US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria is drawing fire from Democrats, media and some in his own party as
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Trump and Erdogan Have Much in Common and the Kurds Will Pay the Price
What perfidy. Is there any more solemn a word that can be developed in the English language for such treachery? The west’s Kurdish allies are
The Putin-Erdogan Summit Will Influence the Syrian End Game
Turkish President Erdogan’s visit to Moscow on 27 August will see him and his Russian counterpart hashing out the details of the Syrian end game.
Turkey Gives Up on the Idea of a Caliphate for the Second Time
In the 18th century, during the Crimean War, the Tsar was the first head of State to recognise the double political and spiritual nature of
Saudi Arabia’s ‘Strategic Plan’ to Take Turkey Down
Saudi Arabia has begun implementing a “strategic plan” to confront the Turkish government, after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman decided he was being “too patient”
Erdogan’s Risky Geopolitical Pirouette
Turkey’s economy has been in increasingly difficult straits for months, especially since the failed July 2016 coup attempt. The latest move by President Recep Tayyip
US Powerless Versus Turkey
In a grim new stark reality reminiscent of “The Twilight’s Last Gleaming” the US military establishment now laments its own inability to forcibly corrupt the
Putin Inviting Erdogan to Crimea Will Earn Him Soft Power Points in the “Ummah”
President Putin invited his Turkish counterpart to the opening of the Central Mosque in Crimea. The offer was made over the weekend when the Russian
