Türkiye-Armenia: A Fallen Berlin Wall
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.
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Turkish Foreign Policy
10 publications on this topic.
Türkiye and À la Carte NATO
The 2026 NATO Ankara Summit is a threshold of structural restoration beyond the protocol headlines. The Alliance's evolution toward a selective-participation model, and Türkiye's place in it, are examined.
From centrifugal force to a new center: what the Ankara NATO Summit says
Türkiye hosting the summit is not an ordinary calendar entry; it is Brussels' and Washington's tacit acknowledgment that the geopolitical center of gravity has shifted.
Is Türkiye a bridge, or a hub?
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.
The “middle power delusion” in great-power competition and Türkiye’s geostrategic exception
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.
A Turkish axis stretching from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa
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.
Bahçeli’s Kurdish opening and Türkiye’s new security paradigm
Bahçeli's move was not merely a search for domestic peace, but a defensive step developed from within against foreign-policy threats. The shift in the security paradigm is examined.
The leadership vacuum and Türkiye’s strategic position in the Islamic world
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.
Is staying in the shadows an opportunity?
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.
In the Shadow of Fire: The Middle East’s Final Act
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.