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Turning Point in the Euphrates: The PKK Collapse and the Rebirth of Syrian Sovereignty

Welcome to a new episode of the Tipping Point from the TRT World Research Centre. In this episode, we examine a decisive shift in Syria...

Regime Change Roulette: From Caracas to Tehran

From late 2025 through mid-January 2026, Iran experienced one of the most severe and wide-ranging waves of protest since the 1979 Revolution. This period...

Governing Debt in the Age of Technology

For over 30 years, the mechanisms of macroeconomic governance in advanced economies were well known. The toolkit included changes to interest rates and balance...

From Reshuffle to Strategy: Ukraine’s Recalibration in a Prolonged War

As Ukraine enters its fifth year of full-scale war, the administration in Kyiv has undertaken its most consequential executive restructuring since February 2022. While...

America First, Law Last: Venezuela and the Terminal Unravelling of International Law

The events of 3 January 2026, coordinated U.S. airstrikes in Caracas and the extra-judicial apprehension of President Nicolás Maduro, sent shockwaves through the international...

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Regime Change Roulette: From Caracas to Tehran

From late 2025 through mid-January 2026, Iran experienced one of the most severe and wide-ranging waves of protest since the 1979 Revolution. This period...

Governing Debt in the Age of Technology

For over 30 years, the mechanisms of macroeconomic governance in advanced economies were well known. The toolkit included changes to interest rates and balance...

A Deficit of Coherence? Türkiye and the Search for American Strategic...

Anation’s survival hinges on power, yet the zenith of superpower status can paradoxically erode the strategic reasoning essential to sustain it. During the Cold...
(KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 22: Head Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak (R), Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Major-General Kyrylo Budanov (C), Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyi (not seen), Acting Head of the SBU Vasyl Malyuk (L) attend a press briefing on the release of Ukrainian defenders from Russian captivity, in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 22, 2022. On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Russia and Ukraine had exchanged 200 prisoners as a result of Turkiye's mediation and diplomatic exchanges with the leaders of the two countries. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the exchange of 215 Ukrainian soldiers in a video statement and thanked Turkiye for its role.)

From Reshuffle to Strategy: Ukraine’s Recalibration in a Prolonged War

As Ukraine enters its fifth year of full-scale war, the administration in Kyiv has undertaken its most consequential executive restructuring since February 2022. While...

The Forgotten Front: Displacement, Climate, and Conflict in the Sahel

The Sahel has become one of the world’s most overlooked frontlines, where conflict, climate shocks, and fragile governance intersect to drive a rapidly expanding...

Iran’s Airpower Mirage: Why New Jets Won’t Fix a Broken System?

The June 2025 clashes with Israel laid bare not only the limits of Iran’s military power but also the vulnerability of its regime. Struggling...

Beyond Artificial Orchestration: Next Sosyal’s Challenge to Big Tech

At the turn of the 21st century, the internet was heralded as a transformative force — a technology that would liberate speech, dismantle entrenched...

Breaking or Bending: Rethinking Sanctions, Trade, and the Future of Global...

Welcome to the premiere episode of the Tipping Point, a new podcast series from the TRT World Research Centre. For decades, the global economic system...

From Promises to Obligations: Reclaiming Climate Justice through the ICJ’s Advisory...

Few issues in contemporary global governance reveal the fragility of international cooperation and the limits of state sovereignty as starkly as climate change. What...

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