Author: Nebi Mis

Türkiye’s extended hand for normalization represented an opportunity for the Bashar Assad regime. Starting in the early months of 2023, Türkiye demonstrated its determination on this issue. Ensuring territorial integrity, clearing terrorism, enabling the return of refugees and ultimately establishing an inclusive and stable administration in Syria – without excluding the regime – offered Assad a viable way out. On Nov. 12, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters on his return from Azerbaijan: “I still hope we can come together and put Syria-Türkiye relations on track. We believe normalization will pave the way for peace and tranquility in Syrian territories.”…

The world’s most developed countries convened at the G-20 summit in Brazil to discuss hunger and poverty on a global scale. The possibility of using wealth taxes collected from the rich to address the needs of underdeveloped regions has long been a key topic on the G-20’s agenda. Additionally, reforming global governance institutions was also on the table. While these issues were the main focus in Rio de Janeiro, the leaders’ summit unfolded under the shadow of existing chaos and conflicts in the international system, with the potential for these to deepen during Donald Trump’s second term. Concerns in Europe…

The opposition parties and their supporting opinion-makers seem to have a habit that can be described as political laziness: instead of creating impactful policies, they constantly pin their hopes on a fracture within the ruling party or coalition. This habit reflects a flawed belief that every new political development will lead to cracks in the People’s Alliance, signaling the downfall of the government and paving the way for their own rise. However, such expectations have no grounding in political reality. Holding onto this kind of hope is, from the outset, a sign of weakness for a political party – it…