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AID AFTER 2025: WHY THE PRIVATE SECTOR MUST BECOME CORE TO HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

As traditional funding collapses and crises escalate, businesses bring more than money; they offer innovation, scale, and new models for sustaining aid. But partnerships must be carefully governed to avoid unintended harm.

Gabriella Waaijman

Aid after 2025: Why the private sector must become core to humanitarian response

Aid after 2025: Why the private sector must become core to humanitarian response

Rebuilding Türkiye-Iran ties to ensure a balanced and inclusive regional security architecture

Rebuilding Türkiye-Iran ties to ensure a balanced and inclusive regional security architecture

Rebuilding Türkiye-Iran ties to ensure a balanced and inclusive regional security architecture

Ankara’s efforts to forge a model of relations with Tehran form part of its broader strategy to integrate regional players into a restructured security architecture.

By Hursit Dingil

Türkiye’s Kizilelma just changed airpower forever

Türkiye’s Kizilelma just changed airpower forever

Türkiye’s Kizilelma just changed airpower forever

An unmanned fighter jet has scored the world’s first confirmed air-to-air kill, reshaping global airpower and accelerating the shift toward autonomous combat aviation.

By Ozan Ahmet Cetin

Hindutva and the crushing weight of collective punishment in India-administered Kashmir

Hindutva and the crushing weight of collective punishment in India-administered Kashmir

Hindutva and the crushing weight of collective punishment in India-administered Kashmir

When homes are destroyed, freedoms surveilled, and education weaponised, Kashmiris are left with little choice but despair—highlighting the human cost of decades-long repression.

By Saba Ghulam Nabi

Why ties with Türkiye matter in the evolution of PM Sanae Takaichi’s ‘new’ Japan

Why ties with Türkiye matter in the evolution of PM Sanae Takaichi’s ‘new’ Japan

Why ties with Türkiye matter in the evolution of PM Sanae Takaichi’s ‘new’ Japan

The Asian nation’s first female premier’s tenure provides an opportunity for Türkiye and Japan to revive a partnership that never fully materialised during the Abe era.

By Mursel Dogrul

A bomb went off in New Delhi, houses were razed in Kashmir – normalisation of war crimes in India

A bomb went off in New Delhi, houses were razed in Kashmir – normalisation of war crimes in India

A BOMB WENT OFF IN NEW DELHI, HOUSES WERE RAZED IN KASHMIR – NORMALISATION OF WAR CRIMES IN INDIA

Alongside Palestine, Kashmir represents one of the longest-standing cases of military occupation where the right to self-determination, enshrined in the UN Charter and affirmed by multiple Security Council resolutions, remains structurally denied.

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

One rule for Muslims: How Britain’s Islamophobia debate exposes a double standard

One rule for Muslims: How Britain’s Islamophobia debate exposes a double standard

One rule for Muslims: How Britain’s Islamophobia debate exposes a double standard

The third intifada is cultural: How Palestinians are resisting through art and digital visibility

The third intifada is cultural: How Palestinians are resisting through art and digital visibility

The third intifada is cultural: How Palestinians are resisting through art and digital visibility

The US-China contest is not just a power struggle but a clash of societies

The US-China contest is not just a power struggle but a clash of societies

The US-China contest is not just a power struggle but a clash of societies

Pakistan–Türkiye relations: From spiritual amity to strategic partnership

Pakistan–Türkiye relations: From spiritual amity to strategic partnership

Pakistan–Türkiye relations: From spiritual amity to strategic partnership

The historic ties between the two Muslim nations have only deepened with the passage of time, bonding the two peoples in all spheres of life.

By Shah Rukh Hashmi

Gaza genocide: Can a new Dutch government finally take a firm stand against Israel?

Gaza genocide: Can a new Dutch government finally take a firm stand against Israel?

Gaza genocide: Can a new Dutch government finally take a firm stand against Israel?

Public opinion in the Netherlands has shifted towards solidarity with Palestine, but the government’s refusal to act has revealed a broader legitimacy concern.

By Ahmet Serdar Gunaydin

From Baghdad to Abuja: America’s old script of liberation and ruin

From Baghdad to Abuja: America’s old script of liberation and ruin

From Baghdad to Abuja: America’s old script of liberation and ruin

Trump’s claims of Christian genocide in Nigeria and threat of military intervention are merely recycled justifications for domination masked as humanitarian concern.

By Abu Bilaal Abdulrazaq bn Bello bn Oare

The ‘Taj Story’ and the Hindu right-wing’s politics of erasing India’s Muslim past

The ‘Taj Story’ and the Hindu right-wing’s politics of erasing India’s Muslim past

The ‘Taj Story’ and the Hindu right-wing’s politics of erasing India’s Muslim past

A new Hindi film revives the long-debunked myth that the Taj Mahal was a Hindu temple, exposing how historical revisionism has become a tool of India’s majoritarian politics.

