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Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is working great—for Putin Image

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is working great—for Putin

Opinion

7 min read

Trump's policies have strengthened Russia's position and have urged Ukraine, rather than Russia, to make concessions

Republicans learned the hard way that culture-war outrage doesn’t pay rent

Opinion

5 min read

Democrats' 2026 midterm gains signal a backlash against Trump's culture-war politics as Americans increasingly prioritize rising costs and daily struggles

Republicans learned the hard way that culture-war outrage doesn’t pay rent Image

Syria arrives at the Mecca pact with an occupation and a war next door

Opinion

Syrias potential accession to Mecca pact raises strategic questions about regional obligations and ongoing conflicts with Israel

Syria arrives at the Mecca pact with an occupation and a war next door Image

The unfinished story of America’s Iranian gamble

Opinion

Declassified records reveal how Washington managed the Shahs exit and opened channels with Khomeini during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

The unfinished story of America’s Iranian gamble Image

Israel, synergy, and strategy: Why Egypt skipped the Mecca Pact Image

Opinion

Israel, synergy, and strategy: Why Egypt skipped the Mecca Pact

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A new era in Caracas, or the same old dependence, rebranded? Image

Opinion

A new era in Caracas, or the same old dependence, rebranded?

2 min read

The long game: Ankara's bet against Washington's chaos Image

Opinion

The long game: Ankara's bet against Washington's chaos

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Turkish central bank normalizes funding as market awaits August inflation Image

Opinion

Turkish central bank normalizes funding as market awaits August inflation

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Greece’s ‘Turkish violations’ story has Aegean-sized blind spot Image

Opinion

Greece’s ‘Turkish violations’ story has Aegean-sized blind spot

2 min read

Syria's duct-taped taxis and fragile hopes: A long road to recovery, and Netanyahu's push to stall it Image

Opinion

Syria's duct-taped taxis and fragile hopes: A long road to recovery, and Netanyahu's push to stall it

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False flags, cyber threats and Ukraine: What was Ratcliffe brewing in Moscow? Image

Opinion

False flags, cyber threats and Ukraine: What was Ratcliffe brewing in Moscow?

2 min read

A war criminal dies, an election looms, and Serbia faces a familiar question Image

Opinion

A war criminal dies, an election looms, and Serbia faces a familiar question

2 min read

Unelected, unexpected, unrivaled: Is Sharaa the founding father of a new Syria? Image

Opinion

Unelected, unexpected, unrivaled: Is Sharaa the founding father of a new Syria?

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Mr. Trump, take the golden road to Samarkand Image

Opinion

Mr. Trump, take the golden road to Samarkand

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Fatal blind spots—the miscalculation at the heart of Netanyahu's Syria doctrine Image

Opinion

Fatal blind spots—the miscalculation at the heart of Netanyahu's Syria doctrine

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Ankara and Brasilia are rewriting the Global South's defense rulebook Image

Opinion

Ankara and Brasilia are rewriting the Global South's defense rulebook

2 min read

Inside Lev Shlosberg's trial and Russia's quiet elimination of dissent Image

Opinion

Inside Lev Shlosberg's trial and Russia's quiet elimination of dissent

2 min read

What higher US yields mean for Türkiye, and the $632B gold surge Image

Opinion

What higher US yields mean for Türkiye, and the $632B gold surge

2 min read

World's most hated man gives everyone more reason for hatred Image

Opinion

World's most hated man gives everyone more reason for hatred

2 min read

Sarajevo Film Festival: Where the silenced find a stage Image

Opinion

Sarajevo Film Festival: Where the silenced find a stage

2 min read

Netanyahu’s Abu al-Duhur strike in Syria: A letter sent to the wrong mailbox Image

Opinion

Netanyahu’s Abu al-Duhur strike in Syria: A letter sent to the wrong mailbox

2 min read

Age of minilateralism: Why Riyadh, Ankara and Islamabad chose each other Image

Opinion

Age of minilateralism: Why Riyadh, Ankara and Islamabad chose each other

2 min read

Ethiopia's Sudan gamble: A fortress rotting from within, encircled from without Image

