📰 A new Analysis by Mehmet Kılıç is published.
The Mecca Accord and Iran’s Strategic Dilemma
26 August 2026
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7 by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, marks a potentially consequential shift in the Middle East’s security landscape. Its premise is straightforward: an attack on one signatory is to be treated as an...
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The Mecca Accord and Iran’s Strategic Dilemma
26 August 2026
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7 by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, marks a potentially consequential shift in the Middle East’s security landscape. Its premise is straightforward: an attack on one signatory is to be treated as an...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/the-mecca-accord-and-irans-strategic-dilemma/
📰 A new Türkiye in Focus by Ömer Sevim is published.
Türkiye in Focus
28 August 2026
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus: Malazgirt Victory Celebrations: A New Vision for Türkiye The commemorations of the Battle of Malazgirt, marking the historic turning point when the Turks established Anatolia as their home, have expanded significantly over the past decade under the stewardship of the...
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Türkiye in Focus
28 August 2026
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus: Malazgirt Victory Celebrations: A New Vision for Türkiye The commemorations of the Battle of Malazgirt, marking the historic turning point when the Turks established Anatolia as their home, have expanded significantly over the past decade under the stewardship of the...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/turkiye-in-focus/turkiye-in-focus-103/
📰 A new Analysis by Kübra Aktaş is published.
When Rumours Become Reality: Ceuta and Europe’s Digital Border
31 August 2026
The mass movement into Ceuta at the end of July 2026 was more than another episode of migration pressure on Europe’s southern borders. Its scale, speed and relationship with social media turned the Spanish enclave into a test case for a different security challenge: what happens when misleading info...
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When Rumours Become Reality: Ceuta and Europe’s Digital Border
31 August 2026
The mass movement into Ceuta at the end of July 2026 was more than another episode of migration pressure on Europe’s southern borders. Its scale, speed and relationship with social media turned the Spanish enclave into a test case for a different security challenge: what happens when misleading info...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/when-rumours-become-reality-ceuta-and-europes-digital-border/
📰 A new Analysis by Murat Selvi is published.
Why Polarisation Makes Inflation Harder to Beat
31 August 2026
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 and supply shocks. Yet these forces do not operate in a political vacuum. Once inflation becomes entrenched...
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Why Polarisation Makes Inflation Harder to Beat
31 August 2026
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 and supply shocks. Yet these forces do not operate in a political vacuum. Once inflation becomes entrenched...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/why-polarisation-makes-inflation-harder-to-beat/
📰 A new Analysis by Çağdaş Yüksel is published.
The New Industrial Politics of NATO
1 September 2026
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 quickly they could get there. Success was measured as a share of GDP. Now the money is arriving—and that is about to make the politics m...
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The New Industrial Politics of NATO
1 September 2026
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 quickly they could get there. Success was measured as a share of GDP. Now the money is arriving—and that is about to make the politics m...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/the-new-industrial-politics-of-nato/
📰 A new Analysis by Ihsan Faruk Kılavuz is published.
What Abu al-Duhur Reveals About the Türkiye-Israel Rivalry
1 September 2026
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 of Idlib—a largely dormant facility devoid of active flight operations. Although the attack resulted in no casualties, its broader context commands cri...
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What Abu al-Duhur Reveals About the Türkiye-Israel Rivalry
1 September 2026
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 of Idlib—a largely dormant facility devoid of active flight operations. Although the attack resulted in no casualties, its broader context commands cri...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/what-abu-al-duhur-reveals-about-the-turkiye-israel-rivalry/
📰 A new Analysis by Ihsan Faruk Kılavuz is published.
Oman’s Hormuz Gambit
3 September 2026
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 gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s*** out of them.” The threat, delivered on Fox News, laid bare Washington’s frust...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/omans-hormuz-gambit/
Oman’s Hormuz Gambit
3 September 2026
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 gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s*** out of them.” The threat, delivered on Fox News, laid bare Washington’s frust...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/omans-hormuz-gambit/
📰 A new Türkiye in Focus by Ömer Sevim is published.
