Türkiye shows that availability is becoming a form of influence for middle powers in the Western Balkans.

Hosting the 2026 summit demands enormous effort and commitment from the top that only the PM can provide.

The generals have turned away from the West – and went East.

Democracies are increasingly using the tools of digital control under the guise of national security.

From digital spirituality to gendered divides, faith seems to offer meaning and identity where secular culture has fallen short.

The White House fracas over Ukraine overshadowed a major move in resolving one of the world’s longest-running conflicts.

Regional geopolitical dynamics remain in flux.

Türkiye’s approval of Sweden’s entry into the treaty alliance has led to improved US–Turkish relations.

Restrictions on technology with both a civilian and military application are too often worthless without better coordination.

A deal with the Middle East’s two most significant powers could transform the volatile region, but the stakes are high.

The collapse of a deal integral to world food security will imperil millions of lives.

Despite mutterings about a Turkish “stab in the back”, Russia needs Türkiye – Putin’s reign may depend on it.

After 20 years as a dominating political force Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is facing his biggest fight in the upcoming polls.

Shunned by the West, Moscow is wooing the rest of the world. And so far it’s finding success.

The international outpouring of support has gone beyond friends but to unexpected quarters, too.

Setbacks in the Kremlin’s campaign are causing regional supporters to think twice about the Eurasian military alliance.

Putin and Erdoğan have forgiven all manner of friendship-breaking behaviour to retain their power in Eurasia.

Erdoğan wants sanctions relief and is forcing NATO leaders into making an uncomfortable choice.

Ankara and Moscow are in an unusual power play where the Kremlin turns a blind eye to actions that aid its adversaries.

Ankara is perfectly placed to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow, and recoup some credibility with NATO at the same time.

As Turkey’s economy falters, its strongman president is falling in the polls – the implications may be far reaching.

A role supporting operations at Kabul airport looks to offer Recep Tayyip Erdoğan more risks than rewards.

A reckoning over the Palestinian issue was always coming for those countries that normalised ties with Israel.

In acknowledging the Armenian genocide, the US president has created waves with a long-standing ally.

Anger and humiliation at their defeat means Armenia will see this conflict very much as unfinished business.

An eruption of bitter fighting in a seemingly intractable conflict is aggravating wider regional tensions.

Erdoğan’s strategy in Libya is about domestic legitimacy as much as regional projection – but past failures hang heavy.

Tacking the problems created by Covid-19 appear to be beyond this particular example of middle-power activism.

A growing schism between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan points to new alliances in the Muslim world.

The UAE earned goodwill for a deal with Israel, but the US is still struggling to win backers for its hard line on Iran.

A nationalist bent at home and provocations abroad have frayed ties with Europe, and maybe soon the US, too.

The prospect of a Biden administration has pro-US leaders in the Middle East seeking to keep their political “winnings”.

Yes, by coronavirus, but also by fighting in Syria and Libya. Can the EU react adequately? What will Brexit Britain do?

Every action prompts a reaction, as a success for Assad forces an angry response from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey.

Despite Turkey’s glaring betrayals, the US president gave Recep Erdoğan a glowing welcome last week in Washington.

Under international law, one country cannot invade another to seize territory – yet that appears to have been endorsed.

In Ankara’s view, the intervention in Syria has been a diplomatic and military success, but an economic risk looms.

The intemperate outburst over Christchurch is more a product of Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule.

The journalist’s death illustrates broader anxieties for the international rule of law and the fate of the global order.

Countries are struggling to navigate the issues – trying to please Beijing, the Uighurs, and respect human rights.

Making sense of the Turkish economy means delving into the way Recep Tayyip Erdogan views the world.

While NATO wobbles and strongmen prosper, a newly authoritarian Turkey might turn towards nuclear options.

The future of a fragile ceasefire over an unresolved conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh could in turn have broad strategic implications.

US policy in Syria is full of holes without a strategic plan for once the mission to defeat ISIS concludes.

Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan did not mince his words after news of a US-backed Syrian Border Defence Force.

Personalist dictatorship – in which leaders face few constraints on their decision-making – is on the rise and part of a changing face of authoritarianism in the post-Cold War era.

Foreign fighters who join armed Kurdish groups become hostage to their political agenda.

Terminating the talks completely would be an enormous betrayal of the many pro-European Turks who have placed great hope in the EU to curb abuses in Turkey.

Erdogan was forced to concede on almost everything, even withstanding Trump’s repeated mispronunciation of his name during the press conference.

Turkey’s democracy didn’t die on Sunday; it was already dead. Now the country must live with a democratically-elected dictator.