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An Iranian flag flutters in front of the United Nations headquarters in Vienna June 17, 2014. Six world powers and Iran began their fifth round of nuclear negotiations on Tuesday in hopes of salvaging prospects for a deal over Tehran's disputed atomic activity by a July deadline. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY)

The Iran question, again

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Syrian army soldiers walk past rubble along a street in al-Hajar al-Aswad, Syria May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC144C7CB400

Europe must develop a Middle East policy independent of the US

Monday, January 21, 2019

Galip Dalay

Turkey’s regional alliance structure

Monday, October 29, 2018

Turkey in a new period: Challenges and opportunities

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Bahrain's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Fahad bin Mahmood, Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani pose for a family photo during the annual summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC1E38F639D0

What Brookings experts are saying about the one-year anniversary of the Gulf crisis

Tarik M. Yousef, Nader Kabbani, Noha Aboueldahab, Larbi Sadiki, Ranj Alaaldin, Galip Dalay, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, and Adel Abdel Ghafar

Monday, June 4, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018. Cem Oksuz/Pool via Reuters -

Turkey in the Middle East’s new battle lines

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Turkish forces and Free Syrian Army members hold flags on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 28, 2018. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi

Breaking the Turkey–U.S. deadlock in Syria

Monday, April 16, 2018

European Union (R) and Turkish flags fly at the business and financial district of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey September 4, 2017.

Turkey–EU relations: Dysfunctional framework, status anxiety

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev

From Astana to Sochi: How de-escalation allowed Assad to return to war

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Relatives and friends of Sahin Elitas, a civilian who was killed in a rocket attack fired by Syria, carry a Turkish flag during his funeral ceremony in the town of Kirikhan in Hatay province, Turkey January 23, 2018.

A difference of opinion? Fissures in US-Turkish relations after Syria

Friday, January 26, 2018