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Beyond blocs: How Türkiye is hedging its bets in a polycentric world Image

Beyond blocs: How Türkiye is hedging its bets in a polycentric world

Opinion

7 min read

The Mecca Agreement is not a new global bloc, but a sophisticated model of strategic hedging driven by Türkiye's agile diplomatic statecraft

Why Türkiye’s president refuses to call Daesh 'ISIS'

Opinion

4 min read

Türkiye’s president calls it Daesh, not 'ISIS'—what a quarter-century of war says about the power of words

Why Türkiye’s president refuses to call Daesh 'ISIS' Image

Landslide, no landing: Germany's far-right AfD just won big, but it still can't govern

Opinion

AfD's historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt exposes a paradox: the party is locked out of power while mainstream parties adopt its policies

Landslide, no landing: Germany's far-right AfD just won big, but it still can't govern Image

Run, young Ivan, run: The Russian art of getting out alive

Opinion

For months, Moscow has been marinating in rumors of another mobilization, and people have started checking passport expiration dates like they’re checking the weather—because these days, both can ruin your plan

Run, young Ivan, run: The Russian art of getting out alive Image

Could Israel’s battle-hardened Eisenkot thaw icy ties with Türkiye? Image

Opinion

Could Israel’s battle-hardened Eisenkot thaw icy ties with Türkiye?

2 min read

Inflation comes in as expected, rising oil clouds Turkish central bank meeting Image

Opinion

Inflation comes in as expected, rising oil clouds Turkish central bank meeting

2 min read

9/11 to now: The alliance that keeps surviving its own funeral Image

Opinion

9/11 to now: The alliance that keeps surviving its own funeral

2 min read

Reaching out, falling short: Assessing Mazloum Abdi’s failed pitch to Turkish public Image

Opinion

Reaching out, falling short: Assessing Mazloum Abdi’s failed pitch to Turkish public

2 min read

Türkiye-Russia ties: Fraying on one end, strengthening on the other? Image

Opinion

Türkiye-Russia ties: Fraying on one end, strengthening on the other?

2 min read

Turkish power, Sudanese wars, and a blueprint replayed Image

Opinion

Turkish power, Sudanese wars, and a blueprint replayed

2 min read

Why Türkiye's nuclear push is really an AI strategy Image

Opinion

Why Türkiye's nuclear push is really an AI strategy

2 min read

Russia's big Asia bet has a timing problem: Power Image

Opinion

Russia's big Asia bet has a timing problem: Power

2 min read

Golden Dome, the $1.2 trillion Death Star nobody can describe Image

Opinion

Golden Dome, the $1.2 trillion Death Star nobody can describe

2 min read

The cloaked Tel Aviv trip that melted Swiss pretense Image

Opinion

The cloaked Tel Aviv trip that melted Swiss pretense

2 min read

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