Kilic Kanat, Ph.D.

The Second Trump Administration and Its Implications to the Global Order, Insight Turkey - December, 2024

Turkiye's Vision for Its New Century - 2024

Turkey-US Relations in 2023 - 2024

Turkish-American Relations in a New Era - 2024

Mapping the fault lines in Turkey-US relations : making the vulnerable partnership - 2024

Ak Party Years In Türkiye : Domestic And Foreign Policy - 2023

Turkiye'nin ABD Politikasi 2021 - 2022

Donald Rumsfeld's legacy on US foreign policy, Daily Sabah - July 5, 2021

Will the NATO communique go beyond being a wishlist?, Daily Sabah - June 29, 2021

Erdoğan-Biden’s NATO talks were good, but now what?, Daily Sabah - June 22, 2021

Erdoğan-Biden meeting an indicator for other US allies, Daily Sabah - June 15, 2021

Will America please Americans?, Daily Sabah - June 8, 2021

Trans-Atlantic alliance meets in a different world, Daily Sabah - June 5, 2021

China-centric: Biden's first 100 days in office, Daily Sabah - May 4, 2021

Erdoğan-Biden's June meeting potential venue for rescuing ties, Daily Sabah - May 1, 2021

US-China technology war looming on the horizon, Daily Sabah - April 24, 2021

Is Washington closing its Afghan chapter for good?, Daily Sabah - April 20, 2021

Biden-Putin rivalry to shape US’ Asia-Pacific policy, Daily Sabah - April 17, 2021

Weeks, months, years? When will this happen?, Daily Sabah - April 6, 2021

Since inauguration, Biden pushes red alert for China, Daily Sabah - April 3, 2021

NATO's Brussels meeting: Is the world more polarized?, Daily Sabah

An American presidential tradition: 'America is back', Daily Sabah - March 23, 2021

The 'Pivot to Asia' in Joe Biden style, Daily Sabah - March 20, 2021

Death, inequality, recession: The COVID-19 mirror, Daily Sabah - March 13, 2021

Biden on horns of a dilemma for Iranian nuclear deal, Daily Sabah - March 9, 2021

Can Joe Biden convince allies US now reliable?, Daily Sabah - March 6, 2021

If not against coups, then when?, Daily Sabah - March 2, 2021

US-Russia affairs: No more 'Rocky' at the White House?, Daily Sabah - February 23, 2021

US' 'ifs and buts' on PKK cause skepticism in Turkey, Daily Sabah - February 20, 2021

Biden's road map in Sino-American relations, Daily Sabah - February 13, 2021

Biden's bumpy road in US foreign policy, Daily Sabah - February 8, 2021

Wake-up call for global COVID-19 vaccination process, Daily Sabah - February 2, 2021

A piece of advice to Biden's team on Turkey ties, Daily Sabah - January 30, 2021

An unprecedented inauguration post-storming, Daily Sabah - January 19, 2021

American democracy in crisis, a real one, Daily Sabah - January 16, 2021

Capitol protests: The state of the union, Daily Sabah - January 12, 2021

2020: A year of crisis for US, China and WHO, Daily Sabah - January 1, 2021

Conversation on COVID19 - December, 2020

US sanctions only cause more tension with Turkey, Daily Sabah - December, 2020

Trump’s last days critical for Biden, Daily Sabah - December 28, 2020

The Biden doctrine: US-Russian affairs , Daily Sabah - December 21, 2020

Is there any hope of fixing Turkey-US ties?, Daily Sabah - December 19, 2020

Without Turkey, trans-Atlantic alliance cannot achieve goals, Daily Sabah - December 12, 2020

How can his new Cabinet help President-elect Biden?, Daily Sabah - December 5, 2020

America is back: From where? to when?, Daily Sabah - November 30, 2020

From trade wars to trade agreement wars?, Daily Sabah - November 23, 2020

From American dream to American nightmare, Daily Sabah - November 16, 2020

Divided States of America, Daily Sabah - November 8, 2020

Can US repair its declining foreign image after elections?, Daily Sabah - November 3, 2020

