Idlib agreement: A strategic threshold
If Russia and Turkey can make the Idlib deal work, their cooperation in Syria will mean the two countries have crossed a strategic threshold
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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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The strained atmosphere between Turkey and the U.S. is not likely to change until Trump stops being a bully
Whether Trump gets impeached or not, the international community will have to deal with the negative side effects of the impeachment process
For the past five years, the Western media has engaged in an endless "discussion" on Turkey.
Credibility of US government with a president as 'erratic' as Trump is greatly diminished, says expert
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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Cautious optimism for Turkey-US partnership
Turkey's response to the U.S. sanctions against two of its Cabinet ministers has been decisive, yet reasonable. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Singapore last week to convey the message that Washington's threats were unacceptable.
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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
Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to South Africa to attend the 2018 BRICS summit along with a group of journalists, including myself.
The war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, entered a new stage, as Iran's president, commonly known as a moderate reformist, moved closer to hardliners such as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and General Qasem Suleimani.
The Helsinki summit between presidents Trump and Putin reaffirmed that Russia, not the United States, is the top dog in Syria
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
In the post-elections era, Ankara is set to follow a multi-dimensional independent foreign policy, facing both regional and global challenges by pursuing rational steps and strategies
Tehran sees Turkey's counterterrorism operation in Qandil as a threat to its influence over Iraq and across the region more generally
The Turkish people will choose a leader who will skillfully manage the country in a rapidly changing and unpredictable global system, in which even historical allies are turning against one another
One of the most discussed issues in Washington, D.C. nowadays is the Iran strategy of the Trump administration.
Trump's unilateralist foreign policy is leading the U.S. down a self-destructive path while increasing the competition and tension between global powers
The outcome of the G-7 Quebec summit signals that the trade war between the U.S. and EU will continue for a while
After the partnership between Saudi and the U.S., relations strengthened during the Salman period and Riyadh began to support the most secular groups in Syria