Opinion

Ethiopia's Sudan gamble: A fortress rotting from within, encircled from without

2 min read

The Mecca agreement: Middle East’s new counterweight to Abraham Accords Image

Opinion

The Mecca agreement: Middle East’s new counterweight to Abraham Accords

2 min read

Türkiye's Blue Homeland goes green—and Athens has a legal argument to answer Image

Opinion

Türkiye's Blue Homeland goes green—and Athens has a legal argument to answer

2 min read

Europe and Türkiye don't need a breakthrough—just a better deal Image

Opinion

Europe and Türkiye don't need a breakthrough—just a better deal

2 min read

Diplomacy over profit—how Türkiye and Brazil are rethinking statecraft Image

Opinion

Diplomacy over profit—how Türkiye and Brazil are rethinking statecraft

2 min read

Washington's Libya plan was fragile before the bullets started flying Image

Opinion

Washington's Libya plan was fragile before the bullets started flying

2 min read

From Silicon Valley to Syria, Türkiye’s global connections run deep Image

Opinion

From Silicon Valley to Syria, Türkiye’s global connections run deep

2 min read

Broken truces, risky chokepoints, and joint defense shape new regional fault lines Image

Opinion

Broken truces, risky chokepoints, and joint defense shape new regional fault lines

2 min read

Turkish central bank gives first signal of rate cut in inflation report Image

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Turkish central bank gives first signal of rate cut in inflation report

2 min read

More than a nationalist gamble—the unexpected figures shaping Türkiye’s new peace framework Image

Opinion

More than a nationalist gamble—the unexpected figures shaping Türkiye’s new peace framework

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Mecca pact: The quiet alarm spooking the region Image

Opinion

Mecca pact: The quiet alarm spooking the region

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China is watching Mecca agreement very closely—and staying very quiet Image

Opinion

China is watching Mecca agreement very closely—and staying very quiet

2 min read

The Taliban didn't just silence the media—they wrote the silence into law Image

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The Taliban didn't just silence the media—they wrote the silence into law

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After the war: How 3 Middle Eastern powers are betting on each other Image

Opinion

After the war: How 3 Middle Eastern powers are betting on each other

2 min read

How the Mecca Pact handed Syria an unexpected advantage Image

Opinion

How the Mecca Pact handed Syria an unexpected advantage

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What Türkiye’s new PKK law actually does—and what it doesn't Image

Opinion

What Türkiye’s new PKK law actually does—and what it doesn't

2 min read

Türkiye as defender of Christians in Levant Image

Opinion

Türkiye as defender of Christians in Levant

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How the Evros settlement program became Athens' border policy Waterloo Image

Opinion

How the Evros settlement program became Athens' border policy Waterloo

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When Istanbul becomes a stopover for new Turkish diaspora Image

Opinion

When Istanbul becomes a stopover for new Turkish diaspora

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Kosovo is not Crimea and Ukraine should stop treating it like it is Image

Opinion

Kosovo is not Crimea and Ukraine should stop treating it like it is

2 min read

Eyes on central bank’s new inflation roadmap after July’s encouraging data Image

Opinion

Eyes on central bank’s new inflation roadmap after July’s encouraging data

2 min read

Three capitals, new security, one strategy—decoding the Mecca Pact Image

Opinion

Three capitals, new security, one strategy—decoding the Mecca Pact

2 min read

Tired of the Abraham Accords? Meet the Mecca Agreement Image

Opinion

Tired of the Abraham Accords? Meet the Mecca Agreement

2 min read

Mecca's new alliance: Reshaping Middle East, or repeating history? Image

Opinion

Mecca's new alliance: Reshaping Middle East, or repeating history?

2 min read

Serbia opens the door to Zelenskyy, but not away from Russia Image

Opinion

Serbia opens the door to Zelenskyy, but not away from Russia

2 min read

Israeli angle everyone missed in Syria's military alert Image

Opinion

Israeli angle everyone missed in Syria's military alert

2 min read

Why Ankara's first female air force general matters beyond Türkiye Image

Opinion

Why Ankara's first female air force general matters beyond Türkiye

2 min read

From Trump to Timbuktu: Hating foreigners is now a global trend Image

Opinion

From Trump to Timbuktu: Hating foreigners is now a global trend

2 min read

Ousted South Asia’s longest-ruling autocrat, what’s next Bangladesh? Image

Opinion

Ousted South Asia’s longest-ruling autocrat, what’s next Bangladesh?

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