The story of a Halloweeny election, Daily Sabah - November 2, 2020

2020 Başkanlık Secimleri Adayların Dis Politikalari (The Candidates' FOreign Policies in US Elections) - October, 2020

Wishful thinking and allegations instead of strategy, Daily Sabah - October 24, 2020

Divisions, foreign policy, COVID-19: US goes to polls, Daily Sabah - October 19, 2020

Collective efforts sole way to beat COVID-19, Daily Sabah - October 17, 2020

Coronavirus's impact on image of world powers - October 12, 2020

China becomes domestic issue for US politics, Daily Sabah - October 10, 2020

US elections in light of pandemic and Trump testing positive, Daily Sabah - October 5, 2020

Trump-Biden debate: Why US public doesn't want to have another, Daily Sabah - October 3, 2020

Ak Party Years in Turkey: Domestic and Foreign Policy - September, 2020

Evolution of Public Perceptions of Coups in Turkey - September, 2020

Turkish-American Relations During the Ak Party Government - September, 2020

Amerika'da 2020 Başkanlık Secimleri (2020 Presidential Elections in the US) - September, 2020

US presidential debate in shadow of COVID-19, Daily Sabah - September 29, 2020

Can US or EU adopt a logical position in Eastern Mediterranean?, Daily Sabah - September 26, 2020

US image in post-pandemic period, Daily Sabah - September 19, 2020

The man in Paris: Ambitious, unreliable failure, Daily Sabah - September 14, 2020

US civil-military relations and Donald Trump, Daily Sabah - September 12, 2020

Compromise or not: Ankara-Greece tension continues, Daily Sabah - September 5, 2020

Farewell to Abe: Change in dynamics in Japan and Asia-Pacific, Daily Sabah - August 31, 2020

A wake up call for Turkey-US relations, Daily Sabah - August 24, 2020

Grave mistake in US foreign policy: Active anti-Turkey attitude, Daily Sabah - August 22, 2020

Is Joe Biden a perfect stranger to Turkey? Guess not!, Daily Sabah - August 17, 2020

Vice presidents, US elections and Biden's chance, Daily Sabah - August 15, 2020

Taiwan: 1st COVID-related fallout in US-China relations, Daily Sabah - August 8, 2020

One election, too many questions, Daily Sabah - August 4, 2020

South China Sea the new center of gravity in global geopolitics, Daily Sabah - July 27, 2020

Russia and China in US elections, Daily Sabah - July 25, 2020

Jaws, COVID-19 and American tragedy, Daily Sabah - July 20, 2020

July 15 and Turkey-US relations, Daily Sabah - July 13, 2020

What happens when wearing a mask becomes a political symbol?, Daily Sabah - July 11, 2020

Russia and US elections: Another hoax, or not?, Daily Sabah - July 4, 2020

US foreign policy after elections: Trump 2.0 or Obama/Biden 3.0?, Daily Sabah - June 30, 2020

A deja vu of debates on American decline?, Daily Sabah - June, 2020

COVID-19 and Floyd riots: Trump's reelection is at risk, Daily Sabah - June, 2020

COVID-19 is not over yet, Daily Sabah - June 22, 2020

Turkey-US cooperation in Libya, Daily Sabah - June 20, 2020

Rivalry of insecure powers, Daily Sabah - June 15, 2020

What's going on between Trump and the US military?, Daily Sabah - June 6, 2020

'I can't breathe,' neither can the world, Daily Sabah - June 1, 2020

The urgent priority for US foreign policy, Daily Sabah - May 30, 2020

If we forget COVID-19 outbreak..., Daily Sabah - May 19, 2020

What went wrong in US?, Daily Sabah - May 16, 2020

US moves toward elections amid COVID-19-induced changes, Daily Sabah - May 12, 2020

Coronavirus and the US presidential elections, Daily Sabah - May 9, 2020

COVID-19 and the dawning of the US-China struggle, Daily Sabah - May 5, 2020

The China issue and upcoming US presidential elections, Daily Sabah - May 2, 2020

Why does Turkey help other nations?, Daily Sabah - May 2, 2020

Trump's Jerusalem Move: Making Sense of US Policy on the Israeli Palestinian Conflict - April, 2020

