Neo-Ottomanism

September 30, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Spectacles of Tolerance: The Precarity of Turkey’s Religious Minorities in the Era of Neo-Ottoman Delusions

Excerpt Turkey watchers continue to debate whether neo-Ottomanism, an ideological proclivity to exalt and revive an imagined Ottoman past and its traditions of religio-political authority and domination,...

October 16, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

How not to end endless wars

Retreating and abandoning allies may not be the optimum strategy.

July 5, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Turkey’s Patchwork Foreign Policy

Turkey’s steady descent into authoritarianism under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has be...

April 19, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

The end of Turkey’s democratic experiment

On the grounds of the Turkish Embassy facing Massachusetts Ave. in Washington, D.C. is a statue of Mustafa Kamal Ataturk, father of the Republic of Turkey, the nation-state he built from the rubb...

December 23, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Diplomatic Collision Course

The assassination Monday of Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassad...

November 4, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Ankara’s Influence: Asset or a Liability?

The Mosul operation, launched on October 17, has once again highlighted the complicated nature of Turkey’s involvement in the fight against the Islamic State (IS). Ahead of the offensive, T...

July 8, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdogan’s Weathervane Foreign Policy

On June 27, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey would be normalizing relations with ...

January 26, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer, Merve Tahiroglu

Ankara’s Failure

Makalenin Türkçe çevirisini buradan okuyabilirsiniz. When ...

December 3, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

The Neo-Ottoman

Turkey should have been part of the solution. Instead it’s become part of the problem. The problem, of course, is the spread of jihadism throughout the Middle East, North Africa and beyond....

October 5, 2011 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Loner

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is only the latest American to join the chorus of government officials and opinion-makers suggesting that the Arab Spring has left Israel more...

October 3, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi Standpoint |

New Ottoman Empire?

In the complex geometry slowly taking shape in the new Middle East, the Palmer report must have felt like a godsend to Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The report criticises...

August 18, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

Ataturk, the Arab Spring and Europe’s Fall

The father of Turkey looked to Europe. Why would anyone do that today?

July 21, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

The Great Alawite Hope

Belief in Bashar al-Assad was always misplaced. Now it’s time for change.

July 13, 2011 | |

The Syrian Challenge

The administration’s policy toward Syria is shaping up to be the greatest missed opportunity of Barack Obama’s presidency. His failure of vision and nerve, paired with an acute Republ...

July 20, 2010 | |

Turkey Plays Out Of Its League

Two months after the Gaza flotilla affair, it seems the wager made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, namely to boost his domestic standing while making a bid for regional primacy wi...

June 8, 2010 | NOW Lebanon |

Erdogan Makes Turkeys of The Arabs

As the dust begins settling after the Gaza flotilla affair, it has become increasingly clear that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) resorted in a premeditated way to popul...