Dr. İbrahim Karataş is a Lecturer in International Relations at Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey. He writes columns for Turkey’s Daily Sabah and Yeni Akit dailies and has written more than 30 academic articles and books.
Sidelining Critics and Clergy, MBS’ Social Reforms Could Provoke a Backla...
Politics & GovernanceSaudi Arabia’s renowned English-speaking daily newspaper Arab News published a special Christmas edition on December...
Deconstructing Détente: How 2022 World Cup Can Reshape the Gulf’s Politi...
GeopoliticsThe 2022 FIFA World Cup has given billions of fans all over the world a...
Iran’s 2022 Protests: The View from Turkey
GeopoliticsAfter 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed by the Iranian “morality police” in early September 2022,...
Explaining the GCC’s Success Stopping Terrorist Attacks
Defense & SecurityThe member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have enjoyed relative prosperity and peace...
Scrutinizing Iran’s Foreign Proxy Network
Defense & SecuritySince the end of the Second World War, open military conflicts between global and regional...
GCC Football Purchases: Uncertain Investment, Soft Power Opportunity
Politics & GovernanceThe states of the Gulf have largely remained undistinguished in global sporting events in all...
Should Kuwait Revisit its Foreign Policy?
Politics & GovernanceKuwait, a Gulf country of 4.67 million people, has pursued a conciliatory foreign policy strategy...
Pursuing A Precarious Peace: Examining the Turkey-Iran Relationship
GeopoliticsTurkey and Iran have a long, tumultuous, and, at times, contentious history. The border between...
A New Era in Turkish-Saudi Relations?
GeopoliticsTurkey and Saudi Arabia had largely inactive relations before Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power...