Executive Summary Two landmark diplomatic meetings in early November 2025 — the 3 + 1 Energy Ministerial in Athens (Greece, Cyprus-Greek Cypriot Administration, Israel, United States) and the C5 + 1 Summit in Washington (the U.S. and the five Central […]
The Vatican’s recent announcement that Pope Leo will make his first overseas visit to Türkiye has drawn both religious and political attention worldwide. Though officially described as a pilgrimage rather than a diplomatic mission, the visit is expected to have […]
For millions of Turkish citizens today, obtaining a visa to visit, study, or work in developed countries has become an exhausting, humiliating, and often fruitless process. Whether it is the United States, European Union members, the United Kingdom, Japan, South […]
Guest Writer Cengiz K. Fırat (R) Ambassador The Hejaz Railway stands as one of the most evocative infrastructure projects of the late Ottoman era: a narrow-gauge line that once stretched from Damascus toward the holy cities of Islam, designed to […]
Guest Writer Cengiz K. Fırat (R) Ambassador In late September 2025, the United States witnessed an unprecedented move: every serving general and admiral, including those in command abroad, was ordered to report in person to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. […]
Guest Writer Cengiz K. Fırat (R) Ambassador For centuries, Türkiye’s geography has been both a blessing and a curse. Straddling Europe and Asia, controlling access to the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, and bordering some of the most volatile […]
On the eve of the revolutionary uprisings that began in late 2010, the Arab regimes represented an almost century-long status quo. True, many of them were not the ones which were installed earlier in the 20th century. Nationalist single party regimes […]
Guest Writer: Soli Özel “But we must not lose sight of the much larger consequence of Trump’s victory: it decisively shifts the idea of who is a normal American… Trump has moved American politics away from parties and toward movements, […]
The Turkish Cypriots are experiencing a disappointment. The Central Asian countries’ long-standing supportive approach towards the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus, including the recognition of the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus, has caused controversy with the recent Samarkand […]
Eight and a half years ago, when, after four years of arduous negotiations in Havana, the Colombian government and the FARC signed a peace agreement, I rejoiced and hoped for the Colombian people. The peace agreement, which Cuba and Norway, […]
