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 & Great Power Politics
“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 & Great Power Politics
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 & 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 & Great Power Politics
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...