Turkey should not expect other parties to understand and support responses to its own security threats. If Turkey enters into the field in Syria by using its hard power, this may change the game in its favor.

Trilateral cooperation with Iran and India offers economic integration for Turkey and helps facilitate it to become one of the world’s top ten economies.

Trump’s maximum pressure policy is working but apparently not to the advantage of regional and global peace and stability.

After the US withdrawal from JCPOA, and announcements about new sanctions, German-Iran trade volume declined drastically.

Essebsi’s death will not change much in Tunisia’s foreign policy, at least in the next two months. This means that in the short run, Iran-Tunisia relations are likely to remain cordial, without necessarily becoming formal.

Iran’s policy of “Look to the East” to strengthen relations and counterbalance the West is a familiar phenomenon.

As tensions between the Trump administration and the Islamic Republic of Iran remain high there is legitimate concern regarding the Levant’s security.

Since the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, the Trump administration has indicated that they are not seeking regime change in Iran, rather a more appropriate nuclear deal.