charter and international law. Indeed, we are living through challenging times, unprecedented since the end of the Second […]
“Casus belli” is one of the hundreds of terms Latin has contributed to international law. When pronounced in Turkish exactly as it is written, it takes on a completely different meaning. Unfortunately, some high-profile television hosts and so-called strategy analysts—whose […]
The Middle East, alongside the ongoing civil war in Syria, has clearly demonstrated not only the state structures but also how identity politics has reshaped the region. At this point, it is evident that a new political movement advancing through […]
Introduction: The Rediscovery of Central Asia The statement made by the President of the European Commission at the EU–Central Asia Samarkand Summit in 2025—“Central Asia was once the middle of nowhere; today it is the center of everything”—is not merely diplomatic […]
