Mehmet Rakipoğlu completed his undergraduate degree in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences at Sakarya University. Rakipoğlu, who has been continuing his PhD in the field of the Middle East Studies at Sakarya University's Middle East Institute since 2017, has been working as a Research Assistant in the International Relations Department of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Batman University from 2019 onwards. He has written many opinion papers, analyses and reports for national and foreign media and think tanks. His research interests include the foreign policy of the Gulf countries, Turkey’s Gulf Policy and political Islam, social movements in the Middle East, the relation between religion and politics, etc.
Saudi Arabia and the United States have had turbulent relations for the last two decades due to regional and global incidents and developments such as 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring, and the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). Despite the tension from time to time, the two states have maintained good relations. For example, 45th US President Donald Trump paid his first foreign visit to
After nearly a decade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), attracting regional and international attention. Erdogan met with high-ranked Emirati officials, including the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Many Emirati media outlets praised the visit by interpreting that Turkish-Emirati relations are on the verge of a giant leap forward. Therefore, Erdogan’s return visit is a concrete sign
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Saudi Arabia and the United States have had turbulent relations for the last two decades due to regional and global incidents and developments such as 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, the Arab
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After nearly a decade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), attracting regional and international attention. Erdogan met with high-ranked Emirati officials, including the
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The recent normalization trend has started to take a stage in the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates (the UAE) and Bahrain formalized their relations with Israel in September 2020. In the
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The latest diplomatic engagements between regional actors show that there is a new kind of alignment or power configuration/balance. It is likely to say that the recent developments and transformations in terms
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