Great East

The Mecca agreement strengthens deterrence against Iran and Iran-linked forces, while also reflecting concern about Israel and doubts over the reliability of United States security guarantees Turkey,...

Tehran, which once vowed to prevent a U.S.-backed transport project from emerging along its northern border, is changing tactics. Instead of trying to block the Trump Route, Iran is seeking to develop...

Masoud Pezeshkian’s denial that he intends to resign was supposed to project stability. Instead, it exposed the depth of the struggle between Iran’s civilian administration, religious conservatives an...

One name stood out sharply among the Israeli television channels, Iranian opposition publications and foreign-based broadcasters on the extensive list of “hostile media” released by Iran’s Ministry of...

WASHINGTON, July 27 — U.S. President Donald Trump paused strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz after senior military leaders warned the White House about the limited effectiveness of fu...

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition force, announced on July 21 that he was leaving the Republican People’s Party and establishing a new political movement. The decision followed months...

The first five months of 2026 produced important indicators suggesting that Azerbaijan–Iran economic relations are entering a new phase. According to Azerbaijan’s State Statistical Committee, the coun...

The expansion of the United States air campaign into northern Iran is raising concerns in Baku — from missiles and drones crossing the border to a humanitarian crisis, sabotage and a new confrontation...

Military hostilities between the United States and Iran intensified again on July 14 following a series of reciprocal strikes and a further escalation of tensions over the Strait of Hormuz. The United...

Since the mid-2020s, Eurasia has been undergoing a period of profound geopolitical transformation. The Russia–Ukraine war, the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan and the rise of the Tali...

Twenty years ago, on July 13, 2006, the official inauguration of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) Main Export Oil Pipeline at the Turkish port of Ceyhan was far more than the commissioning of a new energ...

The report by the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet that Ankara has decided to transfer its Russian-made S-400 air defense systems to one of the Gulf states could prove to be one of the most symbolic develop...

Why the Ceasefire Between the United States and Iran May Prove to Be Only a Brief Pause When United States President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, many saw it as a...

Iran is set to hold the funeral ceremony of its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on July 4, following his death on February 28 in a United States airstrike on Tehran. Mourning ceremonies are scheduled to t...

Israel’s decision to recognise the mass death of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide is not merely a historical gesture. It is also a political signal — one aimed not at Yerevan, but p...

Why the New Clash Between the United States and Iran Is Changing the Logic of the Crisis The new United States strikes on Iranian territory on June 28 were not merely another episode in the exchange o...