My latest blog on #Turkey’s #Erdoğan: reading his recent visit to #Trump, where affinities were put on display and discord was carefully pushed under the rug.

Turkish Cypriots Go to the Polls. Will It Matter? "Whoever wins, it is becoming harder to imagine a future where the Cyprus problem is settled peacefully in keeping with the interests of all stakeholders. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/08/erd…

Trump is supporting transnational repression: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/08/tru…

A popular story holds that colonial borders are the source of problems in the Middle East. The narrative is promoted by everyone from the Islamic State to American politicians—neoconservative and liberal and otherwise. (1/5)

My mans Nicholas Danforth keeps writing things you need to read. So keep up. tcf.org/content/report…

"But seeing the way people have clashed over borders or struggled with their contradictions can still offer some insights. Turkey, for example, has reaped the benefits of its victory over imperialism for the past century. But the specter of Sevres has + tcf.org/content/report…

Grateful to Century International for the chance to bring together, update, and expand some of my writing on maps and Middle Eastern borders tcf.org/content/report…

Forse il male del medio oriente non nasce con i famigerati accordi Sykes-Picot e dai "confini disegnati con il righello", ma da quello che (non) è stato fatto dentro quei confini. Un paper da leggere di Nicholas Danforth su The Century Foundation tcf.org/content/report…

Beyond Bad Borders: How Nationalism, Imperialism, and Power Politics Shaped the Modern Middle East tcf.org/content/report…

Interesting reading by Nicholas Danforth : "Beyond Bad Borders: How Nationalism, Imperialism, and Power Politics Shaped the Modern Middle East" | TCF tcf.org/?p=63394

From latest, free to read: wapo.st/42TtqGw

My reflections on a recent visit to Lebanon and Syria in Foreign Policy Syrian Refugees, U.S. Aid Cuts Have Been Devastating - Many face a tough choice—remain in squalid camps or return to a troubled homeland. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/27/syr…

Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. New for FP, full access link in reply

Excellent Beyond Bad Borders: How Nationalism, Imperialism, and Power Politics Shaped the Modern Middle East via The Century Foundation tcf.org/content/report…

My latest piece: "Why Putin’s Energy Weapon Failed - New measures from the United States and European Union confirm why Russian energy exports were always a double-edged sword." foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/put…

Çok önemli bir yayın geliyor. The Rise and Fall of Turkey's Democrat Party - bit.ly/47gmMMX

Where did Turcomania go?