Zero progress from Washington's Syria desk
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
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Balancing against American hegemony
The current American administration, led by an ultra-nationalist and xenophobic politician, has abandoned the traditional principles of American hegemony, namely liberal democracy and the free market
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Syrian regime forces are preparing to launch a major military operation against opposition-led groups in the Idlib province of northern Syria.
The U.S. administration's anti-Turkey actions have led Ankara to simultaneously end its disagreements with EU countries and deepen its strategic partnership with Moscow
Diplomacy is becoming a more complicated enterprise with the increasing elements of uncertainty and unpredictability.
Credibility of US government with a president as 'erratic' as Trump is greatly diminished, says expert
Economic wars and the emergence of a new chaotic world order
Turkey has been under an economic attack since last week when the United Stated imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers following the arrest of evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson.
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Trump's aggression and Turkey's response
The U.S. president continues straining his country's ties with Ankara by making irrational and undiplomatic moves against Turkish national interests
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The Trump administration is destroying the system that the U.S. established in the wake of World War II by alienating its long-time allies
Insight Turkey, one of the leading academic journals in Turkey and the Middle East, discusses the European Union in its final issue.
Ankara and Washington should immediately determine a new road map based on mutual interests in order to save their damaged ties
Turkish and U.S. officials need to find ways to stop the ongoing crisis from deepening and prevent the years-long strategic partnership from completely collapsing
President Trump is not concerned about the interests, expectations and concerns of other states, and it is no surprise that he has declared most of the U.S. partners as enemies
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
Resistance to the coup attempt is a major turning point in Turkey's political history and a critical threshold in its capacity to deal with illegal networks and groups
NATO is considered the most potent and successful military alliance in modern history. Every year, leaders of the NATO member countries meet in one of the member countries to discuss the critical issues and agenda items of the alliance.
It seems that Western unity has slowly shattered over the last decade with most Western or Western-dominated international organizations starting to splinter.
Turkey's democratic credentials received another great boost this week with the successful completion of the historic general and presidential elections under universal free and fair procedural standards.
The June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections have been finalized. The results were not at all surprising for those who closely follow Turkish politics.
The majority of Western media didn't only overtly support opposition groups against Erdoğan, but also mobilized all their resources to overthrow the AK Party government on Sunday
