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‘Turkey under Mr. Erdoğan has also expanded its strategic horizons and interests’

The Erdogan victory, a triumph for Ottoman glory

‘Mr. Netanyahu has begun to project himself as the country’s unifier and saviour’

A desperate Israeli leader plays the security card

‘China can be expected to be at the centre of much of this diplomatic activity’

The olive branch effect of the Beijing Accord

‘India will need to engage with China in West Asia, where the two countries have shared interests’ Picture is of the meeting in Beijing

In Saudi-Iranian ‘normalisation’, new challenges emerge in West Asia

Libyans gather at the Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli on February 17, 2023, as they commemorate the 12th anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime strongman Muammar Gaddafi.

Libya’s outlook remains bleak

A handout picture from Syria where Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is meeting Russia’s Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, and the accompanying delegation in the capital Damascus in January 2023

Signals of a slow return to peace in Syria

Fans hold up a shirt with the name of Mahsa Amini and a flag advocating women’s rights during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between Wales and the Islamic Republic of Iran in Doha, Qatar

Iran at a political crossroads

Demonstrators at Tahrir Square in Baghdad in a protest against the new government

Baghdad gets a government, but violence haunts Iraq

The Turkish President in the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara

Turkish foreign policy, the East-West divide

A billboard with Tunisian president Kais Saied’s image in Kairouan, Tunisia.

Strangling Tunisia’s democracy

‘West Asia reflects the same multipolarity that is emerging at the global level’

The message for Biden — West Asia has moved on

A weekly cabinet meeting

The floundering of Israel’s uneasy coalition

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, hugs Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before a meeting in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 28, 2022.

Turkey’s foreign policy reset

File photo of delegates before a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria.

The JCPOA continues to be elusive