Instilling fear through the Ukraine war

The fact that any army moves its troops around, ensures its routine drills make an impression, or builds up to a certain point is important. However, none of this is as frightening as statements and actions in the “extraordinary/anomaly” category.&nb... more

Why Athens’ role as a US ‘proxy’ directly threatens Türkiye

Athens’ unexpected outburst against Turkey made headlines worldwide. While everyone was trying to figure out the reasons underlying this attitude, I posed the following question in this column: “who is backing Athens?” Noting that Greece has been app... more

Welcome to a NATO country with ‘open airspace,’ Mr. Lavrov!

Today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due in Turkey, where he will discuss the Ukraine crisis, the grain corridor, and the operation in Syria with Ankara…We know that there are contradictory statements about Syria coming from Moscow’s offi... more

What happened at the American air base in Germany?

Doesn’t the meeting on Ukraine that was organized by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and State Secretary Antony Blinken at the Ramstein Air Base, with more than 40 ally countries in attendance, as well as the press conference they held in Poland,... more

Putin’s war in Ukraine is changing shape

The war in Ukraine is changing shape… And if the conclusion we draw is correct, it will only get worse. U.S. secretaries of state and defense visiting Kyiv for the first time since the war started, is one of the strongest harbingers of this... more

Under Ukraine’s shadow, Russia remains thick as thieves with Pakistan, China, and India

The serial developments in the East may be unfolding under the shadow of the Ukraine crisis, yet it is possible that these developments may create waves that exacerbate the crisis.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to China, and the state... more

Behaving like America: How the world’s blood is converted into US dollars

There is no chatter anywhere in the world, including the U.S., regarding the culprit responsible for the shattering defeat in Afghanistan.The political update in Turkey claiming that the U.S. remains defeated is as follows: “The U.S. cannot be defeat... more

Turkey holds crucial cards as Biden prepares to face off with Russia, China

“The U.S. approved the permits for the Philippines to buy the T129 ATAK Helicopter from Turkey. A license has been issued for the helicopter, which is produced by TAI and has an engine produced jointly by the U.S.-UK. Washington gave the greenlight t... more

The real reason behind Turkey's rapprochement with Egypt is not what it seems!

Following the Cairo administration’s display of sensitivity towards Turkish interests during the delimitation of maritime zones in the East Mediterranean, and the warm messages Turkey’s defense minister, foreign minister, and President Recep Tayyip E... more

Turkey to benefit from US-EU rift over NATO

There are three strategic clusters/regions in the world that are at a boiling point. First, the European part of the transatlantic alliance and the entirety of Russia’s borders. Second, the Caucasus-based “Turanid Lands” spanning the Black Sea and th... more

The Iran gambit

The telephone call on Feb. 21 between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani must have been considered routine by the media, as it received next to no attention. Yet, the”format,” which would allow discussion of reg... more

Biden administration asks allies to pick sides in spat with China

The desire to reestablish not only an outdated but an unwanted order, and moreover, by pushing it to its limits, may lead to worse results as the speed with which you increase the pressure you’re applying adds to its destructive aftermath.On the one ... more

They haven't even stomached Turkey acquiring S-400, now comes talk of nuclear weapons…

Among intense showdowns in the Gulf, the fear spread on the assassination anniversary of Qassem Soleimani, and U.S. deployment of heavy bombardment aircraft and troops in the region, the most critical of Iran’s series of open threats, primarily again... more