by Bahri Kosar* | Jun 18, 2020 | Disruptive Technologies, Maritime & Naval Security, Modern Air & Space Power, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
Introduction The world has witnessed enormous and continuous technological developments in recent years, some of which have changed our lives dramatically. What is striking about recent technological surge though, unlike the situation after World War I and II, the...
by Bahri Kosar* | Jan 10, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Never-ending tension in the Middle East escalated once again when the U.S. killed a crucial Iranian military figure, Qasem Soleimani, in Iraq months before the U.S. presidential election. Soleimani’s death, of course, outraged the Iranian government, not only because...
by Bahri Kosar* | Dec 26, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The matter of the possible ‘closure’ of the Incirlik base, which has always been on the agenda in every turbulent period in Turkish-American relations, has come up once again in the previous days. This time, the new turbulent period started with the Turkish...
by Bahri Kosar* | Feb 4, 2019 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
The debates related to ‘real European Army’, which was re-launched by French President Emmanuel Macron were further heated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s speech at the European Parliament on November 13, 2018. Such statements from the leaders of the two leading...