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The Qatar Crisis Might Permanently Shift Dynamics in the Region

A new manual for the Gulf is emerging as the stalemate between the Saudi-led bloc and Qatar pushes countries in the region to form...

How Effective is Turkey’s Africa Initiative?

Turkey's engagement policy in Africa is effective and fruitful, paving the way for a new era in bilateral relations between Africa and Turkey Turkish foreign...

Turkish Foreign Policy after the July 15: Turkish-Russian Relations

TRT World Research Centre held a panel session in Moscow titled “Turkish Foreign Policy After the July 15: Turkish-Russian Relations” to discuss Turkey-Russia relations,...

Will the Gulf Summit Take Place in December?

If Kuwait and other mediating countries cannot make a breakthrough soon its unclear how the summit can even take place. What is clear is...

A Year After Turkey’s Failed Coup: Security at Home and Abroad

As part of its July 15 event series, TRT World Research Centre held a joint event with the Centre for Middle East Strategic Studies...

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China’s Energy Dilemma: Strategic Hedging in the Shadow of the Iran Crisis

The escalation of the US-Israel and Iran conflict that began on 28 February 2026 has forced China to navigate a volatile geopolitical landscape. Amid...

Containment Without Capacity: Sudan’s Displacement and the Limits of Border Politics

Sudan’s regional spillover cannot be understood solely through the lens of border control, refugee inflows, or humanitarian pressure. Rather, it reflects a broader governance...

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...

After Khamenei: Succession or Succession Crisis?

The joint US-Israeli strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has removed a key pillar upon which the Islamic Republic's political and ideological edifice rested....

Starved Twice: How Gaza’s Food Crisis Became a Weapon of War

Gaza’s worsening food crisis cannot be explained by shortage alone. This analysis argues that access restrictions, supply disruption, price inflation and infrastructure collapse have turned hunger into a broader crisis of survival, deepened by the wider regional escalation following the US/Israel War on Iran.

Starved Twice: How Gaza’s Food Crisis Became a Weapon of War

Gaza’s worsening food crisis cannot be explained by shortage alone. This analysis argues that access restrictions, supply disruption, price inflation and infrastructure collapse have turned hunger into a broader crisis of survival, deepened by the wider regional escalation following the US/Israel War on Iran.

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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