by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Mar 17, 2020 | Commentary
Beyond the Horizon ISSG and Horizon Global Academy (HGA), like other international organizations, are closely monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak and has taken preventative measures. We welcome the leading efforts of the World Health Organization and Belgian Health...
by Dr. Aziz Erdogan* | Mar 12, 2020 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare
Recent Developments Russia is developing six “NextGen” missile systems; however, some of them are currently suffering from “childhood illnesses”. One of those is Tsirkon (3M22 Zirkon) according to the Chief Admiral of Russian Navy. Admiral Nikolai...
by Ibrahim Jouhari | Mar 6, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Several weeks ago, the Syrian regime decided to take one of the last holdouts of the rebels, in Idlib. The area is right at the border with Turkey, and after the Sochi agreement, Turkey has a military presence there in the form of several observation posts, ensuring...
by Dr. Salih Tutun* | Mar 4, 2020 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Peace & Conflict Management
Terrorist groups always strive to outmaneuver counter-terrorism agencies with different tactics and strategies for making successful attacks. Therefore, understanding unexpected attacks is becoming more and more important. Studying such attacks will help identify the...
by Samet Coban | Mar 3, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
February 29, 2020 is marked as one of the most important dates in the recent history of Afghanistan. After two decades of turmoil that claimed the lives of approximately 157,000 people (of more than 43,000 are civilians and 4,000 are coalition soldiers (nearly 2,500...
by Alexy Zender* | Feb 24, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The reemergence of the Canal Istanbul project brought some discussions on the Montreux Straits Convention on the agenda. The Treaty of Lausanne and Montreux Straits Convention were proof of the existence of the newly established Republic of Turkey and are a symbol of...