Tiresome Targets in the War on Terror
REVIEW: ‘All The Presidents' Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror’ by Peter Bergen
Libya
The New Islamic Empire: Will Turkey Inherit Iran’s Mantle?
Despite being 1,000 miles apart and in different time zones, Turkey and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) maintain a military partnership that operates in direct violation of a standing UN arms embargo....
Op-eds
Ankara Is Baiting Israel, Not the Reverse
Turkey invokes a Syrian sovereignty it spent a decade dismantling. Washington should not buy it.
Insights
The legacy of Carlos the Jackal
He instructed revolutionary leftists to march behind Islamists – and they’re marching
Op-eds
Ankara occupies Syria and then lectures Israel about sovereignty
A NATO member that refuses to designate Hamas, hosts its leadership does not get to lecture a state which has legitimate terrorism concerns.
Op-eds
American missionary abducted in Niger freed after nearly 10 months of captivity
On Aug. 14, Serving in Mission International, a Christian organization based in North Carolina, announced that its employee, Kevin Rideout, was finally released after spending nearly 10 months...
Op-eds
If the Saudis want a nuclear arsenal, Trump’s new deal might just give it to them
President Donald Trump made waves the day after his administration announced a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. He conditioned the deal on Riyadh joining the Abraham...
Op-eds
JD Vance’s Warning About Regime Change Gets It Backward
He repeats an error many in Washington have made—assuming Iran is a source of regional stability.
Op-eds
Erdogan’s rivalry with Israel has a new front: Africa
The answer becomes clearer once the South African relationship is placed inside Turkey’s broader African buildup, which has been running for two decades and has little to do with Israel at all.
Op-eds
The forgotten history of Muslim socialism
A century of failed experiments before the rise of Mamdani and friends
Op-eds
Ahead of NATO Summit, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Calls Israel an ‘Unbearable Burden’
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan declared on July 3 that Israel has become a “burden that humanity can no longer bear” and called for international sanctions against the Jewish state. Israeli Foreign...
Policy Briefs
Don’t Launder Erdogan’s Record at the NATO Summit
The NATO summit convening in Ankara next week will offer Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan an opportunity to present himself as a vital ally: one with a military capable of blunting Russian aggression,...
Insights
Turkish interior minister states dream of governing Jerusalem, provoking Israel
Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci publicly expressed his desire to one day serve as Jerusalem’s governor, while suggesting that the city and other former Ottoman territories would...
Op-eds
Turkey’s Missile Ambitions Should Alarm Europe and the United States
For years, European officials viewed Turkey’s growing defense industry as an important asset. Turkish drones proved effective in conflicts from Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine. Ankara...
Op-eds
Turkey’s Maritime Strategy Heightens the Risk of a New Eastern Mediterranean Crisis
Ankara’s New Legislative Initiative May Appear Technical or Bureaucratic, but It Represents a Calculated Escalation by Erdoğan
Op-eds
SADAT: Turkey’s Wagner Group
The SADAT International Defense Consultancy has grown into a key instrument of Turkish influence in Africa and the Middle East.
Op-eds
The Dangerous Failure to Hold Hamas Accountable for Using Human Shields
How international institutions’ silence on Hamas hiding behind civilians incentivizes human shields use, and distorts law and accountability.
Op-eds
Preserving Israel’s military edge: Strategic steps for the Defense Ministry
Shifting regional alliances, major arms deals, and rising threats are putting unprecedented pressure on Israel’s qualitative military edge, and demanding a new strategy to preserve it.
Op-eds
Turkey-Israel tensions deepen amid Erdogan’s confrontational policy
Ankara’s anti-Israel campaign under Erdogan signals a deeper strategic confrontation and rising Middle East tensions.
Op-eds
Trump must secure Iran’s irreversible nuclear dismantlement or resume strikes
The United States and Israel have delivered a near-devastating blow to the Iranian regime. In a sustained campaign of precision strikes, they have crippled Iran’s top military and political leadership,...