List of Balkans articles
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A crowd of people stretch their arms upward as several carry a flag-draped coffin with a picture of a man's face on it through the streets of Beirut. How Israel’s Assassination Campaign Against Hamas Could Backfire
The targeted killings pose diplomatic and security risks.
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Turkish lawmakers attend a session before voting on a bill regarding Sweden’s accession to NATO. In Turkey, Atlanticism Does Not Mean Liberalism
Ankara finally ratified Stockholm’s NATO accession, but it must still find a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question.
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Two Turkish members of the opposition People's Equality and Democracy Party sit in the audience of a parliamentary meeting, facing back to the camera to hold up signs reading "No to NATO, Occupation, War" in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Why Turkey Took Its Time on Sweden
NATO is one of the few venues where Ankara can exert pressure on Western peers.
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18. Kyriakos Mitsotakis on How to Counter ‘Davos Arrogance’
Greece’s prime minister makes the case that his country is uniquely situated to talk to the global south—and broker peace in the Middle East.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia on Sept. 4, 2023. The United States Needs to Play Hardball With Turkey
A tough stance toward Ankara is the only way to defend U.S. regional interests and stop Erdogan’s mercurial and manipulative policies.
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Hussein al-Sheikh attends the funeral of former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The Year’s Best Profiles
Examining some of the political figures who changed our world in 2023.
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An illustration shows the lopped off lower half of the globe with a diverse group of people holding it up from below for a story about the term "the global south." Was 2023 the Year of the Global South?
From the halls of the United Nations to leaders’ podiums, policymakers fixated on the concept this year.
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Erdogan gestures in the foreground in front of a backdrop featuring the NATO logo. It’s Time to Reconsider Turkey’s NATO Membership
In nearly every theater of vital security interests, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems devoted to undermining the trans-Atlantic alliance.
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peacekeeper plas soccer with children in east timor Why Gaza Won’t End Up Like East Timor or Kosovo
History shows that international administration without a political endgame always fails.
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A man waves a Romanian flag next to soldiers from the regimental guard University Square in Bucharest on December 21, 2011. Romania Is at a Dangerous Tipping Point
The country is increasingly important to the world—and increasingly unstable.
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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov sits at a desk and looks down at its surface during a diplomatic meeting. Bayramov wears a dark blue suit, and a microphone sits on his desk between a small Azerbaijani flag and a bouquet of white flowers. How the End of Nagorno-Karabakh Will Reshape Geopolitics
Azerbaijan’s dramatic takeover has serious consequences for Armenia, Turkey, Iran, and beyond.
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Rafet Kurse, a former fisherman, stands next to an abandoned boat on the former shores of Marmara Lake. A dry, dusty landscape stretches into the distance behind him. King of the Dammed
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse.
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Then-Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with senior Hamas leaders Khaled Mashal (center) and Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara on June 18, 2013. Why Erdogan Is Unlikely to Cut Ties With Hamas
It seems that the Turkish president is once again ready to burn bridges with Israel.
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Italian soldiers serving in a NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) patrol near a road barricade set up in the divided town of Mitrovica on Dec. 29, 2022. The EU Has Failed in Serbia and Kosovo
As violence flares, Washington has shown it has influence, while Brussels’s policies have shown weakness.
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Sumeyye Bayraktar and Selcuk Bayraktar, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter and son-in-law, hold Turkish flags in front of Erdogan’s residence in Kisikli. Is Selcuk Bayraktar Turkey’s Crown Prince-in-Waiting?
Drones made the president’s son-in-law a household name. His techno-nationalism and popular appeal could make him the country’s next leader.
