Policy Outlook
Liberalism and Conservatism: Ideology and US Domestic Politics
In the run-up to the US elections, this policy outlook aims to briefly unpack the notions of Liberalism and Conservativism as they manifest in...
Emmanuel Macron’s Presidency: Vision or Mirage?
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate
The presidency of Emmanuel Macron relies on the intentional cultivation of domestic Islamophobia and aggressive foreign interventions to mask...
Libya’s Hidden Treasure: Gaddafi’s Looted Wealth and Libya’s Financial Future
Gaddafi and his cronies reportedly plundered as much as $200 billion from Libya that was deposited in bank accounts around the world. That wealth...
The Quest for Strategic Autonomy: How the EU Handles Great Power Competition
This policy outlook examines the EU’s handling of the emerging competition between the US and China and aims to analyse how transatlantic relations may...
Gas in the Black Sea: Initial Assessments and Critical Questions
Further discoveries to be had in the Black Sea will strengthen Turkey’s economic case, conditional as well on the interplay between domestic demand and...
A Divided Society: How Will Anti-Racism Protests Influence the US Elections?
This policy outlook examines how the anti-racism protests, in the current health and economic climate, might influence the outcome of the US elections.
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Voting in the Time of Corona: The Economic Dimension of the 2020 US Presidential Elections
If the economic impact of Covid-19 remains short-lived and the American economy quickly returns to some sense of normalcy, President Trump may still be...
The Politics of Polling: Why the Winner of the 2020 US Presidential Election Is a ‘Known Unknown’
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate
The United States electoral forecasting industry faces a profound structural paradox where increasingly sophisticated quantitative polling methodologies are continually...
Cutting the Gordian Knot: The Necessary Spirit in the Eastern Mediterranean
This paper expounds on the need to focus on a resolution of the Cyprus Problem and argues for a greater commitment to the Turkish–EU...
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Türkiye in Focus
31 August – 4 September 2026 Edition Edition
