Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean are rapidly rising after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with a Libyan official of the internationally recognized Government of
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Trump and Turkey: Is a Grand Bargain in the Making?
The morning after a summit meeting often holds surprises. Turkey lost no time to follow up on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hugely successful but “difficult”
The Art of the Back-Pedal
It is a hallmark of right-wing populists to make a preposterous policy and then be forced — by opposition, by circumstance, by the laws of
Trump Unchained: How the ‘God-Emperor’ Is Ending American Empire with Syria Gambit
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
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”
