Erdoğan’s Adventurism in Syria and Libya Has Left Turkey Weaker and Isolated

Erdoğan’s Adventurism in Syria and Libya Has Left Turkey Weaker and Isolated

Still featured on the Turkish Ministry of Affairs website is the “Zero Problems With Our Neighbors” policy that was launched in 2010 with the aim of diffusing Turkey’s many issues with all of its neighbors. However, less than a year into the launch of the new policy, it was quickly abandoned as Turkey decided to…

Erdogan Vows to Send Turkish Troops into Libya

Erdogan Vows to Send Turkish Troops into Libya

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Thursday that Ankara will deploy Turkish troops to Libya, claiming that the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) has requested military support. The dispatch of Turkish military units to the war-torn north African country threatens to exacerbate an increasingly complex and escalating tensions between Ankara, Moscow and Washington. The GNA,…

The Burkinabe Time Bomb Is About To Blow, and It Might Take Down West Africa

The Burkinabe Time Bomb Is About To Blow, and It Might Take Down West Africa

The landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso is a time bomb that’s about to explode as evidenced by the drastic increase in terrorist-related violence there over the past year and its attendant humanitarian consequences, yet both the region and the rest of the world as a whole seem powerless to prevent what the UN…

Confrontation in Libya

Confrontation in Libya

As more and more international actors are becoming involved in the war in Libya, the country itself is turning into a staging ground for an intense confrontation among various regional and global players. Brussels, for the most part, has taken responsibility for the issues plaguing this nation, being torn apart by a bloody conflict, as…

Turkey’s Libyan Gamble Is A Shrewd Geostrategic Move

Turkey’s Libyan Gamble Is A Shrewd Geostrategic Move

Turkey’s recent maritime and military deals with the UN-recognized authorities in Libya are shrewd geostrategic moves intended to ensure that Ankara remains the dominant player in the Eastern Mediterranean in the face of a concerted effort by its rivals to undermine its influence with a game-changing pipeline that could set the stage for an anti-Turkish…