by Samet Coban | Sep 25, 2019 | Commentary, Disruptive Technologies, Events & Activities
Disruptive technologies are constantly changing the way we fight. The fast pace of technological change is making it hard for the militaries to keep up. In his seminal article “The New Revolution in Military Affairs,” Christian Brose predicts that emerging...
by Onur Sultan | Sep 23, 2019 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Repercussions of the attacks on Saudi oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais on September 14 still keep global agenda busy. The attacks that caused highest rise in crude oil prices in one day and took down 5 percent of global production still continues to be a matter of...
by Erman Atak* | Sep 23, 2019 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Almost six months has elapsed since start of Haftar’s Tripoli offensive, an initiative that has costed thousands their lives and made many more displaced. Setting out with great promises, Haftar’s LNA has so far suffered major setbacks to include one of the biggest...
by Samet Coban | Sep 14, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
Trump abruptly called off peace negotiations with the Taliban on Saturday (7 Sep 2019) after the Kabul suicide bomber attack on Thursday (5 Sep 2019). The attack that was claimed by the Taliban took the lives of 12 people including one American soldier. The United...
by Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen | Aug 26, 2019 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
There was no surprise in what happened in Aden. Since the beginning of the transitional period, the Yemeni elites and their parties have dealt with the Yemeni situation without imagination, and in the same traditional ways of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh....
by Dr. Aziz Erdogan* | Aug 22, 2019 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare
Introduction On 16 August, North Korea fired two missiles into the waters off its east coast. According to US and South Korean officials the two were short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM). They flew approximately 142 miles at a maximum altitude of 18.6 miles and top...
