Since 2017, Turkish Lira has fallen 91% against the Dollar. Turkey should be an EM superpower, but under Erdogan it is only one currency crisis after another, hyperinflation and volatility. The idea that Erdogan provides stability is an illusion. He provides the opposite...

📚 العدد السادس عشر من نشرة الدالّ نستعرض كتبًا عن المذكرات النسائية في العالم العربي، النضال الرقمي بعد الربيع العربي، التجربة النسوية السعودية، فَهْم الغرب الخاطئ للشرق الأوسط، دراسات الانتقال الديمقراطي، وصمود الأنظمة الثورية. لقراءة العدد والاشتراك: aldaal.substack.com/p/16

Listen to this great conversation I had with Omer Taspinar on Tahrir Podcast - بودكاست التحرير discussing his brilliant book. Essential listen even if you think you’ve escaped the trap of misconception and misdiagnosis. Streaming everywhere ⬇️

Thanks to Tahrir Podcast for all the good questions and interest in my book "WHAT THE WEST IN GETTING WRONG ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST" bloomsbury.com/us/what-the-we…

Omer Taspinar is one of the most insightful and in-depth scholars on Turkey & the Middle East. This podcast is like a free university lecture—his argument that conflict is primarily driven by nationalism (with Islam as a tool) is a must-hear for anyone looking at the region

We have come to the point where our closest allies are calling administration statements unacceptable, disrespectful, and a violation of international law. Trump/Vance doing all they can to turn their fantasy of hostile EU into self-fulfilling prophesy.

While much of Washington understandably focused on the tariffs catastrophe, Trump still trying to extort Ukraine for hundreds of billions of $, top admin officials hosting Putin’s money man, and Russian missiles raining down all across Ukraine.

Trump gerçekten İmamoğlu’nun tutuklanması için destek verdi mi? Washington’dan bakınca Öcalan süreci nasıl görünüyor? Ömer Taşpınar anlattı youtu.be/KC6XpgkNad4?si… YouTube aracılığıyla

İsrail yine saldırıyor | Transatlantik (Video) medyascope.tv/2025/05/21/isr… Gönül Tol Omer Taspinar

My take on the four drivers of convergence between Ankara and Riyadh in the New Middle East

How Turkey and Saudi Arabia turned their detente into partnership agsi.org/analysis/turki…

While the bilateral relationship between Ankara and Riyad is one to watch at the moment, Ömer Taşpınar Omer Taspinar publishes an excellent article on the factors behind the emerging Turkish-Saudi entente: Syria, the Palestinian question, defence cooperation. agsi.org/analysis/turki…

"Turkish-Saudi Convergence in the New Middle East" A thoughtful analysis by Omer Taspinar on what could be a promising prospect for peace and stability in the region: agsi.org/analysis/turki…

In this piece, Omer Taspinar argues that beneath the surface of foreign policy, a deeper alignment between Ankara and Riyadh is taking shape. Turkey and Saudi Arabia may seem like unlikely partners, but Erdoğan’s one-man rule and MBS’s top-down overhaul mirror each other: both favor

🔔2’li Görüş’ün yeni bölümünde Dr. Bahadır Çelebi (Bahadır Çelebi) konukları Prof. Dr. Ömer Taşpınar (Omer Taspinar) ve Dr. Birol Başkan ile Orta Doğu'da değişen dengeleri ve Türkiye-Suudi Arabistan yakınlaşmasını konuşuyor. 📅 Bugün ⏰ 19.30'da! 📹 youtube.com/live/kGrPxEo8e…

Döndük Dolaştık Suudi Arabistan’la Nasıl Kanka Olduk? 👇🏼 youtu.be/k0g4nICH3f4

Trump now portraying Iran strikes as him not “chickening out” but opposite seems to be the case. He desperately wanted a deal with Iran and publicly and privately told Israel not to strike. A confident Netanyahu called his bluff, told him Israel needed to act, and Trump felt no

The big question: Why would Iran abandon nuclear weapons if Israel can attack the country and its leaders for any reason Israel wants? Unless the US answers this question, any future negotiations with Iran are unlikely to produce meaningful results.

The United States can destroy Irans infrastructure, but it cannot destroy Iranian knowledge. These strikes may set Iran back, but it is also likely to incentivize Iran toward the bomb. The US still needs a plan for deescalation & a long term strategy to prevent proliferation

Murat Bardakçı’yı geçtim. Ondan zaten beklemem. İlber Ortaylı bu ülkede yıllarca en geniş kesimlerin hocam hocam diye pofpofladığı adam değil mi? Yıllarca Fatih Altaylı ile beraber program yaptılar. Altaylı’dan hep saygı, hürmet gördüler. Bugün bir çift kelam etmek çok mu