Middle East

Will the Iranian Kurds Enter The Iran War on The Side of The United States and Israel?  

Using The Kurds Again: Will the Iranian Kurds Enter The Iran War on The Side of The United States and Israel?   The United States...

The Stance of Turkey’s Political Parties in the face of the Israeli and U.S. Attack on Iran

To understand the stance of Turkey’s political class and society regarding the attacks on Iran, two main points must be examined: the fact that...

What About Iran’s Proxy Forces in Turkey?

What About Iran’s Proxy Forces in Turkey? Before the Iranian “mullah regime” collapses, it has already built a serious infrastructure inside Turkey—under Erdoğan’s protection—to reproduce...

Is the Regime in Iran endangered?

Demonstrations that began in Iran during the final two days of 2025 have continued, even if they appear to have lost some momentum. In...

Syria: The Next Phase 

  In a lightening offensive reminiscent of their overthrow of Assad in December 2024, Syria’s new president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces took some 80 percent of...

The Baath Regime and Its Collapse

While Syria lived for nearly four centuries under Ottoman rule, it came under the French Mandate in 1923. It gained independence as one of...

The Fragile Turkish-PKK Peace Process

The Fragile Turkish-PKK Peace Process Threatened by Renewed Fighting between the Syrian Army & Pro-Kurdish SDF              The sudden fighting in Aleppo between the Syrian army...

New National Security Strategy and Its Implications for U.S.–Türkiye Relations and Beyond

Trump’s New National Security Strategy (NSS): Its Implications for U.S.-Turkiye, Kurdish, and Middle East Relations Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) abruptly posted in the middle...

Kurdish Identity and Recent Kurdish Issues

Two weeks ago, I again visited Iraqi Kurdistan—often referred to as the Iraqi Kurdistan Government (KRG)—to deliver the keynote address on “Kurdish Identity” at...

Israel strikes Iran

According to the Bible (Ezra 1:1-4), the famous founder of the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great, ironically freed the Israelites from their Babylonian captivity...

The War for Hegemony

Israel attacked Iran in an attempt to preserve the hegemony it had established over the West. Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s growing dominance began...

Is War Possible between Turkey & Israel?

Syria’s decade-long-plus civil war has weakened and divided it to the extent that Turkey from the north and Israel from the south have been...

The Türkiye-Israel Confrontation in the Shadow of Antisemitism

On April 8, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and made a striking public appeal:...

The Implications of the New PKK Peace Process

  The first thing I will say is, “What peace process”? Maybe I am wrong. Indeed, I hope I am, but this so-called PKK peace...

A Social Contract for Syria

  With the end of the Baath regime, Syria has entered a totally new era. However, stability has yet to be achieved among the country’s...

The New Trump Administration’s Approach to Rojava and the Kurdish Issue

Despite his mercurial style, we probably can tell a lot about the new Donald Trump administration’s (Trump 2.0) approach to Rojava and the Kurdish...

The Crisis of the Muslim World and Democracy

It is evident that the Muslim world is experiencing a profound and widespread crisis. While the crisis manifests differently across regions, its core nature...

The Collapse of Turkey’s Balance Policy and the Return to “Precious Loneliness”

The year 2024 may be recorded in history as the year when the balance policy, which has formed the backbone of Turkish foreign policy...