by Saban Yuksel | Dec 21, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The far-right parties are not recent phenomena in the old continent. Following the catastrophe of the second world war, mainly caused by the far-right, nationalist and fascist parties, it became a practice, maybe with some exceptions, not to have them in governments...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 20, 2018 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
The latest milestone in the peace process for the Libya crisis, Palermo Conference, passed without a significant breakthrough on 13-14 November 2018. No final agreement has been reached during the leader’ meeting which Khalifa Haftar didn’t attend (He only attended...
by Alexy Zender* | Dec 19, 2018 | Commentary, Energy Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Turkey is looking for an alternative to the alliance formed around Cyprus By Alexy Zender[1] Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced on September 2018 that Turkey could begin drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the following months. As...
by Anne Speckhard | Nov 30, 2018 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
By Anne Speckhard*, Ardian Shajkovci** During its heyday, ISIS and other militant groups attracted 40,000 foreign fighters in an unprecedented migration of men, women, and children to the battlegrounds of Syria and Iraq. Now, with the near territorial defeat of ISIS...
by Fatih Yilmaz | Nov 28, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
What happened? On Sunday, Russian Coast Guard vessels fired at and detained two Ukrainian small armed boats and a tugboat with their crews (leaving a number of Ukrainian crews wounded) off the Crimean coast on their way from Odesa to Mariupol Port. Russia...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Nov 27, 2018 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management, Political & Hybrid Warfare
We have been witnessing baffling developments in the last month, which corroborate our earlier observations on deteriorating liberal world order. On 20 October 2018, President Donald Trump stated his intention to pull U.S. out of INF Treaty and build up its arsenal...
