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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s tightrope walk in a dangerous war

Ömer Murat* The confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran is no longer a contained regional crisis: It is fast becoming a stress test...

[OPINION] The Halkbank settlement shows the political limits of US sanctions

Adem Yavuz Arslan* After years of legal battles and diplomatic tension, the long-running Halkbank sanctions case in the United States appears headed toward an unexpected...

[OPINION] Will the Iran war spill into Turkey? Five risks facing Ankara

Ömer Murat* The war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran is rapidly reshaping the strategic landscape of the Middle East, and Turkey may...

[OPINION] Miscalculations of the US and Israel in the Iran war

Doğan Ertuğrul* On a quiet Sunday in Vienna, while riding tram number 5 on my way home, I saw on X that a protest was...

[OPINION] Erdoğan reshapes Turkey’s electoral battlefield

Ömer Murat* Under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, elections are often decided long before ballots are cast, during a prolonged pre-election phase in which rivals...

[ANALYSIS] Foreign correspondence in an age of institutional contraction

Yasemin Aydın* When The Washington Post closed its foreign bureaus in February 2026, it was more than an economic decision. With each silenced correspondent, a...

[OPINION] The Washington Post: not a downsizing, but the end of an era

Adem Yavuz Arslan* As the world struggles to process the scale of the newly released Epstein files, another development from Washington has passed with surprisingly...

[OPINION] The twilight of order: Why Turkey remains trapped in transition

Ömer Murat* Global politics is currently experiencing more than a standard cyclical crisis: It is undergoing a profound structural rupture. The liberal international order that...

[OPINION] The US recalibrates in Syria, and Turkey feels the impact

Adem Yavuz Arslan* The political landscape in Syria is undergoing a rapid and consequential transformation. As power balances shift on the ground, recent signals from...

[OPINION] Turkey after Erdoğan: A country, a family and an inevitable reckoning

Adem Yavuz Arslan* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is no longer just a politician who has ruled Turkey since 2002. He is the architect of a system...

[OPINION] How Ahmed al-Sharaa gained the upper hand in Aleppo

Ömer Murat* Last week in Aleppo, Syria’s long-frozen internal balance of power entered a decisive new phase. The first direct confrontation took place between Syrian...

[OPINION] Why the Maduro case signals trouble for Turkey

Adem Yavuz Arslan* The arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by the United States has ignited a debate that reaches far beyond Venezuela itself. What...

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