
By choosing Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu as its joint presidential candidate, the Turkish opposition has shown that it can offer hope and appeal to the broader Turkish population.

The end of the coalition between Erdogan and Gülen is a turning point in Turkish politics and Turkish soft power in post-Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Whoever will be the next president of Turkey will have the difficult task of rebuilding trust with the EU. The challenge is linked to Turkey’s foreign and domestic policies.

The hostage crisis is only the beginning of a larger crisis for Turkey.

The ISIS insurgency in Iraq will pose significant political and security challenges for the established states of the Middle East, including, first and foremost, Turkey.

Although Ankara tries to have balanced relations with Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia, Turkey’s policy in the South Caucasus is primarily determined by its relations with Azerbaijan, who is the best ally and economic partner for Ankara.

Turkey faces the challenge of recalibrating its policy toward Syria given the Assad regime’s resilience and gradual recovery of international legitimacy.

Erdogan will have enough political votes and support to win Turkey’s presidential elections, but not enough legitimacy to run an incredible dynamic and diverse Turkish society.

Rising democracies are becoming key players in global democracy promotion, but they often struggle to detach the external support they provide from their own transition experiences.

The United States and the EU are negotiating a transatlantic trade deal that could be difficult to multilateralize. Third countries should engage now to avoid that danger later.