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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Many people are expecting an explanation from Secretary Kerry in regards to his statements about Syria.
The Paris attack seems like a strategic strike aimed to sharpen the existing polarization both in France and Europe in general.
In the shadow of on-going discussions about the integration and legal status of Syrians living in Turkey, Yavuz Güçtürk, a researcher at SETAs Law and Human Rights Department, made an assessment on the current position of Syrian refugees who have preferred forced displacement over war.
Tensions in the Asia-Pacific region and the absence of effective mechanisms to resolve the differences among the actors, demonstrates that there is always a danger that tensions will escalate and to turn into a major crisis.
Losing the War Against Terrorism
While trying to understand the causes and outcomes of the war in Iraq, the U.S. administration will need to deal with these multiple challenges and evolving situation on the ground at the same time.
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The New Regional Order and Turkey
Discursive criticisms targeting Turkey since day one of the uprisings in the Middle East may be categorized under three headings: Discourses claiming that Turkey acts ideological, the discourse of precious loneliness, and the irrationality discourse.
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Actually, despite the possible disagreements between Turkey and other actors, analysts need to find out that due to the geopolitics of Turkey, its changing foreign policy and the transformation of international system, it is senseless to revive "fear factors" as a tool to explain foreign policy.
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.
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.
What is the role of the Security Sector in triggering the Arab-Majority Uprisings? What kinds of obstacles is Security Sector Reform facing? What steps need to be taken in order to facilitate Security Sector Reform?
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.
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.
The reconciliation process has been one of the vital components of Turkey's economic ascendancy in the last decade through its major support mechanism for politico-economic stability and improved relations with neighboring countries in the Middle East.
