Analysis
The US and Israeli attacks on Iran on 28 February 2026 significantly affected China, which has deep strategic and economic relations with the countries of the Middle East. At the start of the war, the Beijing administration pursued a cautious policy that criticised the military intervention, emphasised calls for a diplomatic solution and…
Yener Yılmaz and Sinem Topçu
Article
Relations between Pakistan and the Taliban have historically continued up to the present day as a complex security problem oscillating between cooperation and tension. Having emerged with Pakistan’s indirect support for the Taliban in the 1990s, this support was explained by the search for strategic depth and the aim of limiting Indian influence in Afghanistan…
Hamidullah Rizazade
Report
The aim of this study is to highlight the similarities of objectives and strategic overlaps between Türkiye’s 12th Development Plan (2024-2028) and China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). Within the scope of the study, the Belt and Road Initiative and the Middle Corridor Plan, digital transformation, green energy, smart…
H. Halil Afşarata
Analysis
Trade wars existed long before the emergence of modern societies. One of them is the Opium Wars waged with China in the 19th century. The British dispatch of opium produced in India to China over many years, and the Chinese emperor’s refusal to accept it any longer, led to a development that culminated in war…
Assoc. Prof. Müslüm Basılgan
News
Within the framework of Türkiye–China trade relations, and from the perspective of our institutional investors and companies focusing on the Chinese market, the “Two Sessions” meetings held in Beijing every year can be seen to offer important opportunities.
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