GABRIEL MITCHELL
Although they appear very far apart today, Israel and Turkey share common historical DNA. The two countries were forged in the same fire of post-World War I secularism, anti-imperialism, and ethnic nationalism; and they have both been tested by significant domestic and regional challenges.
Gone with the sandstorm: the battle between old and new loyalties in the Middle East
EINAT WILF
The Middle East as we’ve known it for the past one hundred years is unraveling right before our eyes. In its place, new and the old loyalties are raging a battle to shape the new Middle East.
PKK threatens to resume an all out war against Turkey
ABDULLA HAWEZ
After Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally revealed the long-awaited package of democratic reforms aimed at advancing peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), PKK leaders at their base in the Qandil Mountains said they consider the package inadequate.
Let refugees remain in their own culture zones
DANIEL PIPES
The lull in the chemical weapon crisis offers a chance to divert attention to the huge flow of refugees leaving Syria and rethink some misguided assumptions about their future.
Why the ‘Netanyahu Doctrine’ makes sense
EINAT WILF
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged from his meeting Monday with President Barack Obama, he may have recognized in the president a fellow proponent of the Netanyahu Doctrine: to avoid the use of force, be ready to use it.
Turkish – Kurdish Alliance in new millennium?
IDREES MOHAMMED
The once cold relations between successive Turkish governments and the Kurdish populations have been turning hot.
How Turkey misread the Egyptian Political Map
LUIS FISHMAN
Following the recent Egyptian army’s military coup that ousted its democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, the Turkish government immediately announced its disappointment, and unsuccessfully campaigned internationally to have it reversed.
IRAN AND IRAQI KURDISTAN MOVING CLOSER?
IDREES MOHAMMED
Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister recently visited Iran. He met with Iran’s top officials. The talks included a wide range of issues. The visit is important given serious internal and regional developments.
IS TURKEY IMMUNE FROM RADICAL SALAFISM?
NERVANA MAHMOUD
Turkey is a unique Muslim nation with a distinct history, geography, and political progression. It has never been occupied, and its contemporary path has evolved differently than that of its Muslim neighbors.
YOUR LOCAL DICTATOR KNOWS BEST
YORIKIRII
I always knew that bombing Libya and killing Gaddafi was a mistake. Dictators are here for a reason. Only they are capable, through their ruthless characters and their sledgehammer actions, to hold a country together.
THE U.S. –TURKEY COOPERATION IN BRINGING DOWN ASSAD: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SCENARIOS
BURHAN GURDOGAN
The U.S. is trying to obtain Turkey’s support in order to bring down Assad, and although the Turkish side, especially Foreign Minister Davutoglu, supports strengthening this partnership, there are some major obstacles that might cause a shift in Turkey’s attitude toward cooperation with the U.S.
A LOAD OF BDS
ROLENE MARKS
A state stuck between the mosque and the barrack cannot be called a strong state.