Pieper’s analysis of the impact of Turkey’s current corruption scandal on Erdogan’s political future is available here: http://www.theatlanticpost.com/politics/turkeys-corruption-scandal-endangers-erdogans-political-future-6674.html.
His analysis of the start of the nuclear interim period between the P5+1 and Iran is available here: http://www.theatlanticpost.com/foreign-policy/u-s-policy-signals-threaten-derail-nuclear-status-talks-iran-6727.html.
The focus of Moritz Pieper’s research is on regional and inter-regional power dynamics in the Middle East and Central Asia, with a special interest in non-Western foreign policies toward the Iranian nuclear programme. His PhD dissertation analyzes Chinese, Russian and Turkish foreign policy toward the Iranian nuclear programme, reflecting on the emergence of alternative narratives of diplomacy in a world of conflicting power centres and on changing conceptions of security cultures toward Iran. He is supervised by Dr. Tom Casier.