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New Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman and his wife Nilden Bektas Erhürman celebrate his victory in the Turkish Cypriot presidential election, in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on October 19, 2025. Reuters

Northern Cyprus election comes with serious implications

The elections coulds be a watershed moment for the government in the north, its relations with Türkiye, and the wider geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean

Omer Onhon 21 October 2025
US President Donald Trump greets Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Erdogan arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2025. SAUL LOEB / AFP

Trump-Erdoğan meet: pragmatism outweighs differences

Both leaders were keen to reset the troubled relationship between Washington and Ankara during their meeting at the White House

Omer Onhon 27 September 2025
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (left) watches as Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (center) greets US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack after signing an agreement in Damascus on September 16, 2025. AFP

A "reasonable" Israel-Syria agreement looks imminent

US envoy Tom Barrack has been shuffling between the two countries ahead of the UN General Assembly in a bid to get something concrete signed this week in New York

Omer Onhon 21 September 2025
Syrians celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 20, 2024, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad on December 8. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Are Israel and Türkiye heading for a showdown over Syria?

Ankara's drive to reintegrate Kurds into a centralised state clashes with Tel Aviv's preference for a weak, fractured Syria

Haid Haid 20 September 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, in Istanbul after signing a military deal on November 27, 2019. Mustafa Kamaci / AFP

The fight over Mediterranean gas turns to Tobruk

If the authorities in eastern Libya ratify a 2019 maritime accord between Ankara and Tripoli, it will have wide ramifications. Cue the diplomacy.

Omer Onhon 25 August 2025
US President Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan display the agreement they signed in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

A new Trump-sponsored link in the South Caucasus causes a stir

The Zangezur Corridor, a route through Armenia linking Azerbaijan and Türkiye, will be built and managed by Americans and will pass along the Iranian border, creating winners and losers

Omer Onhon 11 August 2025
Laura Salafia

Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit

Donald Trump's ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria has been having some critical conversations in regional capitals since April, from disarming Hezbollah to preventing another war with Israel

Omer Onhon 10 August 2025
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. Turkish Presidency Press Office / AFP

Israel and Türkiye must clarify their red lines on Syria

Discussions aimed at reaching a mutual understanding are vital to preventing miscalculation from either side

Michael Harari 08 August 2025
An oil and gas platform off the coast of Libya on February 25, 2022. Türkiye and Greece are at loggerheads over a Turkish-Libyan agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea. Getty Images

To Tobruk and back: Greeks tread water over Med delineation

Türkiye's 2019 agreement with Tripoli on maritime boundaries and exclusive economic zones in the Mediterranean irked Athens at the time. The idea that Tobruk may ratify it has set off Greek alarms.

Omer Onhon 21 July 2025
Israeli air defence systems intercept Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv on June 18, 2025. AFP

How Türkiye has reacted to the Israel-Iran 12-Day War

Ankara watched and learned from events in June 2025, as missiles flew between Tel Aviv and Tehran. The Middle East is changing, as is warfare and intelligence. For Türkiye, it is time to to act.

Burcu Ozcelik 10 July 2025
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Trump-Xi meeting is about much more than trade

22 October 2025

US and Chinese leaders have locked themselves into a downward spiral that goes far beyond tariffs, exports, and rare earths. This is about the future and who controls it.

Shirley Ze Yu
Governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, delivers his speech at the opening of the ninth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), in Riyadh, 28 October 2025. Reuters
Business & Economy

Investing in people and AI: Saudi Arabia’s vision for a new Middle East

29 October 2025

Now in its ninth edition, Riyadh's Future Investment Initiative has transformed from an investment forum into a geo-economic platform redefining how nations link peace, progress, and technology

Omar Harkous
People walk amid the destruction in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2025, a day after a ceasefire took effect. AFP
Politics

Gaza's partition: Palestinian peril dressed up as pragmatism

26 October 2025

Presented as post-war stabilisation, an experiment in controlled fragmentation appears to be underway, with diplomacy, security, and commerce converging to cement a new geopolitical order

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Opinion

West Bank annexation could upend the region

24 October 2025

Jordan's 1994 peace treaty with Israel remains a cornerstone of regional stability. It has survived two intifadas and recurrent Gaza conflicts, but annexation would push it to the brink

Alice Gower
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stands with Rwanda's FM Olivier Nduhungirehe and Democratic Republic of Congo's FM Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, after signing a peace agreement in Washington on June 27, 2025. AP / Mark Schiefelbein
Politics

The flaw in America's Africa policy

27 October 2025

With China, Türkiye, the Gulf states, and Russia offering tangible investment and influence in Africa, the US's reliance on facilitation and hollow declarations has reduced it to a mere observer

Sergey Eledinov

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