by Craig Cornfield | Sep 24, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism
Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has declared to hold a non-binding referendum on September 25. As the date comes closer, more elements add to the great puzzle unfolding in the Levant. Great powers like US and UK that set the scene for the fragmentation of the...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Sep 17, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare
Turkey has been a key ally for the western world for decades. Once a role model democracy in the middle-east and formidable NATO ally with a stand out armed forces in the region, Turkey safeguarded the southeastern flank of the alliance with confidence....
by Gabriel Jonsson | Aug 24, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
During the year North Korea’s 16 missile tests and their impact on relations with South Korea and the United States have dominated news reports on Korean affairs, in spite of the May 9 election of Moon Jae-in as new South Korean president following the Constitutional...
by Yasin YAVUZ | Aug 13, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Radicalisation & Polarisation
The structural factors behind Middle East rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia are so deep and it’s very difficult to overcome the problems in the near future.[1] Except the temporary peace like term between 1941-1979 when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ruled Iran, the...
by John Quartz | Aug 9, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
In line with the universal ban on use of force, relations in military field are subject to more limitations than relations in other fields. One of few exceptions of military involvement in another country is the consent of that state. In this analysis having state...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Jul 30, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Turkey is willing to buy S-400 missile defence system from Russia and there are some serious recent developments regarding this deal. Recent Developments On July 14, 2017, Bloomberg published a detailed article about that deal. The main points of the deal...