Turkey

With larger powers in retreat, small countries and civil society groups have stepped up—and they have won some significant victories.

He inherited the conflict. It’s up to him to resolve it responsibly.

The Turkish government doesn’t have a soft spot for the Islamic State, and Ankara stands to lose more than anyone if the terrorist group makes a comeback.

Why the campaign to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing is losing steam.

Erdogan wants to confront the Kurds, not the Islamic State. Outsourcing the battle to Ankara will endanger America.

Erdogan promises to finish America's fight against the Islamic State, but it's the Kurds that he's out to destroy.

Five Reads: The best Foreign Policy stories of 2018 on U.S.-Saudi relations and the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Turkish president’s racist conspiracy theories are a threat to economic stability.

Bowing to Turkey, the U.S. president moves to withdraw all troops.

The agreement could remove irritant in relations between NATO and Ankara.

Russia’s provocations in the Kerch Strait aren’t just a challenge to Ukraine. Like Beijing in the South China Sea, Moscow is seeking to undermine international maritime law.

By avoiding a credible investigation into Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, dismissing CIA findings, and failing to take advantage of his negotiating leverage, the American president has imperiled the future of an important strategic alliance.

As the United States and Europe debate the demise of global order, people in forgotten corners of the world are still risking their lives for freedom.

On the podcast: the price one Turkish newspaper editor is paying for angering President Erdogan.

When the world’s newest country broke away from Khartoum, it discarded Sudan’s main official language, too. But casting aside the oppressor’s tongue did not heal the country’s divisions.

How Erdogan could use the exception to outsmart the United States, again.

New sanctions on exports of the natural resource will punish Ankara more than Caracas.

A tougher stance from the United Nations would put pressure on Assad and Putin while improving the lives of ordinary Syrians.

The two countries are trying to work together in Manbij, and it isn’t going well.

A primer on Riyadh’s denials, excuses, rationalizations, spin, and other acts of sophistry about the death of Jamal Khashoggi.