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The 44th summit of the Supreme Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held in Doha was a significant event in several respects. The session was the first to be held outside Saudi Arabia since 2018 and the first hosted by Qatar since the signing of the Alul Declaration in January 2021, ending a three-year diplomatic rift between a number of Arab countries. The summit was held under special circumstances as the region is witnessing many unfortunate events, most notably the ongoing carnage in the Gaza Strip. These are extremely important developments that have many implications for the GCC and regional security…

What I would find most interesting is if any fault lines emerge between Ankara and Baku because of their varying approaches to Israel. It is unlikely, I’d guess, as Turkish-Azerbaijani ties run quite broad and deep, indeed, they often describe themselves as “two countries, one people”.  Nonetheless, there are definitely double standards, especially when it comes to who Azerbaijan supports openly, and the position that Turkey has taken, the latter being anti-Zionist, so in today’s language, pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli…

It is no secret that politics is a concentrated expression of economics. This thesis is most relevant for Turkey’s foreign policy course, which changes its direction mainly depending on rising financial flows. The Turkish economy, which has been in deep recession in recent years, is heavily dependent on foreign currency interventions and various kinds of credits and loans. It should be recalled that President R.T. Erdogan put his own state in a debt hole by adhering to a conservative economic model that envisaged…