Oded Ailam, former head of the Counterterrorism Division at the Mossad and senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, explains why Iran is more resilient—and more dangerous—than the West admits
Türkiye’s “Blue Homeland” strategy challenges international law and regional stability. Greece responds with deterrence, diplomacy, and alliances, declaring zero tolerance for revisionism and blackmail. Sovereignty is non-negotiable, and the Aegean remains a frontline of resistance
Türkiye’s coercive experiments in maritime claims, proxies, and ports provide the beta version of a playbook now scaled by China, serving as a warning that coercion shapes power long before shots are fired
Türkiye African engagement reshapes power dynamics across the continent, blending trade, military cooperation, and diplomacy, while African states leverage Ankara’s presence to diversify partnerships beyond traditional Western and Eastern influences
Washington seeks to forge a new Eurasian axis, yet its strategy confronts autonomous powers, entrenched rivalries, and the hard limits of applying Cold War containment to today’s complex multipolar landscape
Türkiye positions itself as the indispensable regional power mediator while Israel and Iran exchange missiles, leveraging diplomatic capital from a conflict that conveniently sidesteps Turkish territory entirely
Türkiye eyes a starring role in the Three Seas Initiative. Not out of charity, but calculation. Ankara plays infrastructure like a violin—bow steady, strings taut, audience captive
As Türkiye tightens its grip on dissent, The New York Times publishes İmamoğlu’s urgent warning, exposing the West’s inconsistent stance on authoritarianism, from Erdoğan to Putin and Netanyahu