Turkey's Global Activism and Leadership on Trump's Jerusalem Move - April, 2020

'Money Heist' in the days of coronavirus: Houston, we have a problem!, Daily Sabah - April 25, 2020

Dan Brown, cities and how Turkey is dealing with coronavirus?, Daily Sabah - April 21, 2020

Why is there a debate about WHO today?, Daily Sabah - April 18, 2020

Camus, New York and unending wars of pandemics, Daily Sabah - April 13, 2020

What went so terribly wrong in the US?, Daily Sabah - April 11, 2020

Munch and the Spanish flu: The art of remembering pandemics, Daily Sabah - April 9, 2020

US' virus strategy fails to curb impact, Daily Sabah - April 4, 2020

In post-coronavirus world, nation states doomed to change policies, Daily Sabah - March 30, 2020

World War Z and our novel pandemic, Daily Sabah - March 24, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic worse than we think, Daily Sabah - March 16, 2020

The pandemic that haunts the world, Daily Sabah - March 14, 2020

Moscow gathering: The end of violence?, Daily Sabah - March 6, 2020

Turkey, the West, Russia: Everything depends on Idlib, Daily Sabah - February 29, 2020

Idlib is the test of tests, Daily Sabah - February 10, 2020

'Deal of the Century': More than a failure, Daily Sabah - February 1, 2020

Coronavirus: A reminder to prepare for next outbreak, Daily Sabah - January, 2020

The fear of ghosts and US foreign policy, Daily Sabah - January 17, 2020

With Soleimani dead and Iran vowing revenge, what's next?, Daily Sabah - January 11, 2020

The changer of all games: The killing of Qasem Soleimani, Daily Sabah - January 4, 2020

2019 conflicts will continue to haunt 2020's agenda - January 2, 2020

The Future of U.S.-Turkish Relations, Middle East Policy - October, 2018
Collaborator: Jackson Hannon

Trump'in Bir Yili (First Year of Trump) - October 9, 2018

The Results of June 24, 2018 - August 16, 2018
Collaborators: MEGHAN BACKER; HASAN YUCEL

Transatlantic Relations in the Age of Donald Trump, Insight Turkey - July, 2018

Nükleer Anlaşma Sonrası ABD’nin İran Politikası (US Policy on Iran After the JCPOA) - July 3, 2018
Collaborator: HASAN YUCEL

Turkiye'nin ABD Politikasi (Turkey's Policy Towards the US) - June, 2018

Turkey’s Elections 2018 - June 20, 2018
Collaborators: JACKSON HANNON; MEGHAN BACKER

The Coups in Turkey and the July 15th Coup Attempt, July 15th Coup Attempt: What Happened and Why? - December, 2017

US-Turkey Relations Under the Ak Party: An Almanac - November 15, 2017
Collaborators: Serra Diptas; Jackson Hannon

Challenges and Opportunities in Turkish-Israeli Relations - October, 2017
Collaborator: Jackson Hannon

Turkey and US Relations: A Redefinition of Alliances, Alignments and Partnership, Turkey and Transatlantic Relations - September, 2017

Turkish-American Relations in 2016, The Annals of Turkish Foreign Policy - February, 2017

