Leveraging Middle Powers By Mehmet Enes Beşer Southeast Asia is uncomfortably in the middle of 21st-century great power rivalry. China-US competition speeding up with military interventions, economic decoupling, and competing
For Macron, the true nightmare isn’t in the Middle East; it’s in the banlieues and the rural heartlands. by Yunus Emre Özgün When Washington and Tel-Aviv launched their sudden offensive
For much of its history, Pakistan pursued what planners called “strategic depth”: the belief that Afghanistan could function as a stable western rear guard against India. When the Taliban returned
It needs deeper habits of cooperation—institutions, bureaucratic routines, long-term coordination that outlives individual leaders and news cycles. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Let’s be honest: the old “one sheriff in town”
China’s economic recovery is at an intersection. It can either fix a two-tier society with thinly spread growth, or it can embrace inclusive growth that lifts all boats. By Mehmet
Support from the youth and women in front of the Istanbul Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran The Youth Union of Türkiye (TGB) and the Republican Women’s Association
From MAGA to MIGA By Mehmet Enes Beşer A strike on Iran wouldn’t be “just another tough call” in foreign policy. It would be a line you don’t cross, the
For now, a relative stability reigns in the global economy, but if the war does get prolonged, it would keep oil prices high and despite the generally favourable balance of
De-Dollarization in Motion By Mehmet Enes Beşer For decades, Southeast Asian economies have been plugged into a system controlled by the U.S. dollar. In trade settlements and sovereign reserves, in
U.S. interventions in the Middle East, particularly military operations against Iran, are shaped more by internal political dynamics—chiefly the Israel lobby—than by national interest calculations By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu It
Impressions from Iran’s capital city. By Gürkan Demir, from Tehran / Iran Following the 5:00 AM announcement on Iranian state television confirming the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, crowds began
Public evaluations of retired Turkish admiral Cem Gürdeniz on the US-Iran war. Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy and one of the coiners of the term