Türkiye in Focus
4 September 2026
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus: President Erdoğan Visits Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit An active, multidirectional foreign policy has become a defining trait of Türkiye’s international posture in recent years. Rather than adhering to a single strategic axis, Ankara contin...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/turkiye-in-focus/turkiye-in-focus-104/
Türkiye in Focus
4 September 2026
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus: President Erdoğan Visits Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit An active, multidirectional foreign policy has become a defining trait of Türkiye’s international posture in recent years. Rather than adhering to a single strategic axis, Ankara contin...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/turkiye-in-focus/turkiye-in-focus-104/
📰 A new Analysis by Tarek Cherkaoui is published.
Silicon Valley’s Reckoning: From Techno-Optimism to Techno-Skepticism
7 September 2026
For decades, Silicon Valley enjoyed an almost mythological status. Its founders were celebrated as visionary geniuses, its platforms hailed as democratic tools, and its algorithms trusted as neutral arbiters of information. That era is drawing to a close. A profound shift is underway and its implica...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/silicon-valleys-reckoning-from-techno-optimism-to-techno-skepticism/
Silicon Valley’s Reckoning: From Techno-Optimism to Techno-Skepticism
7 September 2026
For decades, Silicon Valley enjoyed an almost mythological status. Its founders were celebrated as visionary geniuses, its platforms hailed as democratic tools, and its algorithms trusted as neutral arbiters of information. That era is drawing to a close. A profound shift is underway and its implica...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/silicon-valleys-reckoning-from-techno-optimism-to-techno-skepticism/
📰 A new Analysis by Ergun Bakar is published.
Can Trump’s Coalition Survive Without Trump?
16 September 2026
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 Dallas, he asked supporters to “pretend, please, that I am on the ballot.” The line worked because it captured the problem Republicans are trying to sol...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/can-trumps-coalition-survive-without-trump/
Can Trump’s Coalition Survive Without Trump?
16 September 2026
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 Dallas, he asked supporters to “pretend, please, that I am on the ballot.” The line worked because it captured the problem Republicans are trying to sol...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/analysis/can-trumps-coalition-survive-without-trump/
📰 A new Türkiye in Focus by TRT World Research Centre is published.
Türkiye in Focus: 14-18 September 2026
18 September 2026
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus; Intelligence Officer’s Death Returns to the Spotlight The landmark trials that reshaped Türkiye’s political landscape in the late 2000s continue to generate new questions more than a decade later. Among them is the suspicious death of former intelligence officer Kaşi...
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Türkiye in Focus: 14-18 September 2026
18 September 2026
In this week’s Türkiye in Focus; Intelligence Officer’s Death Returns to the Spotlight The landmark trials that reshaped Türkiye’s political landscape in the late 2000s continue to generate new questions more than a decade later. Among them is the suspicious death of former intelligence officer Kaşi...
Read more: https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/publications/turkiye-in-focus/turkiye-in-focus-14-18-september-2026/
📰 A new Analysis by TRT World Research Centre is published.
Trump, Xi and the Geography of Power
23 September 2026
Trump and Xi are due to meet in Washington on September 24. The four months since their last encounter have brought contrasting fortunes. China’s trade with the world has surged under Xi Jinping; Donald Trump, meanwhile, has watched his approval ratings slide at home. The September 24 summit may pro...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/analysis/trump-xi-and-the-geography-of-power/
Trump, Xi and the Geography of Power
23 September 2026
Trump and Xi are due to meet in Washington on September 24. The four months since their last encounter have brought contrasting fortunes. China’s trade with the world has surged under Xi Jinping; Donald Trump, meanwhile, has watched his approval ratings slide at home. The September 24 summit may pro...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/analysis/trump-xi-and-the-geography-of-power/
📰 A new Analysis by TRT World Research Centre is published.
Between the Gas Pump and the PACs: Congress’s Iran Calculus
25 September 2026
On September 15, the House voted 220-204 to tell President Donald Trump to end U.S. military involvement in the Iran war without congressional authorization. Every Democrat who voted supported the resolution, joined by seven Republicans. Twenty-four hours later, the same chamber approved the Lindsey...
