How to Solve the North Korea Crisis
It is time for global actors to take some initiatives against the security crisis led by the unpredictable regime in North Korea
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Hazards of Using Human Rights as Political Leverage
When it comes to the Middle East, it has been a common occurrence to witness that Western governments occasionally accuse certain countries in the region of breaching fundamental human rights.
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Since Trump took over the presidency, there has been a lack of strategy in U.S. foreign policy
In truth, the matter is that Erdoğan and the political party of which he is the leader fit into the center of Turkey's administration and do away with bureaucratic oligarchy.
Unless Western states fail to correctly understand the sociology of the July 15 coup attempt, Turkey will be a 'lost partner' for them and vice-versa
Current Trump's Middle East security policies are military-directed and the light footprint option seems the best strategy for future U.S. security policy.
The Future of Qatar Crisis Remains Vague
Since the eruption of the crisis and its aftermath, it has become clear that this is not the best way to stop the destabilizing policies of other actors in the region.
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Pursuing the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Middle East
Acting as a stabilizing force in a volatile region requires constant economic and technological prowess
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The crisis in the Gulf region has been occupying the international agenda while the years-long problems in the Middle East are still waiting to be resolved
SETA Foreign Policy Studies Director Ufuk Ulutaş said that the recent Gulf crisis is an attempt to redesign Middle East politics and it is not about the alleged support of terrorism by Qatar, but rather a result of Qatar following its own terms in regional matters.
The attempt to politically ostracise the tiny emirate is more likely to isolate Riyadh than to bring Qatar to its knees.
Turkey learned much from the Arab Spring process, and especially the Syrian civil war. This learning period was directly reflected in Erdoğan's policies.
The words and phrases "leading from behind", "retrenchment" and now "America first" all provide a fuzzy set of conceptualizations so that some may even consider a soft beginning of isolationism in U.S. foreign policy.
The U.S.'s gameplan with the YPG militants, again, evidently fails to find a solution to the clashes in the region
The AK Party's insistence for dynamism and change will help refresh itself in the new period under the leadership of Erdoğan
Putting aside the past crises, Turkish and U.S. leaders should give a start to a fresh new era in bilateral relations
The meeting at the White House between presidents Erdoğan and Trump gives us a piece of good news for the future of the Turkish-U.S. relations
There is still not an exit strategy and there is still the lack of transparency in the U.S. arrangement with the YPG.
Foreseeing the crisis of the Western world order, Turkey, at the demand of its people, is leaving the westernization policies as its official policy
What are the decisive factors in Turkey’s relations with various regions and partners? What policy should Turkey adopt to enhance or establish amicable relations and sustain existing ones? What is the place of the “increasing friends” policy in the near future of Turkish foreign policy?
What are the institutional necessities of effective threat response within the current security environment? What advantages will the new constitutional amendments provide in meeting these necessities?
