Can Pompeo save the Saudi crown prince?
The Khashoggi affair is a stark reminder for the White House of how important a partnership with Ankara is in order to be engaged with developments in the Middle East
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Islamophobes contemplate a civil war in France
The escalating violence in French media continues to worsen every day. I am surprised that my fellow citizens are encouraging a possible civil war in France with calmness and serenity, as if it were a normal scenario we should anticipate in the short or long term.
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The U.S. policy on Syria over the last seven years has been nothing short of an enigma...
President Trump's foreign policy approach and rhetoric suggest that the United States will stick to a particularly crude brand of unilateralism permanently.
resident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be in New York this week to hold a large number of bilateral meetings and address the United Nations General Assembly. Provided that Erdoğan speaks right after U.S. President Donald Trump, it will be interesting to compare the two leaders' remarks.
Regime leader Assad wants to claim victory over Idlib to prove he has Syrian lands under his control, says analyst
Syria's impact on Turkey-US relations
However, the latest crisis in Syria can actually help revive relations, but only if the U.S. and Turkey can establish a meaningful conversation, effective channels for dialogue and the intention to work together toward common objectives.
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The clash of interests in Idlib
Regional and global actors cannot reach common ground in order to end the Idlib crisis, signaling that the Syrian civil war will most probably get worse in the future
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The Tehran trilateral summit did not result in the best solution to the crisis in Idlib, but it was a good starting point for the peace process
One of the most significant unknowns in Washington for the last seven years has been the Syrian policy. The inconsistency between rhetoric and policy, the absence of a strategy and indecisiveness were considered the pillars of the U.S. position
The foreign policy makers of the Trump administration are damaging the U.S.' prestige among its allies, leaving the country more isolated than ever
The strained atmosphere between Turkey and the U.S. is not likely to change until Trump stops being a bully
Credibility of US government with a president as 'erratic' as Trump is greatly diminished, says expert
The U.S. president continues straining his country's ties with Ankara by making irrational and undiplomatic moves against Turkish national interests
Insight Turkey, one of the leading academic journals in Turkey and the Middle East, discusses the European Union in its final issue.
Washington is aware of the fact that threatening the rule of law and sovereignty of Turkey will not be accepted from Ankara and such a move will be counterproductive for the release of pastor Brunson
US threats to impose sanctions 'counterproductive and could erase any progress' in two countries' relations, say experts
The Iraqi government must behave responsibly and take non-violent measures to overcome its ongoing problems; otherwise, the current protests may lead to political turmoil soon
The Tehran government needs to think twice before taking any steps in domestic and foreign policies as internal turmoil has not ended yet
The Helsinki summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin did not yield any tangible outcomes, but can be described as a good start to discussing several bilateral and regional problems
Two years have passed since the attempted coup of July 15, which was a serious attack on Turkey's state, society and democracy.
