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Pakistan: Broker of Peace While Still at War

Just a few weeks ago, Pakistan, the host for fragile ceasefire talks aiming to end the war between the U.S. and Iran, was at war with Afghanistan in [...] More

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Russia Risks Following in the Footsteps of Syria's Dictatorship

Is Vladimir Putin repeating the errors made by the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad? Many believe the answer may be yes. In November 2024, Assad's [...] More

As Turkey Faces Mass Protests, Trump and Erdogan Map New Relationship 

As Turkey Faces Mass Protests, Trump and Erdogan Map New Relationship 

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – Turkey is being rocked by the largest-scale protests it has seen in more than a decade. Hundreds of thousands of people have [...] More

EXPERT Q&A: Turkey Eyes Challenges and Opportunities in Trump 2.0 Era

EXPERT Q&A – This week President Donald Trump spoke with his counterpart in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and there are reportedly plans in place for [...] More

Playing the Role of ‘Good Shepherd’ in a Post-Assad Syria 

Israel’s new Middle East security reality is coming into sharper focus in a volatile Syria, where sectarian clashes are taking place and aggressive [...] More

After Syria's Revolution, Turkey Holds Keys to What Comes Next

EXPERT INTERVIEWS — The stunning uprising in Syria will have ripple effects that reach far from Damascus and the other cities that the rebels [...] More

Rumors are Flying Around Erdogan's 'Non-Visit'

OPINION — During the second week of May, U.S. President Joseph Biden was expected to host his Turkish counterpart, President Tayyip Recep Erdogan for [...] More

Understanding Erdogan's 'Non-Visit' To Washington

On May 9, U.S. President Joseph Biden was expected to host his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for an official visit in [...] More

Sweden's Path to NATO Still has Pitfalls

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION – When the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs committee approved Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s proposal to [...] More

Western Focus Sharpens on China Over Black Sea Grain Deal

Western Focus Sharpens on China Over Black Sea Grain Deal

EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+ INTERVIEW — In the wake of a Kremlin decision to halt a U.N.-brokered Black Sea agreement, which allowed Ukraine to export tens [...] More

Erdogan's 'Poker Game' Uses Sweden As Chip: A Subscriber+Exclusive Interview

Erdogan's 'Poker Game' Uses Sweden As Chip: A Subscriber+Exclusive Interview

Exclusive Subscriber+Member Interview — In a flurry of negotiations on the eve of the NATO summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed [...] More

NATO's Road to Vilnius Has Been a Tough One: Here's What to Know as Members Meet

NATO's Road to Vilnius Has Been a Tough One: Here's What to Know as Members Meet

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Members of the world’s largest and most powerful security alliance descended on Vilnius, Lithuania over the weekend in what [...] More

Exclusive Interview: Erdogan's Next Five Years

Exclusive Interview: Erdogan's Next Five Years

EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — After cruising to a second-round presidential victory over the weekend, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled [...] More