by Onur Sultan* | Nov 11, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Introduction Although final election results have not been declared, vote counts show Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has been elected the 46th president of the US. In general, US elections are followed closely across the globe as the decisions and actions of the US...
by Onur Sultan* | Nov 9, 2020 | Policy Brief
Introduction During his speech on the fight against separatism on October 2, 2020, the French President Emmanuel Macron said: “Islam is a religion which is in crisis today everywhere in the world” (L’Élysée, 2020)[1]. For support to his argument, the President...
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...
