Foreign Policy

Saudi Arabia is in big trouble

Riyadh has a long history of abductions and enforced disappearances when it comes to dissidents.

Turkey's foreign policy shaped by interests, not ideology

Critics would like to blame shifts in Turkish foreign policy on ideology, but it's national interest that drives Ankara's key decisions

What needs to be done in renewed Ankara-Riyadh relations?

Turkey and Saudi Arabia have taken a great opportunity to revive their years-long partnership, and this time, the two should not miss the train for both their own and regional interests

Turkey's moral foreign policy pays off

Is Erdoğan the Unwelcome Guest in Washington?

Erdoğan is expending great effort to further develop Turkish-U.S. political relations and strengthen economic relations between the two countries.

The Next Government's Foreign Policy Agenda

Reaching an agreement with Moscow and Washington on the Syrian civil war and fighting ISIS, the PKK and PKK-affiliated PYD in the region is the main topic on Ankara's agenda.

A Potential Coalition Government and Foreign Policy

In any coalition scenario, the AK Party will be the major partner, and due to the close interest of Ahmet Davutoğlu in foreign policy issues, who is a long time foreign policy adviser and former minister of foreign affairs, the party will have significant clout in Turkish foreign policy

Foreign Policy and Ideology

As long as the AK Party remains in charge of Turkish foreign policy, the national conversation pertaining to these issues will remain ideologically charged.

An 'Impartial' Foreign Policy?

Ahead of the presidential election in Turkey, candidates begin to challenge each other over foreign policy.

Is Turkey a Winner or a Loser in Foreign Policy?

The thesis of Turkeys being isolated represents a reductionist approach as it simply focuses on the relations with Syria, Egypt and Israel, and rules out the heavy diplomacy conducted outside the Middle East.

Foreign Policy Without Crisis

The debate we are having today is, in a way, the debate over whether the duty of guarding Sykes-Picot, despite the passage of a century, should be carried on or not.

Israel's Apology

In addition to a big plus in the diplomatic success column of Turkey, for the sake of being realistic however, the structural issues such as the Turkish-Israeli conflict over the regional vision and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, etc. should be taken into consideration.