Report
While US President Trump states on the one hand that they will continue their attacks on Iran, on the other he is imposing an unconditional surrender agreement on Tehran. Iran, for its part, while responding to the attacks, has also announced that it will continue its policy of targeting, in addition to Israel, the Strait of Hormuz and American military bases…
Prof. Veysel Ayhan
Report
The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz stems not only from the fact that it carries the exports of regional energy producers but also from its being one of the most critical transit points in the global energy supply chain. Of the oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) extracted from the Persian Gulf…
Dr Hakan Demir
Report
This study analyses the military attacks by the US and Israel on Iran in the context of the possibility of the conflict evolving into a regional war and the capacity of the Iranian regime to survive. It examines the effects on the regional and…
Prof. Veysel Ayhan
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
Analysis
Western civilisation has positioned itself not merely as a historical experience but as the ultimate measure of humanity. It has presented its own cultural journey as a universal norm, its own history as an inevitable direction and its own crises as unavoidable stages of humanity. This presentation is not an innocent self-confidence…
Halit Çokan
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
Interview
The Arab lands.. Tom Barrack, US Ambassador in Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria: “There is no such thing as the Middle East; there are tribes and villages.” Yes, much as we may dislike them, these mocking words, which contain a good deal of truth, say a great deal.
Samir Altunkaynak
Analysis
The 20-point Gaza Peace Plan announced by US President Trump on 29 September contains highly critical provisions for Gaza such as a Ceasefire and Cessation of Attacks, the Release of Hostages and Detainees, Israel’s Phased Withdrawal from Gaza, Interim Administration, International Oversight, Disarmament, Security Guarantees, Humanitarian…
SESA Institute
Report
On 16 September 2025, a joint roadmap agreement containing steps to restore order and build confidence in Syria’s Suwayda governorate was signed. The Roadmap for Suwayda agreement was signed by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and US Special Envoy for Syria…
SESA Institute
Analysis
Syria is today witnessing Israeli air strikes increasing on an unprecedented scale. The most striking of these attacks was the targeting of the area around the People’s Palace in Damascus. This extraordinary development carries political and strategic meanings that go beyond the conventional military framework…
Dr Gülşen Y. Sağlam
Analysis
Iran, which for various reasons has always been one of the important items on the agenda of international politics, has in recent years frequently come to the fore with debates about the regime and, most recently, with street demonstrations. In fact, these debates are not new; they have a history going back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution…
Kürşat Güneş
Analysis
The first half of the 2020s witnessed two hot conflicts that profoundly shook world politics: the war launched by Russia against Ukraine and the Israel–Iran conflict that recently broke out. Although these two fronts lie in geographically different regions, in terms of international balances and economic interests…
Hasan Hüseyin Güneş
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