Ahmed Davutoglu and the Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy Max Blaisdell Jan 28, 2016 The recent terrorist attacks committed in Istanbul and in Ankara and the downing of a Russian fighter jet on…
Shifting Tides: Bombing in Istanbul Highlights Regional Struggle with Border… Conor Swimm Jan 23, 2016 For the second time in a matter of months a Turkish urban center has fallen prey to an attack at the hands of a…
Erdogan’s Balancing Act Kathryn Schmidt Jan 13, 2016 As the new year unfolds, Turkey—under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—will continue to hold an increasingly…
The Reasons Behind the Ploy: The EU Turkey Summit Francesca Wallace Dec 21, 2015 On November 29th, the European Union (EU) signed a deal with Turkey regarding the waves of Syrian and other…
How ISIS Terror Has Reshaped World Politics Sarie Khalid Nov 30, 2015 The mass slaughter in Paris, the lock down in Brussels, the anti-Arab paranoia on the European far right, the…
The Age of Erdogan: Why Turkey Voted AKP Kathryn Schmidt Nov 25, 2015 The results of Turkey’s recent parliamentary election were anything but ordinary. Within the past five months,…
Turkish Election Results: Can Turkey Heal Its Sectarian Divides? Conor Swimm Nov 6, 2015 In the wake of the October 10th suicide attacks on a pro-Kurdish peace rally in the Turkish capital of Ankara,…
How Moscow Will Lose Ankara Kathryn Schmidt Oct 27, 2015 On September 30, President Vladimir Putin stunned the international community with the deployment of Russian…
IRSAM at the UN (Part 2 of 2): When We Shook Our Heads Margot Charles Mar 19, 2015 Part 1 of this series outlined the areas of convergence that a group of students from McGill University were able…
New Turkish bill sets the stage to Police State? Rachel Chan Mar 3, 2015 It is rare to witness politicians, who are usually collected and eloquent, to fistfight one another over political…