Report
In the midterm elections held on 3 November 2026, whose results became clear on 4 November, the Democratic Party won a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Republican President Donald Trump will thus enter the last two years of his term with a Congress in which both chambers of the legislature are controlled by the opposition…
Prof. Cafer Tayyar Arı
Report
In the Knesset election of 27 October 2026, the Netanyahu bloc failed to reach a 61-seat majority. This result, however, does not mean that the radical right has declined in Israel. Provisional results show that right-wing, religious Zionist and ultra-Orthodox parties have reached 60 seats, half of the Knesset. Lists headed…
Prof. Veysel Ayhan
Analysis
This study offers a holistic analysis of the new regional peace architecture that has taken shape in the South Caucasus after the military phase of the thirty-five-year Karabakh conflict, within the framework of John Paul Lederach’s theoretical model of “conflict transformation” and Barbara F. Walter’s models of the “commitment problem” and “third-party institutional…
Dr Ömer Çağrı Tecer
Research
This survey was conducted in order to reveal public perceptions of hobby gardens, which have been intensely debated in Ankara in recent years, assessments of the current demolition and penalty practices, expectations of a solution and the political effects of the issue. Within the scope of the survey…
SESA Institute
Analysis
Lebanon has entered an extremely delicate period that may determine its political and security future in the years ahead. The issue is no longer merely the border tension with Israel or the technical negotiations surrounding the ceasefire. The problem concerns the essence of the state: in Lebanon…
Dr Gülşen Y. Sağlam
Interview
In the current conjuncture, in which regional geopolitical tensions are deepening, the possible repercussions for Türkiye of the war centred on Israel–US and Iran emerge as an issue that must be analysed carefully not only in the context of foreign policy and security but also in terms of economic policy, public finance, the financial system, logistics infrastructure and institutional capacity…
Prof. H. Hakan Yılmaz
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
Analysis
The present-day global role of the US can be regarded as a process of transition between hegemony and empire. Trump’s foreign policy priorities, however, indicate that this transition is increasingly deepening in favour of empire. This affects not only the structure of the international system but also…
Prof. Veysel Ayhan
Interview
Following the simultaneous US and Israeli attacks on Iran on 28 February, the Tehran administration did not confine the conflict to the Israeli front alone; it turned to a large-scale military strategy in the Persian Gulf directly targeting the Gulf countries. Between 28 February and 26 March, the attacks carried out on the Gulf…
Prof. Veysel Ayhan
Analysis
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned the recent attacks on the Gulf countries, stating that acts targeting civilians and critical infrastructure are unacceptable. Speaking on a television programme after returning from Riyadh, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the Gulf countries…
Prof. Veysel Ayhan
Analysis
Throughout history, the fall of societies, as much as their rise, has been the result of a socio-political cycle woven from divine laws. The Qur’an expresses this universal principle through the concept of sunnatullah. In the view of the Qur’an, the destiny of societies is shaped not by chance but by the immutable laws of Allah; throughout human history…
Halit Çokan
Analysis
The incorporation of missile defence into collective defence at NATO’s 2010 Lisbon Summit and the deployment of the AN/TPY-2 early warning radar at Kürecik, Malatya in 2011 strengthened Türkiye’s role within NATO’s security architecture while at the same time creating a new…
Dr Kemal Kaya
News
The SESA Institute hosted a talk entitled “Terror-Free Türkiye”, organised in cooperation with Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University as part of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Science Café events.
News
The Kashmir Question Discussed in Istanbul under the Moderation of Prof. Veysel Ayhan As international diplomatic initiatives towards a resolution of the Kashmir question return to the agenda, a meeting held in Istanbul emphasised the importance of a negotiation process based on international guarantees for lasting peace…
News
As SESA Institute, we participated in the panel titled “Türkiye–Poland Relations: Opportunities and a Shared Future”, organized in Warsaw by the Centre for Eastern Studies (Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich – OSW), one of Poland’s leading think tanks.
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