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Turks will go to the polls on May 14 to elect a new parliament and president, with early voting already underway at polling sites abroad. The incumbent leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will face his most difficult challenge in two decades. What do the polls tell us? What is the mood on the ground? What are parties doing to secure the ballot box? To address these questions and more, please join Gönül Tol, Director of MEI’s Turkey Program, for a discussion with scholars Seren Selvin Korkmaz, Can Selçuki, and Murat Somer. 

During Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s visit to Moscow in late March, Tehran and Moscow once again reiterated their determination to unveil a new 20-year “strategic cooperation agreement” in the near future. Iran and Russia had signed such an agreement back in 2001, which expired in 2021. The next 20-year agreement will very likely center not just around deeper economic cooperation but also military ties, as evident from the growing Iran-Russia relationship in this area.

President Erdogan and Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, held up the expansion for months, with each looking for concessions from the European Union…

The Chinese-brokered diplomatic agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia could have potentially profound implications not only for the future of the Middle East but also for the relative strength of the United States' continued influence in this part of the world.

The Jamestown Foundation is proud to present a webinar on Defining Defeat and Victory for Ukraine on Thursday, April 21, at 11:00 AM EDT. On present trends, Ukraine is losing the war against the invader Russia, notwithstanding the Ukrainian nation’s and army’s  inspiring heroism. Every passing day of the war inflicts more losses on Ukraine’s economy, its civilian and military infrastructure, and its population.  Russian forces have seized …