1915 events, shared pain, common future - 2016

2015 and International Security - 2016

A frustrated and disappointed superpower - 2016

A new security understanding for Europe - 2016

A Nobel is not enough for Kilic, AFAD, local communities - 2016

A slippery slope: US-Russian relations - 2016

After 13 years, another March of crises in US-Turkish relations? - 2016

After US elections, focus should turn to what went wrong - 2016

Agreement, arrangement and optimism - 2016

Alliances, alignments, coalitions and partnerships in the Middle East - 2016

American Decline and American Elections - 2016

Ankara attack and YPG connection: Another Bekaa or Qandil in Syria? - 2016

Asia-Pacific in 2016 - 2016

Blair and the Iraq War - 2016

Cessation of hostilities in Syria - 2016

Daesh and PKK attack Turkey again - 2016

Declinism, debate and elections in the US - 2016

Fallujah and beyond: The fight against Daesh in Iraq - 2016

Fight against terrorism takes a new turn - 2016

Forcing Syrians to flee the country is a tactic of the Syrian regime - 2016

From the hood incident to "the picture" - 2016

If Japan is back, it has to do more - 2016

If Murakami was writing about Istanbul - 2016

In Syria, the regime has no limits - 2016

Istanbul and Ankara terror attacks - 2016

It is not against what US is, but what US does - 2016

Lessons from the Istanbul and Jakarta attacks - 2016

Lessons from the Obama administration - 2016

New dissent on Obama's Syria Policy - 2016

Notes for the next administration about Turkey - 2016

Nuclear Security, terrorism and human security - 2016

Obama's Legacy in the Middle East - 2016

Obama's test with is foreign policy record - 2016

One night in Turkey, a century for many in the world - 2016

President Obama and Syria - 2016

Questions about the Geneva process - 2016

Reliability of US as a Partner - 2016

Russia as an unpredictable power - 2016

Russian Enigma - 2016

Russian-Turkish Relations and Conflicted West - 2016

Saramago, Churchill and Brexit - 2016

Surreal coup, real violence, real threat - 2016

Syria agreement - 2016

Syrian Opposition and al-Rai - 2016

Syrian refugees in Canada - 2016

The challenge of the Syrian opposition - 2016

The fight against Death - 2016

The mission of the US president Should he/she accept it... - 2016

The Syrian Regime recognizes no limits: Chemical weapons, barrel bombs and starvation - 2016

The Turkish people said, "Never Again" - 2016

The US and YPG - 2016

This time terror hits the people of Nice - 2016

Three photos of kids in Syria - 2016

Tragedy of Aleppo - 2016

Turkey and Israeli Relations: Not deja vu from the 1990s - 2016

Turkey post-coup attempt - 2016

Turkey, Iran and public opinion - 2016

Turkey-Israel deal an opportunity to resolve region's chronic problems - 2016

Turkish-American relations revisited - 2016

Turkish-Israeli Relations - 2016

Turkish-US relations at Insight Turkey Conference - 2016

UN General Assembly and UN's credibility - 2016

US allies and US image - 2016

US elections and the US's image - 2016

US-Turkish relations and the next administration - 2016

US-Turkish relations and the systemic dimension - 2016

US-Turkish relations and the YPG effect - 2016

Vice President Biden's visit to Turkey - 2016

What if the coup attempt was Successful? - 2016

What is the ‘exit strategy' for US from cooperation with the YPG? - 2016

Who is shaping US policy in Syria? - 2016

World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul - 2016

Yenikapi Consensus - 2016

YPG is a master spoiler in Syria - 2016

YPG threat may be closer than it appears - 2016

Turkish-American Relations and the Next Administration of the US - September, 2016

Tale of Four Augusts: Obama's Syria Policy (Revised and Enlarged Second Edition) - September 01, 2016

Securitizing of Uyghur Question and Its Challenges, Insight Turkey - April, 2016

Turkiye'nin ABD Politikasi (Turkey's Policy Towards the US) - January, 2016

Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Towards an Integration or Out-migration, Orient - January, 2016

US-Turkey Realignment in Syria, Middle East Policy - January, 2016
Collaborator: Kadir Ustun

Turkish Foreign Policy in the Age of Arab Spring, Politics and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, - December, 2015

A coalition or an early election? - 2015

A potential coalition government and foreign policy - 2015

AFAD and Local NGOs Deserve a Noble Peace Prize - 2015

Amnesty's new report and the situation in Northern Syria - 2015

Another wakeup call for the world to fight against terrorism - 2015

Apology diplomacy and Asia-Pacific - 2015

Can Japan have a new foreign policy? - 2015

China in Syria - 2015

China's war on Ramadan - 2015

Conflict in Yemen and nuclear negotiations - 2015

Debates on Turkey in Moscow - 2015

Does Secretary Kerry's statement signal a policy change in Syria? - 2015

Egypt two years after the coup - 2015

Election Results: Toward an early election? - 2015

False nostalgia about the parliamentary system in Turkey - 2015

Fight against Daesh after 16 months - 2015

Fixing a broken strategy with "solution Assad" - 2015

From "Missiles of October" to missiles of Syria - 2015

Iran deal and its impact on the US and the Middle East - 2015

Iranian Nuclear Deal and Its Impact on US Domestic Politics - 2015

Iranian nuclear deal and US-Israeli Relations - 2015

James Bond, Britney Spears and Sino-UK relations - 2015

Japan after the elections - 2015

Kenan Evren and coups in Turkey - 2015

Lessons from the Syrian Conflict - 2015

Losing the war against terrorism - 2015

Midnight in Paris and the G20 meeting - 2015

Natural disaster as the common enemy of Asia - 2015

Never let a good crisis go to waste - 2015

Obama's 7 year Russia record - 2015

Obama's strategic approach lacks a middle ground between "preemption" and "strategic patience" - 2015

