Regional and global balances of power, alliance structures, and the influence of geography on politics.
Pakistan's nuclear deterrence, Saudi Arabia's financial capacity and Türkiye's defense industry complement one another. If the trio turns into an institutional partnership, the strategic weight that would emerge is assessed here.
Closed borders more often serve the interests of outside powers than the people of the region itself. The opening a Türkiye-Armenia normalization could create in the South Caucasus is examined.
The real contest of the twenty-first century is not fortifying borders but controlling flows. Through ports, data centers and energy lines, the question of whether Türkiye is a bridge or a hub is examined.
Foreign Affairs' concept of the "Middle Power Delusion" treats the belief that actors like Türkiye can set the rules in a multipolar order as an illusion. What this Western-centered reading overlooks is discussed.
Read separately, the exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean and the diplomatic moves in the Horn of Africa lose their meaning. Read together, they reveal a geopolitical realignment.
With a population of two billion and an ancient heritage, the Islamic world sits idle for lack of institutional resilience and a shared vision. Türkiye's position in this vacuum is assessed.
The process bringing the US and Iran to the same table in Islamabad is an expanding field of opportunity for Türkiye. A model of diplomacy that steers without being seen and generates influence without taking risk.
The network at the intersection of AIPAC, Christian Zionism and campaign finance, and its influence over Washington's foreign-policy choices, is examined step by step.
The tension between Iran and Israel, cast in a nuclear shadow, is no longer being played out on a chessboard but in missile ranges. The balance Türkiye is trying to build in the middle of this chaos is assessed.
