Turkey's Brics membership hopes are dashed for now One year on, Ankara's wish to become a full member to the club lost steam as tensions with India spiked over Turkish aid to Pakistan ...

The Middle East is teetering on the edge of a broad regional war. On June 12, Israel began a sustained bombing campaign against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, regime leadership, and oil and gas depots ...

Turkey is one of the world's fastest-growing power markets, and exporters of natural gas and LNG have eyed the country as a ...

After its four-decade insurgency against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party has symbolically laid down its ...

Israel’s war with Iran signaled the latest shift toward a new regional order that Turkey finds undesirable. Ankara is ...

Turkey’s future is a puzzle, with its unique position between Europe, Russia, and the Middle East making it a key player in global affairs. Historically, Turkey has been at the crossroads of ...

Published: June 24, 2025 11:07am EDT Turkey is stepping up its influence in west Africa as the geopolitical and economic landscape in the region shifts.

Energy dominance could allow the United States to overtake China around the world through the use of soft power.

Turkey's foreign policy in west Africa leans on two main pillars. One is institutional power, driven by state-backed agencies (embassies, the religious affairs directorate Diyanet , and the ...

ANKARA - Turkey has stepped up security on its border with Iran since the start of Tehran's conflict with Israel, but has not yet seen any increase in people trying to cross the frontier, a ...

President Erdogan has pursued an assertive and expansive foreign policy in the Middle East, aiming to reassert Turkey’s influence across former Ottoman territories.

Middle East oil power is losing geopolitical influence. Global energy diversification and reduced Western dependence—especially by the U.S. and EU—have made markets more resilient to Middle ...