Fear and loathing in the Middle East
Two prominent regional powers in the Middle East made headlines this week for entirely different reasons.
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Turkey handled the Khashoggi affair well
Turkey's response to the Khashoggi affair has remained solid and serious since the very beginning and this stance has thwarted some from using the case as a political tool
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Riyadh has finally admitted that the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing was planned.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently emerged as a revisionist and expansionist state, not only in the Middle East but also in North Africa, the Horn of Africa and even the Balkans.
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
Turkish-American relations have been in a situation of permanent crises for the last five years..
Trump damages the global system the US established
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
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Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki changes nothing
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
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Tehran sees Turkey's counterterrorism operation in Qandil as a threat to its influence over Iraq and across the region more generally
One of the most discussed issues in Washington, D.C. nowadays is the Iran strategy of the Trump administration.
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
Conflictual and exclusivist foreign policies are simply zero-sum games; the normalization of politics in the Middle East requires balanced relations among regional states
The Trump administration's new Iran strategy, as highlighted by Pompeo in his first public speech, will negatively affect the lives of ordinary Iranians rather than the ruling elites
U.S. President Donald Trump continues to play with the fire in the Middle East.
The U.S. government's decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem is a turning point in history and will fuel instability and violence in the Middle East
The U.S.' untrustworthy diplomatic moves, along with the decision to pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran has led to more instability in the Middle East
French President Emmanuel Macron paid an official visit to Washington to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump.
Insight Turkey has just published its special focused on Gulf affairs. The articles of this issue analyze the disputes in the Gulf, disagreements within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the existing conflicts in the region.
As soon as Salman bin Abdulaziz became the king of Saudi Arabia, he started laying the groundwork for the reign of his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Washington should find a way to cooperate with Ankara as Trump steps toward creating a more homogeneous and hawkish administration on diplomacy, national security and the economy
A new way of Arab nationalism based on more radical sectarian discourses is currently being promoted by Mohammed bin Salman and his partners with the help of the U.S. to further fuel in the Middle East
