Emine Erdogan, by championing child safety, challenging the hegemony of 'techno-colonialism,' and driving global ecological initiatives, has demonstrated that the role of the modern first lady can be a powerful force for structural change
Emine Erdogan, by championing child safety, challenging the hegemony of 'techno-colonialism,' and driving global ecological initiatives, has demonstrated that the role of the modern first lady can be a powerful force for structural change
Despite the provocations, the official stance remained clear: Syria is steadily moving toward a new phase of international partnerships.Alexander Seale
Israel's government is the most isolated in the nation's history, facing international legal scrutiny and eroding global legitimacy. In this state, Israel is burning through its last remaining diplomatic cards to lash out against its critics.Ramzy Baroud
As each Gulf state has sought to strengthen its own security and deterrence capabilities, NATO's Ankara summit is critically important in determining whether NATO will become a stronger component of these emerging security policiesBetul Dogan Akkas
What will truly be tested at the Ankara summit is whether signatures can be translated into hard capabilities, capabilities into actionable doctrine, and doctrine into a coherent strategic vision for the allianceUtku Asker
While Ankara seeks a position that will safeguard its economic and strategic interests during this new era in Venezuela, Caracas is looking for ways to make a stronger return to the international system by playing its energy cardMehmet Ozkan10 June 2026
Today, the Caucasus needs common sense, political courage, empathy, and peace more than ever before. A shared future stretching from Yerevan to Istanbul, and from Baku to Tbilisi, can only be built upon these values
Aram Kuran09 June 2026
Al-Burhan’s reception in Ankara with full head-of-state protocol by President Erdogan highlights Sudan’s evolution from an actor merely surviving the conflict into a legitimate state authority and a key regional interlocutorUmut Cagri Sari04 June 2026
Global waste is not a byproduct of prosperity. It is a measure of inequality: of what some can afford to discard and what others cannot afford to recover. Zero waste redraws that boundary.Abdullah Eren03 June 2026
Ethnosport is not a defensive redoubt built out of reactionary anti-Western sentiment. Rather, it is an affirmation of a multi-centered humanity, a defense of cultural diversityMeryem İlayda Atlas02 June 2026
Whether Turkish judiciary's intervention will alter confidence in democratic institutions depends on whether political actors accept that no party is exempt from foundational norms that make democratic competition meaningfulEnsar Kivrak26 May 2026
Israeli military attacks on the Sumud Flotilla have become a powerful symbol of the broader onslaught in Gaza -- one that is now at the intersection of humanitarian activism, international law, and geopolitical struggle.
Esra Karataş Alpay 22 May 2026
The seemingly chronic inability of both the Conservatives and Labour to deliver economic growth, decent public services, and strong borders has seen voter dissatisfaction grow and party loyalty shrink in equal measure.Tim Bale21 May 2026
China should be neither romanticized nor misunderstood through purely external frameworks. It is a civilizational state with its own governing logic shaped by historical continuity, collective organization, and strategic patienceVusal Guliyev20 May 2026
Türkiye is no longer merely a country protecting NATO’s borders; it is one of the constitutive actors capable of influencing the alliance’s military capacity, crisis management approach, and the strategic direction in the futureMeryem İlayda Atlas15 May 2026
The collapse of the current ceasefire in Gaza and the launch of a slow-motion genocide offer a legal and historical lesson: the shelf-life of security arrangements and piecemeal accommodations that preserve the core of the occupation has expired.
With key players like Türkiye anchoring the flanks, the future trajectory of the broader alliance should be based on a scenario where the European NATO allies finally take considerably more responsibility for their own security.Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
What the Alliance needs is a combat network architecture that is able to learn, produce, and update faster, rendering gray-zone pressure below the Article 5 threshold obsolete. The defense aspect of the Ankara Summit will take shape in this domain.Can Kasapoglu
