A low-ranking Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria ...

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine ...

MUSTAFA KUTLAY is a Senior Lecturer at City St George’s, University of London, a Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center, ...

Assad’s regime in December, Syrians who endured more than half a century of state repression and 13 years of civil conflict finally have a reason for optimism.

For Turkey, peace with the PKK now would further reduce a weakened Iran’s ability to project power westward. Some groups ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has ended four decades of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The PKK, which has ...

And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.

Kurdish and Turkish statements indicate both sides recognize the limits of violence. Yet the PKK says an expected quid pro ...

The United Arab Emirates has been urged to end its sweeping crackdown on dissent after 11 political dissidents ... United Arab Emirates’ transnational repression, targeting not only dissidents ...

The decision to disarm will have significant security and political ramifications for the region.

OP-ED. After staying silent in response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's use of refugees as blackmail, the ...

A deadly militant attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir, has triggered a sharp escalation between India and Pakistan, with both sides exchanging gunfire across the Line of Control and ...