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Between the Gas Pump and the PACs: Congress’s Iran Calculus
25 September 2026
On September 15, the House voted 220-204 to tell President Donald Trump to end U.S. military involvement in the Iran war without congressional authorization. Every Democrat who voted supported the resolution, joined by seven Republicans. Twenty-four hours later, the same chamber approved the Lindsey...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/analysis/between-the-gas-pump-and-the-pacs-congresss-iran-calculus/
📰 A new Türkiye in Focus by TRT World Research Centre is published.
Türkiye in Focus
25 September 2026
Türkiye in Focus 21-25 September 2026 In this week’s Türkiye in Focus; Erdoğan Calls for Reform of the UN Security Council Veto System President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s participation in the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York has once again brought Türkiye’s longstanding call for reform ...
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Türkiye in Focus
25 September 2026
Türkiye in Focus 21-25 September 2026 In this week’s Türkiye in Focus; Erdoğan Calls for Reform of the UN Security Council Veto System President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s participation in the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York has once again brought Türkiye’s longstanding call for reform ...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/turkiye-in-focus/turkiye-in-focus-105/
📰 A new Analysis by TRT World Research Centre is published.
Between Two Straits: Saudi Arabia’s Increasingly Complex Security Dilemma
28 September 2026
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia faces an acute strategic crisis characterised by multi-front asymmetric coercion, energy export disruption, and shifting regional alliances. As the war involving Iran, Israel and the United States takes unpredictable turns, Tehran appears to be leveraging its “Axis of Res...
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Between Two Straits: Saudi Arabia’s Increasingly Complex Security Dilemma
28 September 2026
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia faces an acute strategic crisis characterised by multi-front asymmetric coercion, energy export disruption, and shifting regional alliances. As the war involving Iran, Israel and the United States takes unpredictable turns, Tehran appears to be leveraging its “Axis of Res...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/analysis/between-two-straits-saudi-arabias-increasingly-complex-security-dilemma/
📰 A new Analysis by TRT World Research Centre is published.
Beyond the AI Scare
1 October 2026
History offers a simple and enduring truth: mankind should fear not the tool it has created, but who wields it, with what motives, and against whom. From the stone axe to firearms, from the printing press to nuclear energy, at every turning point in the history of technology, the distinction between...
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Beyond the AI Scare
1 October 2026
History offers a simple and enduring truth: mankind should fear not the tool it has created, but who wields it, with what motives, and against whom. From the stone axe to firearms, from the printing press to nuclear energy, at every turning point in the history of technology, the distinction between...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/analysis/beyond-the-ai-scare/
📰 A new Türkiye in Focus by TRT World Research Centre is published.
Türkiye in Focus
2 October 2026
Türkiye in Focus: 28 September – 2 October 2026 In this week’s Türkiye in Focus; The Fund Investigation Expands into the Political Sphere The investigation into the problems surrounding Türkiye’s investment funds has continued to widen, bringing more high-profile names into the public debate. ...
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Türkiye in Focus
2 October 2026
Türkiye in Focus: 28 September – 2 October 2026 In this week’s Türkiye in Focus; The Fund Investigation Expands into the Political Sphere The investigation into the problems surrounding Türkiye’s investment funds has continued to widen, bringing more high-profile names into the public debate. ...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/turkiye-in-focus/turkiye-in-focus-106/
📰 A new Analysis by TRT World Research Centre is published.
The Midterms and the Trump Inheritance
6 October 2026
If Democrats take the House in November, Donald Trump could be heading toward a third impeachment fight. That would be the obvious headline. The deeper story is what comes after: which parts of Trump’s political project survive him, and what JD Vance decides to carry forward. In its September 25, 20...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/analysis/the-midterms-and-the-trump-inheritance/
The Midterms and the Trump Inheritance
6 October 2026
If Democrats take the House in November, Donald Trump could be heading toward a third impeachment fight. That would be the obvious headline. The deeper story is what comes after: which parts of Trump’s political project survive him, and what JD Vance decides to carry forward. In its September 25, 20...
Read more: https://researchcenter.trt.net.tr/publications/analysis/the-midterms-and-the-trump-inheritance/