by Michael Sanchez | Jul 9, 2017 | Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Research
Countering the insurgency problem is increasingly becoming an arduous task for modern armies, and the success rate of those armies in counterinsurgency wars is declining. While states could defeat insurgents during 19th century, they become less capable to eliminate...
by Nicolas Del Ferro | Jul 5, 2017 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
The Balkan Peninsula, being located on the border line between East and West, Islam and Christianity, communism and capitalism (during the Cold War), has proven its strategic importance by playing great roles in both World Wars. Moreover, in many times, Balkans itself...
by Isa Haskologlu | Jun 21, 2017 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
Populism and populist policies always find supporters among the people who are dissatisfied with the governments. However, the number of their followers may change according to the policies of governments on several issues, most of which either have an effect on the...
by Michael Sanchez | Jun 15, 2017 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
Before the first Gulf War, Kurds were not a well-known ethnic group in the world. Saddam Hussein regime’s harsh repression against Kurds in Iraq, and Turkey’s long-lasting counterterrorism campaign against PKK have drawn considerable attention from the international...
by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Jun 13, 2017 | Disruptive Technologies, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
By Murat ÇALIŞKAN[*]and Michel LIÉGEOIS[†] Technology plays a crucial role in the outcomes of war. The rifle, the railroad and the telegraph in 19th Century Wars, the machine gun, the airplane and the tank in 20th Century Wars, and information technologies in recent...
by Alexander Jr. Ross | Jun 12, 2017 | Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Terrorism is a never-ending phenomenon with its roots going back to the beginning of humanity on earth and will most likely continue until the end of it. Although the patterns and the spikes vary, it is sufficing to say that there has never been a period without...
