We’re live! The Turan Research Center is proud to launch our new website: turancenter.org We focus on the shifting geopolitics of Eurasia—from the Caspian to Central Asia and the Caucasus. Check out our latest insights and meet the team. #Eurasia #Geopolitics #TuranCenter #ForeignPolicy

Is a Pan-Turkic empire really emerging? Turan Research Center explains the history of Pan-Turkism and Turanism, Erdogan’s use of the idea, and why Central Asian states still refuse a military bloc. Featuring exclusive interviews with @E_Namazov_AZ, @hayeytan and @RafaelSattaroff. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/f5BAILfoQKo Based on analysis by Rafael Sattarov: turancenter.org/analysis/the… #Turkey #PanTurkism #Turanism #TurkicWorld #CentralAsia #Geopolitics

Latest for @AtlanticCouncil: From the Caucasus to Central Asia, post-Soviet states are reclaiming place names Moscow imposed on them—and the Kremlin treats every change as a hostile act. Defaulting to Lvov, Uralsk, or Nagorno-Karabakh refiles sovereign nations into Russia's backyard. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk…

من نموذج الأمن التقليدي إلى عقيدة جديدة: كيف غيرت دول الخليج قواعد اللعبة في مواجهة إيران؟ شاهد الوثائقي المبني على تحليلي الاستراتيجي المنشور من قبل مركز توران للبحوث في واشنطن @TuranCenter الوثائقي: youtube.com/watch?v=OUeeiP8u…

The Gulf’s old security model was simple: Iran provoked, the Gulf endured, and Washington protected. That model may be over. Turan Research Center explains how Saudi Arabia and the UAE are using a new doctrine toward Iran: strike, deny, keep talking. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/OUeeiP8u7FQ Featuring exclusive interviews with @alghabra and @AhmedAlkhuzaie. Based on original analysis by Ahmed Khuzaei for the Turan Research Center: turancenter.org/analysis/the… #Iran #SaudiArabia #UAE #GulfSecurity #MiddleEast #ReflexiveControl #Geopolitics

Armenia votes June 7, and the result decides whether the U.S.-brokered peace with Azerbaijan survives. Moscow knows this and has mobilized: leaked SDA files, intelligence officers in Yerevan, and a sanctioned billionaire running the Kremlin’s playbook. Washington has the tools to respond. My new piece in @Newsweek: newsweek.com/armenias-electi…

Europe treats the Middle Corridor as one option among several. Georgia treats it as leverage over Brussels. New analysis by @bako_kheladze turancenter.org/analysis/has…

How does Russia rig elections? Senior Fellow Bruce Pannier breaks down the five-layer playbook: spies, disinformation, oligarchs, captured institutions, and Western lawyers or lobbyists who help launder the message. Armenia votes on June 7. The video draws on recent investigations by @OCCRP, @InsiderEng, Ukrainian and European outlets, research by @MarkGaleotti, and analysis by Turan Research Center Director @epsteinjos . Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/_jU2WULgNuk #Armenia #Russia #ElectionInterference #Disinformation #Geopolitics

With Druzhba's northern leg closed May 1 and SPM-2 still offline, Kazakhstan has fewer westbound oil routes today than at any point since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Aida Amangeldina on Astana's narrowing options: turancenter.org/analysis/kaz…

Eid Mubarak! Qurbon hayitingiz muborak bo‘lsin! Құрбан айтыңыз құтты болсын! Курман айтыңыз маарек болсун! Иди Қурбон муборак бошад! Qurban bayramınız mübarək olsun! Gurban baýramyňyz gutly bolsun! Kurban Bayramınız mübarek olsun!

The Gulf's 2026 strikes on Iran are not a tactical episode. They are the codification of ambiguity into doctrine — deterrence no longer outsourced, but redefined through the strategic manipulation of doubt. New from @AhmedAlkhuzaie turancenter.org/analysis/the…

Kazakhstan gave up the world’s fourth-largest nuclear arsenal. Now it wants nuclear energy. Senior Fellow Bruce Pannier explains Semipalatinsk, Rosatom’s $15B reactor plan, Russia’s stalled energy deals, and China’s growing role. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/6KnqaEpVvaQ Analysis draws on research by @DosymSatpayev , founder of the Kazakhstan Risks Assessment Group: turancenter.org/analysis/rus… #Kazakhstan #NuclearEnergy #Rosatom #Russia #China #CentralAsia #Geopolitics

As many as 121,000 Afghan children have been traded or sold since August 2021. Turan Fellow @hehsani71 tells @skynewsarabia the crisis stems from both rural economic collapse and tribal customary rulings that allow child sales to settle outstanding debts. skynewsarabia.com/world/1870…الجوع-يبتلع-الطفولة-عائلات-أفغانية-تعرض-أبناءها-للبيع

Assad is gone. Iran is humbled. Russia's regional posture should be unraveling. But Rosatom's pipelines from Bushehr to Akkuyu to El Dabaa tell a different story. New analysis from Research Fellow @emilavdaliani: turancenter.org/analysis/rus…

Xi just threw Iran under the bus at the Trump-Beijing summit, signaling China won't back Tehran's taxation or militarization of the Strait of Hormuz. It exposes the China-Russia-Iran "axis" as a partnership of convenience, and Russia should be worried: Moscow fears Beijing far more than it lets on. My new piece in @Newsweek: newsweek.com/xi-just-threw-i…

Can the Turkic world become a real power bloc? Ahead of the OTS summit in Turkestan, Bruce Pannier speaks with @RafaelSattaroff and Andrei Kazantsev-Vaisman about AI, security cooperation, Russia’s anxiety, and the growing roles of Baku, Astana, and Tashkent. Watch: youtu.be/OsqunIoCB7k