Publications
After Mladić: The Limits of “Never Again”
Ratko Mladić—the Bosnian Serb militia commander, convicted war criminal, and primary architect of the Srebrenica genocide, notoriously dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’—has died at...
Türkiye in Focus: 14-18 Sept. 2026
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus;
The investigation into the suspicious death of a former National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) official draws one of Türkiye’s best-known...
Can Trump’s Coalition Survive Without Trump?
Donald Trump has given Republicans a simple instruction for the midterms: vote as if he were on the ballot.
At the Republican midterm convention in...
Silicon Valley’s Reckoning: From Techno-Optimism to Techno-Skepticism
For decades, Silicon Valley enjoyed an almost mythological status. Its founders were celebrated as visionary geniuses, its platforms hailed as democratic tools, and its...
Türkiye in Focus
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus:
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan travelled to Bishkek to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
The initial steps towards institutionalising the...
Oman’s Hormuz Gambit
In mid-August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a characteristically blunt warning to one of America's oldest partners in the Persian Gulf: "If Oman...
What Abu al-Duhur Reveals About the Türkiye-Israel Rivalry
On the evening of 18 August 2026, Israel launched an airstrike against the runway of Syria’s Abu al-Duhur military airbase, situated in the province...
The New Industrial Politics of NATO
For more than a decade, NATO’s burden-sharing debate revolved around a number. Washington asked European allies to spend more; European governments argued over how...
Why Polarisation Makes Inflation Harder to Beat
There is a deep, organic, and strategic nexus between polarisation and high inflation. Inflation is conventionally explained through monetary conditions, fiscal policy, exchange-rate movements...
Weekly Newsletter
Türkiye in Focus
14-18 September 2026 Edition Edition
This week we cover:
- Intelligence Officer’s Death Returns to the Spotlight
- Türkiye’s Steady Rise in PISA Results
- A Turbulent Day for Borsa İstanbul