In this episode of FeniksPod’s Atlantic Series, Dr. Mehmet Yegin hosted Dr. Aylin Matlé, a research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations’ Security and Defense Program. In the discussion, Dr. Matlé explores the consequences of NATO’s new 2022 Strategic Concept for Europe and Germany and weighs in on debates of whether or not German defense policy is experiencing a so-called “Zeitenwende” – or sea change.

In this episode of Fenikspod’s Atlantic Series, Dr. Mehmet Yegin spoke with Dr. Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studies at Marine Corps University, about the protests in Iran, their demographics, rationale, likelihood of success, and impact on the ongoing nuclear negotiations.

At the latest episode of FeniksPod’s Atlantic Series, Dr. Mehmet Yegin hosts Vanessa Vohs from the Berlin-based German Institute of International and Security Affairs, SWP. Vohs comments on the increasingly popular and war-tested Turkish drones' autonomous future with new capabilities and problems.

At the latest episode of FeniksPod’s Atlantic Series, Mehmet Yegin hosts Dr. Paul T. Levin Founding Director of the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS). Dr. Levin commented on Turkey’s reaction to NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland and what Ankara aims to get in return.

Despite being a century long unresolved issue, there have been constant attacks against the Palestinians since last year. Dana El Kurd from the University of Richmond talks about the Palestinian issue and Palestinian activism within the context of the recent developments, how to address the issue, and the effects of regional developments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Find Dana El Kurd’s article, Gateway to dissent: the role of pro Palestine activism in opposition to authoritarianism, here.

North Macedonia’s long awaited and disputed census results were finally announced on March 30, leaving almost every ethnic group unpleased, including the country’s third largest ethnic group, Turks. Ankara-backed campaign has fallen short of its aim to boost the recorded percentage of North Macedonia’s ethnic Turks to 6 percent.

Turkey’s opposition parties have taken important steps to present a united front against Erdogan in next year’s presidential elections. Still, in and of themselves, these measures won’t be enough to secure them an electoral victory in 2023 if they fail to wisely select their presidential candidate.

As the rest of the World, Russian Invasion of Ukraine took the Balkan countries by surprise. The new future geopolitical reality will certainly have significant political, financial and societal implications for the Balkan region in which democracy, the rule of law, economic development as well as the EU integration deteriorated in last decades. At the latest episode of FeniksPod’s EU&Balkan series, Hamdi Fırat Büyük hosted Srecko Latal, a senior journalist and political analyst from Sarajevo. Latal commented on the effects of Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Balkans, the UK and the US sanctions against Bosnian Serb and other Balkan politicians, the fragile political environment in Bosnia as well as the Hungarian and Serbian election results.

On top of the political and economic crisis in Tunisia, the announcement of the President Kais Saied on the dissolution of the parliament put the country's young democracy in peril. Monica Marks, a distinguished expert from the NYU/Abu Dhabi, explains the effects of the recent developments on Tunisian politics and Turkey-Tunisia relations.