Saudi Foreign Policy: The Need For Change
After the death of King Abdullah, the Saudi royal family could face several challenges in the future and a power struggle as palace intrigue could emerge.
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Fixing a Broken Strategy With 'Solution Assad'
After saying, "Assad must go," the administration did a minimum to achieve this goal.
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In order for Islam to bring peace to humanity, it is vital for Muslims to create a new definition of universal and avoid corrupting the religions universal message.
Simply being anti-Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cannot account for the toxic blend of anger and disempowerment that those who expect so-called social explosions, such as the Gezi Park protests, in the new year.
This is not about to listen to, or understand, what Davutoğlu says. This is about defining and positioning a speculative other, the AK Party.
In democratic regimes, how do political parties and leaders with prolonged tenures shelter themselves from the devastating effects of governing?
Fiscal Prudence Continues Despite Election Year
Perhaps the best indication of fiscal prudence in the new budget concerns the fact that the budget deficit is projected to decrease to 1.1 percent of the GDP, which represents a brilliant fiscal performance by any measure during a period of global slowdown.
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The AK Party Comes to Terms With its Own Power
Having successfully overcome internal and external crises in its first decade in power, the AK Party must now prepare for coming challenges while keeping its legacy in mind.
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In order to preserve the warm atmosphere between Greece and Turkey, the two countries need to develop networks of social and cultural dialogue and strengthen economic cooperation.
If anyone actually thought that the Arab revolts, the most recent wave of change in the Middle East, would allow Iran and Israel to put pressure on the region, though, time has proved them wrong.
The AK Party's opponents at home (i.e. leftists, secularists, Gülenists and Kurdish radicals) made notable efforts to help Turkey's image at the international level worsen.
Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Turkey will mark an important turning point in relations between the U.S. and Turkey.
It is quite ironic that a supposedly pro-Western opposition seeks to undermine the possibility of Turkey's critical integration into the West.
When has the PKK and the PYDs relation with the Asad Regime started and how has it evolved? Why has ISIS begun to target the PYD? What are the possible implications of the fall of Ayn Al Arab?
Tunisia and Morocco have improved their standards of democracy and positively responded to the demands of their people throughout the Arab Spring.
When the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) emerged on the international public scene, the Syrian regime achieved multiple strategic goals at the same time.
Political scientists from Turkey and Morocco gathered to analyze the issues that both the region and the two countries face.
The Western media sees Kobani as a symbol that will trigger an armed fight for democracy, as it did in the Arab Spring, which puts it to the fore.
If street violence undermines the nation's security and stability, the country might end up short of a stable environment to build a more democratic political system.