Obama’s strategy lacks middle ground between ‘pre-emption’ and ‘strategic patience’ - 2015

Potential nuclear deal with Iran - 2015

Presidential candidates' responsibility to protect US standing - 2015

Preventive military operations of Turkey against terrorism - 2015

Putin in Cairo, Sissi in Ecstasy - 2015

Red Heat and US-Russian relations - 2015

Refugee Crisis a major test for G20 to avoid being G-Zero - 2015

Refugees and the world - 2015

Risks of Russian actions - 2015

Russia in Syria: A Kadyrov model? - 2015

Russia in Syria: Any relation with Ukraine and Iran? - 2015

Russia in Syria: The dangers of military involvement - 2015

Saving the day and repeating the same mistakes in Egypt - 2015

Srebrenica and the international system - 2015

Swing votes swing back: One winner and many losers - 2015

Syria after the meetings in Cairo and Moscow - 2015

Syria and Obama's Presidency - 2015

The attacks in KObani and the fight against ISIS - 2015

The Clock and the US - 2015

The elections in Turkey and the HDP - 2015

The end of the goal of building geopolitical equilibrium? - 2015

The future of the crisis between Russia and Turkey - 2015

The interview with Assad - 2015

The massacre in Paris and how to stop another one - 2015

The PKK and the reconciliation process - 2015

The plot against America - 2015

The presidential candidates and the US's image around the world - 2015

The propaganda offensive hurts Russia - 2015

The reliability of the US as an ally - 2015

The risk takers against risk-averse powers of the world - 2015

The statement of condolences and potential reconciliation - 2015

The strategy against ISIS a year after Mosul - 2015

Things we know about elections - 2015

Time to be more realistic about US-Turkey ties - 2015

Tony Blair and debates about the Iraq War - 2015

Turkey and Japan in the Middle East? - 2015

Turkey and the fight against ISIS - 2015

Turkey's future in the region - 2015

Turkey's war on terror and the PKK - 2015

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar in Syria - 2015

Turkish-American relations once again - 2015

Uighurs as the invisible victims of the international system - 2015

US and the Gulf after Camp David - 2015

US reaction is harder to understand than Russian motivation in Syria - 2015

US role in the world and debates for next president - 2015

US-Russian relations and Syria - 2015

What China and US won't talk about at the summit - 2015

What happens when the world realizes the superpower's foreign policy problem? - 2015

What will voters pay attention to in the early elections? - 2015

Who will apologize to the Syrians? - 2015

Why is Russia trying to escalate the crisis? - 2015

World's pivot to Asia - 2015

Elections in Turkey - October 10, 2015

The Tale of Four Augusts: Obama's Syria Policy - June 01, 2015

Turkey and the US: The Longest Two Years of the Relations - June 01, 2015

Nukleer Mutabakat, Jeopolitik Karmasa (Nuclear Deal and Geopolitical Mess) - April, 2015

Turkey's Syrian Refugees: Toward Integration - April 01, 2015
Collaborator: Kadir Ustun

Sinirlari Asan Kriz: Suriye (The Crisis Without Borders: Syria) - March, 2015

Politics and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives - February 15, 2015
Collaborators: Kadir Ustun, Co-Editor; Ahmet Tekelioglu, Co-Editor; Array Array

Turk-Amerikan Iliskileri: Taktiksel Ortaliktan Stratejik Muammaya (Turkish-American Relations: From Tactical Convergence to Strategic Ambivalence), Turk Dis Politika Yilligi (Annals of Turkish Foreign Policy- 2014) - January, 2015