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 Bahri Kosar* | Dec 26, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The matter of the possible ‘closure’ of the Incirlik base, which has always been on the agenda in every turbulent period in Turkish-American relations, has come up once again in the previous days. This time, the new turbulent period started with the Turkish...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 23, 2019 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Background In the last couple of weeks, we have been witnessing the most active times of the Libya crisis According to news coming from front lines, defenders of the Tripoli are in dire straits in the eye of Haftar’s LNA. Increased Russian interference; US reactions...
by Alexy Zender* | Dec 22, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
When Turkey, while it was a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2010, voted “NO” to the resolution to impose sanctions on Iran, western media brought the discussion about Turkey changing its axis, once again. Such talks were outtalked...
by Professor David Fouquet* | Dec 16, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
In spite the geopolitical escalation and fiery rhetoric between the West and Iran in recent weeks, there are indications that lines of communications remain active with some hope of a window of opportunity opening to a new phase of negotiations and some sort of...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 9, 2019 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
This week —thanks to superior air support and Russian mercenaries— Haftar’s LNA succeeded in gaining more ground in its endeavor to capture capital Tripoli. Witnessing significant impact of direct involvement of Russian fighters and weapons in the battlefield, the GNA...
