Why Putin has proposed an energy hub in Turkey
BY YASAR YAKIS October 23, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan create a natural gas hub in Thrace, the European part of Turkey. […]
How Taliban instability is a risk to Central Asia
LUKE COFFEY September 09, 2022 Short Url More than a year after taking power, the Taliban are beginning to realize that fighting is far easier than governing. As winter approaches […]
Türkiye says ready to start using its Black Sea gas by next March
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL AUG 11, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Türkiye’s Yavuz drillship departs Filyos Port in northern province of Zonguldak, April 8, 2022. (AA Photo) RECOMMENDED Abu Dhabi’s […]
Unintended regional consequences of the Ukraine war
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG June 15, 2022 Short Url The geopolitical shifts caused by the war in Ukraine have been unexpectedly dramatic and certainly unintended. The new cold war between […]
Taliban’s broken promises leave Afghanistan’s girls and women in despair
Afghan women protest outside the Ministry of Education. (AFP file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/jjuef REBECCA ANNE PROCTOR April 22, 2022 Continued ban on girls’ secondary education among other repressive steps […]
For God’s sake, stop the war
For God’s sake, stop the war Jawed Naqvi Published April 7, 2022 – WE are now into the month of Ramazan, a period of piety and self-reflection for Muslims, though one can’t […]
Chinese officials restrict the number of Uyghurs who can observe Ramadan
China’s quota for those who can fast is ‘pathetic and tragic,’ says a Uyghur rights advocate. By Shohret Hoshur2022.04.01 A pair of shoes sits near an outdoor prayer area at […]
The Taliban are finding friends hard to come by
LUKE COFFEYJanuary 22, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/67726 Months after taking power the Taliban is having difficulty gaining the international recognition it desperately desires. The group has also made no progress […]
The Turkic world from a cultural perspective
BY MUHAMMET ALI GÜLER JAN 11, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Illustration by Erhan Yalvaç. In October 2009, the Turkic Council, which recently changed its name to “the Organization of Turkic […]
Iran Hosts Crucial Meeting Involving Afghan Rivals
January 10, 2022 12:49 PM Ayaz Gul Afghanistan’s Taliban confirmed Monday their senior delegates met in neighboring Iran with self-exiled key Afghan opposition leaders to urge them to end resistance […]
America’s ‘Suez moment’: Another strategic mistake would be its last
David Hearst 27 December 2021 President Joe Biden truly reaped a bitter harvest from the strategic foreign policy errors of four of his predecessors. But Washington would do well to […]
25 CORRUPTION SCANDALS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
05 July 2019 Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing and fighting […]
Logic of Turkey’s diplomatic activism
BY TALHA KÖSE DEC 01, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Planet Earth is lit by the lights of large cities, with Turkey seen at the center. (Photo by Shutterstock) In the […]
Imagining Life after Erdogan Turkish Economic Woes Fuel Speculation of Early Elections
Imagining Life after ErdoğanTurkish Economic Woes Fuel Speculation of Early Elections A lira in freefall and skyrocketing prices: Turkey’s economy is in poor shape and much of the population is […]
Why democracy is in retreat across the globe
ANDREW HAMMOND November 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/z4zxf The collapse of the Soviet Union was widely predicted to herald a new generation of democratic enlargement across the world. Yet, three […]
Four reasons US pivot from Middle East will be a slow one
YASAR YAKIS November 14, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/8m83b A shift toward the Pacific Rim has been on Washington’s agenda for almost four decades. China’s gigantic economic achievements have forced the […]
Turkic Council’s name changed to Organization of Turkic States
ISTANBUL The name of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) has been changed to the Organization of Turkic States, according to a joint declaration of the Council’s 8th […]
Afghanistan: From American Strategic Defeat to Regional Integration Platform
By Stefano Vernole Afghanistan: From American Strategic Defeat to Regional Integration Platform International November 13, 2021 TEHRAN – Afghanistan is a strategic defeat for the United States. The U.S.A. has […]
The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan review – the present and future of the world
Power is shifting eastwards … travels in central Asia prompt a breezy analysis of how the world will beMaya Jasanoff Sat 11 May 2019 At the beginning of the 20th […]
Afghanistan: What is the Taliban’s religious ideology?
Despite the Taliban’s military victory, it remains to be seen whether they will be able to impose their extremely conservative religious view of society on the Afghan people in the […]