Aydin Sezer
Bye Bashar, Hello What?
Assad, a despot, is gone but peace won’t come to Syria. Iran’s & Russia’s preoccupations with Israel & Ukraine led to the regime collapse. Tel Aviv, Washington are happy. But they should be ready for turmoil
Peace dawns on? Ask Don
The 60-day Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire will tide into Trump’s presidency. Netanyahu to Iran, Hezbollah’s patron, everyone is basically trying to hold ground until the new US president shakes it up
A killing & a tipping point
Nasrallah’s killing was celebrated by Sunni extremists and opposition in Syria. Shia group needs Iran. But Tehran is cautious. West Asia is looking at a sectarian churn
How Haniyeh’s death scrambles West Asian jigsaw, again
A string of assassinations may be Israel’s pre-condition for peace. But it’s not just Tel Aviv that’s glad Hamas political chief is out of the way. Iran, however you see it, cuts a sorry figure
Raisi is dead, long live Raisi’s policies
Iran president’s demise is unlikely to shake up the regime because Iranian elite’s interests lie in maintaining status quo. This includes foreign affairs
Managing West Asia’s controlled crisis
The region is apprehensive about Israel’s impending offensive in Rafah. But despite the Gaza conflict feeding into regional rivalries, there are breakers to all-out war
‘Zelensky must listen. Ukrainians want peace’
A former diplomat from Türkiye, which has tried to broker a Kyiv-Moscow truce, argues the first priority must be peace
- Aydin Sezer
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Pause to peace? Only if lead roles change in Gaza
Any chance at stopping the conflict depends on Israel getting another leader and Hamas abandoning its pole position in the Strip
- Aydin Sezer
- TNN
What’s really dangerous about the Israel-Hamas war
The gradual erosion of Israeli secular identity and a radical Islamist outfit fronting the Palestinian cause have wider, nastier implications far beyond West Asia
- Aydin Sezer
- TNN
Erdogan is here to stay and so are Turkey's problems
For all the grandiosity of his victory celebration, and nice messages from world leaders, many Turks know Erdogan’s autocracy won’t solve any of their many problems
- Aydin Sezer
- TNN