Understanding Türkiye's position on NATO enlargement
Türkiye's reservations against Finland and Sweden's membership emanate from Ankara's long-standing frustration over Western tolerance and support for the PKK/YPG
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Ukraine’s long road to EU membership
When evaluated in terms of international security and geopolitical dimensions, it stands as a concrete reality that Russia must first be persuaded in order for Ukraine to become a member of the EU.
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Considering Turkey’s geostrategic location and its military and political power, Western countries need to calculate the cost of alienating Ankara
As the Russia-Ukraine war resumes and the tension in world politics deepens, we are starting to hear more about the discourse of a 'new Cold War'
Whatever it does, the opposition bloc in Turkey fails to come up with a consistent mutual political agenda against what it sees as its rival
Russian invasion of Ukraine has mobilized NATO and the Western alliance, and it is finally creating a new conversation about the future of regional security arrangements
Experts Respond: All Eyes on NATO, 6 Takeaways from the Emergency Summit
This study presents the views of leading experts on NATO’s emergency summit.
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Erdoğan's diplomacy makes a difference in Ukraine crisis
Since the first instances of the eruption of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, President Erdoğan has sought common ground and balance for both sides, which only aims to further peace
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The world may not be ready for the new paradigm in diplomacy proposed by Erdoğan, but it needs to be to ensure a better future
The Antalya Diplomacy Forum witnessed a historic moment where the significance of Turkey's mediation for the Russia-Ukraine war was truly felt
The optimism of the post-Cold War period is almost over. Neither globalization nor the elimination of the Iron Curtain brought the expected results.
Unless all parties from Brussels to the Kremlin give realistic diplomacy a chance, the escalating military confrontation will never stop
The moves being made amid the tensions in Ukraine are deepening the global rivalry in world politics
Seeking to curb Western moves, the Russian leader is ramping up talks with China and Turkey amid the Ukrainian tension
Western countries fail to stay united in the face of Russian power in the ongoing Ukrainian crisis
In the near future, Turkish President Erdoğan's diplomatic contribution to resolve the Ukraine row will be understood in a much clearer way
Turkey, which did not recognize the annexation of Crimea, supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity. At the same time, it wants Russia and Ukraine – countries, with which it has cordial relations – to resolve the Donbass crisis through negotiations. Again, Russia could find it more suitable to work with Turkey in the Black Sea, as it already does in the Caucasus.
As the tug of war over Ukraine deepens, the Russian leader has shifted into high gear against the Western alliance
On its path to strengthen its independence, neither Russian nor Western influence should dominate Ukraine
Considering the Russian president's strategies, the question is whether there can be a third option somewhere between war and reconciliation