Netanyahu's diabolical Gaza ‘ceasefire’ plan is to continue killing Palestinians

Netanyahu's diabolical Gaza ‘ceasefire’ plan is to continue killing Palestinians

Netanyahu's diabolical Gaza ‘ceasefire’ plan is to continue killing Palestinians

Israel’s fresh strikes on the devastated enclave expose the Zionist state’s true agenda of continuing the genocide, even as it pays lip service to the ceasefire.

Republic Day reflections: Türkiye’s ‘grand strategy’ in a historical perspective

Republic Day reflections: Türkiye’s ‘grand strategy’ in a historical perspective

Republic Day reflections: Türkiye’s ‘grand strategy’ in a historical perspective

From its birth as a modern nation-state to the present, Türkiye has calibrated its policy to suit the needs of the times – preferring pragmatism over unnecessary risks.

By Huseyin Alptekin

Erdogan’s Gulf tour signals emerging regional security architecture

Erdogan’s Gulf tour signals emerging regional security architecture

ERDOGAN’S GULF TOUR SIGNALS EMERGING REGIONAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE

The Turkish President’s three-nation trip has effectively set the stage for encouraging all regional actors to take a collective and responsible role in ensuring regional security.

By Hursit Dingil

Spotlight

GCC and Russia: Deepening ties in a multipolar Middle East

GCC and Russia: Deepening ties in a multipolar Middle East

Mere recognition is not enough: Gaza ceasefire will be a test of Europe’s sincerity

Mere recognition is not enough: Gaza ceasefire will be a test of Europe’s sincerity

China’s global governance initiative aligns with Türkiye’s vision for a new world order

China’s global governance initiative aligns with Türkiye’s vision for a new world order

Kubra Dilekoglu

Beijing’s alternative world order: Multilateralism as China’s answer to the US

Beijing’s alternative world order: Multilateralism as China’s answer to the US

SPOTLIGHT

From fraternity to framework: The Turkic world’s strategic turn

The recent OTS summit in Azerbaijan laid out a visionary roadmap for closer sociocultural and defence ties among member states.

From fraternity to framework: The Turkic world’s strategic turn

From fraternity to framework: The Turkic world’s strategic turn

Gaza ceasefire is a beginning, but there is no endgame without Palestinian sovereignty

The guns may have fallen silent in Gaza, but enduring peace can be a reality only through a two-state solution.

Gaza ceasefire is a beginning, but there is no endgame without Palestinian sovereignty

Gaza ceasefire is a beginning, but there is no endgame without Palestinian sovereignty

Ismail Yilmaz Kan

Beyond ceasefire and recognition: Palestine’s statehood and the West’s crisis of credibility

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Iran’s nuclear calculus in an unsettled Middle East

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Ismail Yilmaz Kan

Beyond ceasefire and recognition: Palestine’s statehood and the West’s crisis of credibility

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Türkiye steps in: How Erdogan’s diplomacy helped deliver Gaza’s hardest-won ceasefire

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Leading in a volatile region: Türkiye, NATO, and the stakes in Kosovo

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Iran’s nuclear calculus in an unsettled Middle East

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Ismail Yilmaz Kan

Beyond ceasefire and recognition: Palestine’s statehood and the West’s crisis of credibility

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Türkiye steps in: How Erdogan’s diplomacy helped deliver Gaza’s hardest-won ceasefire

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From fraternity to framework: The Turkic world’s strategic turn

The recent OTS summit in Azerbaijan laid out a visionary roadmap for closer sociocultural and defence ties among member states.

From fraternity to framework: The Turkic world’s strategic turn

From fraternity to framework: The Turkic world’s strategic turn

Gaza ceasefire is a beginning, but there is no endgame without Palestinian sovereignty

The guns may have fallen silent in Gaza, but enduring peace can be a reality only through a two-state solution.

Gaza ceasefire is a beginning, but there is no endgame without Palestinian sovereignty

Gaza ceasefire is a beginning, but there is no endgame without Palestinian sovereignty

SPOTLIGHT

Ismail Yilmaz Kan

Beyond ceasefire and recognition: Palestine’s statehood and the West’s crisis of credibility

5 min read

author

Iran’s nuclear calculus in an unsettled Middle East

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Ismail Yilmaz Kan

Beyond ceasefire and recognition: Palestine’s statehood and the West’s crisis of credibility

author

Türkiye steps in: How Erdogan’s diplomacy helped deliver Gaza’s hardest-won ceasefire

author

Leading in a volatile region: Türkiye, NATO, and the stakes in Kosovo

author

Iran’s nuclear calculus in an unsettled Middle East

author

Ismail Yilmaz Kan

Beyond ceasefire and recognition: Palestine’s statehood and the West’s crisis of credibility

author

Türkiye steps in: How Erdogan’s diplomacy helped deliver Gaza’s hardest-won ceasefire

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