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The return of returns: Europe’s migration debate, ten years after the EU-Turkey deal

Published: 10 March 2026
Article
As the European Union moves forward with the Return Regulation, the lessons from Australia, Italy and the EU–Turkey deal are hard to ignore. Externalisation measures including offshore detention have repeatedly proven costly, legally fraught and damaging to human rights, while agreements with third countries often create dependencies and diminish the EU’s authority and influence. 
Chrysiis Katsea
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Strategic fault lines in the Middle East: Türkiye between Iran, Israel, and Syria

Published: 23 July 2025
Analysis
This analysis looks at the regional dynamics before and after the 12-Day War between Israel and Iran and analyzes the opportunities and challenges the War has presented for Türkiye. It argues that the weakening of Iran leaves Türkiye and Israel as the main rivals in the region’s strategic balance. Syria risks being the major theater where this rivalry could escalate.
Prof. Dr. Özlem Tür

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Art, Gender and Displacement

Published: 26 June 2026
Research
Our new report, Art, Gender and Displacement, explores how Istanbul became a space for care, political expression, collective visibility, and solidarity among migrant artists navigating gendered precarity and displacement. Through performance, music, comedy, visual art, and object-based storytelling, the report shows how artistic practice can turn memory into testimony, and visibility into a claim for dignity and freedom.
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The European Pillar in NATO: From Hollow to Concrete

Published: 18 March 2026
Policy Paper
It is near consensual among Europeans that they need to strengthen the ‘European pillar in NATO’. This study traces the evolution of the concept of the European pillar, delineates potential meaning, and spells out what it would take to operationalize it.
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Powering the hydrogen economy in Europe

Published: 16 January 2023
Research
In this report, Tolga Demiryol analyses Turkey’s role as a potential hydrogen supplier to Europe. The first section of the report provides the state-of-the-art on hydrogen and its likely role in energy transition. The second section explores the hydrogen strategy of the EU. The third section reviews the current state and potential of the hydrogen sector in Turkey. The last section evaluates the main policy challenges and next steps in hydrogen cooperation between the EU and Turkey.

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