Ismail Numan Telci is the Editor-in-Chief of MENA Affairs. He is also the Deputy Director and Gulf Studies Coordinator at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) and an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Middle East Institute (ORMER) at Sakarya University. Telci is the author/editor of four books: Dictionary of Egyptian Revolution (2014), Egypt: Revolution and Counter-Revolution (2017), Egyptian Foreign Policy Since the Revolution: From Search for Change to Quest for Legitimacy (2019), Gulf Foreign Policy: Dependency, Interventionism, Neutrality (2021). His research focuses on the politics and foreign policy of the Gulf region, Egyptian politics, and Arab revolutions and social movements. He has contributed to various international media platforms such as TRT World, Al Jazeera, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Le Monde and Xinhua.
Turkish-Emirati relations have been witnessing a new round of normalization following an almost decade-long implementation of divergent policies in the region. The relations between the two countries were positive during the early years of the AK Party government, particularly between 2002 and 2010. During those years, Turkey and the UAE intended to improve their trade volume and developed political relations based on shared values and a common past. In this
Due to the recent changes and transformations in both the regional and international political systems in the Middle East, there have been new developments at the level of alliances and partnerships, one of the most important being the possibility that the recent high-level contacts between Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan will turn into a political and economic partnership. Egypt has been experiencing economic difficulties under the rule of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,
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Turkish-Emirati relations have been witnessing a new round of normalization following an almost decade-long implementation of divergent policies in the region. The relations between the two countries were positive during the early
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Due to the recent changes and transformations in both the regional and international political systems in the Middle East, there have been new developments at the level of alliances and partnerships, one
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Gulf countries have recently come to the fore with their normalization steps with Israel. So much so that this rapprochement became visible in 2020 with the political normalization process between Israel, the
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s warm welcome and tight hug with the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who came to Saudi Arabia for the 41st Gulf Cooperation
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Regional diplomacy has been engaging in a dynamic process for the sake of putting an end to the Gulf crisis that began in 2017. Strong signals indicating that a positive result will
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