by Onur Sultan* | May 14, 2020 | Book Review, Geopolitics & International Security
“Regional Security in the Middle East” by Pinar Bilgin is an amalgamation of efforts to depict and understand the interactive dynamics of security and security agenda in / for the Middle East. Even though Regions and Powers by Buzan and Waewer succeeds in giving an...
by Onur Sultan* | Apr 21, 2020 | Book Review, Geopolitics & International Security
The term security governance has become a buzzword in the realm of security studies, especially after 9/11 attacks. Yet, there are few empirical works on the unintended consequences of security governance and no work on conceptualizing and theorizing the concept....
by Onur Sultan* | Jan 6, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & International Security, Great Power Politics
A qaytusha attack killed one US contractor on an Iraqi base in Kirkuk on 27 December. To reciprocate, the US bombed three sites in Iraq and Syria belonging of Kataib Hezbollah, a designated terrorist group which US holds responsible. As retaliation to this US action...
by Onur Sultan* | Oct 15, 2019 | Commentary, Event, Geopolitics, Geopolitics & International Security
Introduction The increasing rate of disintegration of liberal world order and emerging security challenges gaining vigour due to this deficiency has resulted in self-questioning on either side of the Atlantic. Politically, the debate about famous three Ds...
by Onur Sultan* | Sep 23, 2019 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Repercussions of the attacks on Saudi oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais on September 14 still keep global agenda busy. The attacks that caused highest rise in crude oil prices in one day and took down 5 percent of global production still continues to be a matter of...
