By: THO Nonresident fellow Adinda Khaerani In January, Turkey has started sending military troops to Libya to support the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). …

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Emre Köseoğlu $100 billion trade volume target is among the remaining few topics that represent a promising aspect in Turkish-American relations. The potential immediate impact is believed to open ways to replace the current unpredictable atmosphere with a solid and productive economic alliance. Some estimates further…

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Emily Owen The initial civil war in Syria has devolved into a complicated web of alliances both nationally, and internationally that has stymied progress on ceasefires and resolving military conflict, leaving Syrians citizens to pay the price. Turkey’s Mercurial Humanitarian Response Up until recent years, Turkey…

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Emily Przyborowski Turkey’s ongoing campaigns in Libya and Syria, involvement in Yemen, and aspirations in the Mediterranean indicate that Turkey has no intention of backing down from its expansionist foreign policy. But how will that foreign policy affect its bilateral relationship with the United States? Although…

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Kieran Hatton Perceiving a chance to advance national interests in asserting Turkey as a decisive Middle Eastern power and leader, the Turkish government is backing military forces in Libya’s civil war. However, Turkey’s power projection threatens to escalate regional tensions with Egypt. The chaos sewn by…

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Heather Marie Vitale For years, the United States has routinely outsourced manufacturing to China. However, officials and companies are bringing greater scrutiny to the U.S. supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with China’s aggressive moves to gain global hegemony. The Trump administration’s maneuvers to…

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Benjamin Lutz The Trump administration has made it very clear that China is a priority in its foreign policy. From the trade war and the Indo-Pacific to COVID-19 and the Uighurs, the relationship between the United States and China has changed drastically. Of these changes, trade…

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Liam Hardy This month Turk Telekom, the former public telecom utility of Turkey, took steps to trade in local currencies with China through a mechanism provided by a new swap agreement between the two countries (Anadolu Ajans, 2020). This demonstrates the most recent instance in an…

By THO Non-Resident Fellow, Andrew O’Donohue Despite intense government censorship of the media in Turkey, several online news outlets have had notable success in growing their audience and newsroom. Perhaps the poster child is the independent online newspaper T24, which has a Twitter following of 1.4 million people. T24’s work…