- May 9th, 2025

The Illusion of Fixing Syria: For over a decade, the United States has poured energy, resources, and diplomatic capital into Syria, chasing an elusive goal: fixing a country shattered by civil war, authoritarian brutality, and proxy conflicts. But it’s time...

As American markets convulse under the pressure of sweeping tariffs announced by the Trump administration, the clearest geopolitical beneficiary is neither Europe nor America's traditional allies—it is China. While the United States reels from financial instability and strained diplomatic ties,...

A massive wave of protests swept through Istanbul on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, expressing their outrage over the arrest of opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu. The former mayor of Istanbul was detained last week...

Turkey is facing one of its most severe political crises in recent history after authorities detained Mehmet Pehlivan, the lawyer representing Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opposition figure. Pehlivan’s arrest follows Imamoglu’s brief jailing earlier this week on corruption...

French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed that the deployment of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, as proposed by Britain and France as part of a ceasefire agreement with Russia, is a decision for Kyiv alone. In an interview with French regional...

President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was notably absent from high-level negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. His exclusion came after the Kremlin objected to his participation, according to U.S....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had a rare opportunity for self-reflection after the devastating Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The massacre exposed serious failures in national security and preparedness. Yet, rather than addressing the internal fractures that left...

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it would wait for an official briefing from the United States before commenting on a proposed 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, following high-stakes talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia. The ceasefire offer,...

Iran has signaled a willingness to engage in negotiations with the United States if the focus is on addressing concerns about the potential militarization of its nuclear program, Iran's UN mission announced on Sunday. However, the Islamic Republic firmly rejected...

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