In the world of big politics, Turkey is used to diplomatic manoeuvring and opportunistic changes. Now it is trying to take its place in a polycentric world. The idea of BRICS membership is becoming a hallmark of Turkish diplomacy.

The idea of the «Zangezur Corridor» was formally consolidated in the trilateral online statement of November 9, 2020, and subsequent declarations by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia.

At the end of August, Russian and foreign media published some declassified materials from the archives of Russia about the subversive plans of London, Paris and Ankara in the spring of 1940, aimed at destroying Soviet oil facilities and pipelines in the Caucasus to facilitate the collapse of the USSR. What are they warning current anti-Russian actors of?

This summer, with the help of Russia, Iran and Iraq, relations between Syria and Turkey were restored. This event became the subject of current diplomacy to find a detente in the Middle East. Of course, the US did not approve of such an act by Turkey. However, Ankara’s new attitude does not satisfy Syria either. What is the reason for this?

Turkey is particularly concerned about the ongoing simmering conflicts near its borders, where the Kurdish issue poses a key security threat to Ankara. Turkey refuses to countenance the existence of any form of Kurdish entities in neighboring countries, and this is having a negative effect on relations between Turkey and the USA.

According to recent reports, Israel, under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu, is doing everything in its power to prevent the cessation of hostilities in Gaza and is trying to provoke Iran into starting a regional conflict. Israel believes that such actions will help resolve some aspects of strategic security in the future.

Turkish leader Recep Erdogan is condemning Israel for the military conflict in the Gaza Strip – perhaps more than all other leaders of the Islamic states combined. However, Ankara is not moving from words to real deeds. What is the reason for this political approach of Turkey?

International transport corridors (ITCs) are gaining independent geo-economic importance, where the transit of goods and passengers guarantees a constant source of profit, security and growth. The question lies in the routes and the combination of interests of project participants. What is attractive about the Zangezur transport and communications corridor?

The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas is not finding a political solution, but is entering a new round of tension that threatens to turn into a major regional conflict. What follows Recep Erdoğan’s statement on the possibility of Turkey entering the Palestinian conflict and the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran?

With the support of the United Kingdom, Turkey is actively developing a revanchist policy within the framework of the doctrines of non-pan-Turanism and neo-Ottomanism, which is not being met with opposition from the US and EU. At the same time, Ankara is trying to take advantage of anti-Russian pressure from the West and Moscow’s preoccupation with the Ukrainian crisis.

NATO is developing a strategy of eastward expansion via new structural tactics, i.e. forming two continental military alliances in Europe and Asia allied with the organisation.

The helicopter crash that resulted in the death of the eighth President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, and the early elections of the ninth President, which resulted in the unexpected victory of the only reform-oriented candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, has changed the political landscape in the country.