Turkey’s recent policies in Syria are emblematic of the way a middle power can exert influence in its region, sometimes outmaneuvering seemingly stronger players. Throughout Syria’s civil war, which ...

Turkey has the second largest army among NATO countries. Former US special forces officer, now military analyst, Steve ...

For Turkey, peace with the PKK now would further reduce a weakened Iran’s ability to project power westward. Some groups ...

A de-facto ceasefire takes hold in northern Iraq as Ankara details multi-country disarmament plans and Ocalan's future ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced its disbandment, marking a significant shift in Middle Eastern geopolitics ...

As experts in international relations and Turkish law and politics, we believe the developments in Syria point to the outsized role a small-to-middle power like Turkey can have in regional and ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with Pakistani army chief Asim Munir in Ankara on September 13, ...

He is following geopolitical and security trends in the Middle East, great power politics, small states' behaviour, emerging unconventional risks and threats, with a special focus on Turkey’s ...

On a macro level, Hassan said, “Erdogan’s ambitions are deeply rooted in a neo-Ottoman Empire vision that seeks to reassert Ankara as a dominant power ... Middle East, said a stronger Syria ...