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Turkey: Difficult to Live with, Nearly Impossible to Live without

In the News
Politico
Ivo H. Daalder

Despite President Erdoğan's status as a complicated ally, Turkey's strategic importance to NATO is clear, argues Ivo Daalder.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sits in front of a row of Turkish flags.
Reuters
Global Politics

Biden's Middle East Trip Was All About Iran

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Paul Poast analyzes the criticism towards President Biden's Saudi Arabia visit during his recent Middle East trip.

President Joe Biden meets with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Shea and Heer on Biden's China Comments

In the News
Conversation Six
Coauthors

Cécile Shea and Paul Heer discuss President Biden's recent trip to the Middle East and the power competition between China and the US.

U.S President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Lapid.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Biden in the Middle East, Britain's Next Leader, Sri Lanka's Collapse

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Bianna Golodryga, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Biden bumps fists with Israeli leaders on the tarmac in the Middle East.
Reuters
Global Politics

Pariah or Partner: The Shifting US-Saudi Arabia Relationship

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Will Biden shift Saudi Arabia from a “pariah” to a partner – should he? Experts Martin Indyk and Sarah Leah Whitson join Deep Dish to discuss.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Boris Johnson's Resignation, Xi Declares Victory in Hong Kong, Biden Shifts to Middle East

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Boris Johnson giving a speech
Reuters
Global Politics

Why Did Iran's Ali Khamenei Oust a Loyal Intelligence Head?

In the News
Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

"Hossein Taeb’s sudden removal from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is part of a wider project to install a new generation of zealots," writes Saeid Golkar.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on February 17, 2022.
Reuters
Global Politics

Fears of a Nuclear-Armed Iran Might Be Overblown

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Reports that Iran is nearing the point of capably developing a nuclear weapon are causing alarm, but they are still a ways away from building a bomb.

Nuclear power plant cooling towers in the Kurdistan region of Iran.
iStock
Defense and Security

World Review: Ukraine's EU Bid, Shangri-La Dialogue, and Biden's Visit to Saudi Arabia

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Nirmal Ghosh, Kim Ghattas, and Stefan Kornelius join Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis meet together in Kviv on June 16, 2022.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

The Spiraling Global Food Crisis and Russia's War

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine upended the global food system? Food security experts Ertharin Cousin and Teresa Welsh discuss.

Ukrainian farmer, wearing body armour and helmet, works at the topsoil in a field, amid Russia's invasion of Ukrain
REUTERS
Food and Agriculture