In the seven months since the fall of the Assad regime, Syria has made significant progress toward political stability. However, the recent unrest in Suwayda is a sobering reminder that the road ahead remains long. Under the leadership of Ahmed […]
Reports that the U.S. State Department has withdrawn its diplomats from Iraq and authorized the departure of military families from the region have intensified speculation that an Israeli strike on Iran could be imminent. Coupled with President Trump’s pessimistic remarks […]
By undermining soft power and mutual interdependence, Trump’s foreign policy exposed the fragility of American global dominance. Last month, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and Robert O. Keohane, who recently passed away, published an article in Foreign Affairs titled The End […]
Looking at the final 20 days of the Trump administration, it is not an exaggeration to say that the U.S. was swiftly moving from a rejection of global leadership to a sharp exit from the international system. Trump, whose actions […]
The Biden administration’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missile systems against targets inside Russia has marked a significant escalation in the war. Ukrainian leaders had long struggled to persuade Washington to take this step, but reports suggest that […]
Donald Trump’ın başkanlık seçimlerinden zaferle çıkmasının ardından Avrupalı devletler Rus işgaline karşı Ukrayna’ya desteğin akıbeti konusunda kaygılanıyor. Biden yönetimi görev süresi bitene kadar Ukrayna’ya verilen desteği pekiştirmeye ve kalıcı hale getirmeye çalışıyor. AB ve NATO yetkilileriyle Ukrayna’ya desteğin artırılması konusunda […]
In the first week after Trump’s election victory, he named several people he intends to appoint to his cabinet, signaling that border security and immigration will be his top priorities. While Trump aims to speed up Senate confirmations for these […]
The Netanyahu administration, backed by Washington, continues to massacre innocent Palestinians, showing it acknowledges no authority.
Biden visited Michigan and Georgia last weekend to strengthen support among Black voters who could influence the results in these areas.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant.
Israel’s ambiguous response to Hamas’ ceasefire acceptance, simultaneously starting Rafah operation, weakens possibility of genuine ceasefire.
President Biden publicly revealed his disagreement with Netanyahu over the Gaza issue in his ‘red line’ statement over the weekend.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Middle East this weekend for the fifth time since the Oct. 7 attack. Against the backdrop of the killing of three U.S. soldiers in Jordan, CIA Director William Burns published an article […]
The argument that Hamas bears responsibility for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as put forward by Israel, has not convinced the American public. Unlike previous operations and wars, Israel’s attempts to justify targeting civilians in Gaza and its insensitive remarks […]
The intense global economic rivalry between the US and China is leading to a fierce competition, particularly in the advanced technology sector. While Washington imposes measures to limit the export of high-tech products to China, Beijing is not sitting idle. […]
Kadir Ustun, the Executive Director of SETA DC, was featured on Al Jazeera, where he discussed Türkiye’s stance on Sweden’s bid to join NATO.
The participation of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the G-7 summit in Hiroshima holds significant symbolic importance.
Two summits in Jeddah and Tehran held three days apart turned all eyes to the Middle East. The Western media promptly portrayed the two events as the formation of rival alliances. As a matter of fact, some went as far […]
The last three presidents of the United States – Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden – promised a partial disengagement from the Middle East to focus their country’s attention on China. As a matter of fact, President Biden rushed […]
US President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East reassures regional allies of continued engagement, but it is unlikely to mobilize them around US goals
Biden’s visit to the Middle East comes at a time when regional actors are reaching out to each other to reconcile their differences. The trip is unlikely to change the broader US retrenchment in the region, despite Biden’s vow to launch a “new […]
It may sound like a cliche to say that the world is changing, but it is. Technology has become the most significant vehicle for this transformation worldwide. Everything in the world is exposed to this transformational process, from superheroes to […]
It has now been almost a decade since scholars, observers and policymakers started discussing the state of U.S. leadership in the world. It has been probably the most fruitful discussion in international relations in recent years. There is now literature […]
It is difficult to say Biden made good on his ‘America is back’ slogan. Joe Biden had to face the legacy of former US President Donald Trump.
United States President Joe Biden hosted the Summit for Democracy, an ambitious virtual meeting, on Dec. 9-10. The summit, to which 110 nations were invited, had already faced criticism over the choice of participants. Washington invited Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, […]
The G-20 summit in Rome gave President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a platform to showcase his skills in leader-to-leader diplomacy. Having covered his trip personally, my sense is that his most important meetings were with U.S. President Joe Biden and French […]
SETA DC hosted a virtual panel of experts to discuss ‘US-Turkey Relations: Challenges and Opportunities ahead of the G20 Summit.’
Turkey has returned from the brink of a major crisis with Western governments. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doubled down in response to an Oct. 18 statement by 10 ambassadors that meddled in Turkey’s internal affairs and infringed on its right to sovereignty: […]
Ahead of a tentative meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden at the G20 summit in Rome, there remain major issues between the two countries that could derail the relationship – but there are also signs of improvement.