Independent analysis of Türkiye, the Middle East, and the global forces shaping security and human rights. By Şerif Aydın.
Regional securityTürkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia may be building a new security architecture. The fourth country to join could reveal whether its purpose is autonomy, regional defence—or containment.
Read the analysisForthcoming analysis from Şerif Aydın. Explore the questions behind the next essays.
What will turn a political commitment into a working security arrangement?
View previewThe human consequences of maritime insecurity, from seafarers to coastal communities.
View previewHow to distinguish diplomatic promises from commitments that can be tested.
View previewThe choices and practical commitments behind a closer transatlantic partnership.
View previewA closer look at political inclusion, security arrangements, and safeguards for rights.
View previewA human rights perspective on climate risks and the meaning of security.
View previewA forthcoming essay on peace, political participation, and public life in Türkiye.
View previewTracking the long-term transformations behind the daily noise through the lenses of power, justice, and human consequence.
Turkish edition · Available now
Kassandra’nın Laneti has been published in Turkish by Red Publications. Details of the English edition, Cassandra’s Curse, will be announced here.
From the book — “In the shadow of Troy's walls stood a woman. Her name was Cassandra. She had been granted the gift of seeing the future—but with a devastating condition: no matter what she said, no one would ever believe her.”
Selected interviews, short video analysis, public talks, and conversations on international justice and the changing political order.
The agreements between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syria’s interim government create a stronger impression not of Kurds being pushed away from the table, but of being placed under protection. Whether deliberate or not, the SDF appears to be in a position of advantage.
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Media & speaking enquiriesSerif Aydin is a writer, human rights advocate, and the founder and Executive Director of Northern Justice Watch. Writing from Canada, he examines Türkiye and the Middle East through a comparative global lens.
He brings literature, law, and field-based human rights work to the same table, exploring the distance between what states declare and what societies endure.