Opinion

World War I had begun following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, but the geopolitical reason behind the war traces back to the power competition among the...

The abduction of 14 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps members is setting Iran and Pakistan on a collision path, despite both countries making an earnest effort to improve relations. Following...

From Yemen to Palestine, and now Khashoggi, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has shown that ruling within Islamic ethical mores is not his style. The killing, and alleged dismemberment...

The missing or killing of the Saudi journalist and intellectual, Jamal Khashoggi, will be remembered as a milestone not only for Saudi domestic politics, but also for the international...

The Kurdish region of Iraq held elections on 30 September – a year after a troublesome period. The elections were planned to take place almost a year earlier on...

This week in New York the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly opened with preliminary programs. Next week, leaders around the world will launch high-level debates and address...

The future of the Trump administration in U.S. politics, the process of political transformation in the region and the deepening of the political divisions between the Gulf countries can...

Politicians in Germany with certain future career goals regularly and insistently address similar populist and Turkey related topics. This is a fundamental problem for major conservative parties and circles....

The financial turmoil precipitated by the rapid devaluation of the Turkish Lira against the U.S. dollar, and the ensuing (negative) economic ramifications since then have caused many to offer...

President Erdogan signaled a new wave of military operations in the south of the country and stated that Turkey was adamant to cleanse the east of the Euphrates River...