The EU’s foreign policy approaches to Iran and Afghanistan demonstrate the challenges for the world’s middle powers.
Turkey Undermines NATO, Yet Again
Erdogan saves Putin’s Belarusian ally by playing spoiler role within NATO.
The Erdogan/Hamas Axis?
Although Turkey’s Erdogan is president of a NATO member country, his Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Hamas share a similar ideology, built on an anti-Western and anti-Semitic worldview.
J’Accuse Erdogan
The weaker Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at home politically, the longer the list of the Turkish President’s transgressions gets.
Israel-China Relations: Staring Into the Abyss of US-Chinese Decoupling
Israel will have to walk a fine line between accommodating the U.S. and maintaining freedom of relations with China.
Deciphering Putin’s Russia: Why the Strains with the West?
A conversation with Angela Stent, the author of “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest” and former U.S. government official on Russia.
Macron, NATO and Opposite Day
How the French government is using psy-ops and parental logic to turn the U.S. President into a fan of NATO.
Trump: Return to (Classic) US Isolationism
Donald Trump is a very imperfect messenger, but he heralds a lasting return to the traditional stance of US foreign policy.
Erdogan’s Russian Pipe Dreams
While Turkey’s President dreams big power dreams, Putin plays Erdogan like a fiddle.

























