Repeated ceasefires and breakdowns show that the peace question in Turkey keeps resurfacing not by chance, but because its underlying political causes remain unresolved and structurally ignored.

The West continues to explain the Middle East through outdated assumptions, even as regional politics, power structures, and agency have shifted in ways those narratives no longer capture.

This post has been co-authored by Kamran Matin, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Mehran-Rezaei-Toroghi, Isabel Soloaga Few countries have a worse record on LGBTIQ+ rights than Iran. But it is not only at home that queer Iranians face homo- and transphobia. Those who make the momentous decision to leave Iran—often via Turkey—in search of a better […]

The US Special Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, who also serves as the US Ambassador to Turkey, stirred controversy with his multiple comments on which governance model would work best for Syria. He hasn’t hesitated in lambasting the failure of those in Lebanon, Iraq, and Libya, which he characterised as chaotic. He even went further, stating […]

Between rumor and realpolitik, Israel and Syria’s Kurds navigate quiet contacts and cautious statements, reflecting pragmatic interests shaped by US policy, Turkish pressure, and regional uncertainty.

Delisting Ahmad al-Sharaa and his group HTS from the American and European terrorist lists has brought back an old, persistent question in a new form: Does the West have any moral compass? Does this stance not reveal a profound crisis in the West’s very ability to recognize and define “good” and “evil”; “friend” and “foe”? […]