Valdai Club

Vyacheslav Sutyrin

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Nikolay Surkov

Aaron Stein

Alexander Sergunin

Theo Sommer

Igor Shuvalov

Harold Saunders

Pavel Sharikov

Pavel Shlykov

Associate Professor, Department of History of the Near and Middle East, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Materials

Competitive Multipolarity in the Middle East and the Role of Turkey

Despite all the pragmatism and foresight of the diplomatic tactics of the Turkish leadership in terms of increasing Ankara’s role in the Middle East, Turkey still has a number of limitations that have prevented it from acting as a force that completely determines the regional order, Pavel Shlykov writes.

Erdogan’s New Term: What Changes in Turkish Policy

Erdoğan and his supporters will have to seriously prepare for the municipal elections in the spring of 2024, in which the AKP plans to regain control of the largest cities – the capitals Ankara and Istanbul, as well as Antalya. The municipal elections scheduled for March 2024 will be another major electoral test for Erdoğan. The president considers them “decisive” and regards them as a kind of vote of confidence, Pavel Shlykov writes.