by Dr.Cihan Aydiner* | Jun 1, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
“Only God can be omnipotent (all-powerful) without danger because His wisdom and justice are always equal to His power.So, there is no power on earth in itself so worthy of respect or vested with such a sacred right that I would wish to let it act without control and...
by Mustafa Ozkan | May 30, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare
“We have won a war with a lot of heroes flying around in planes. The next war may be fought with airplanes with no man in them at all,”said General Henry Arnold, the only Air Force General to hold a 5-star rank in two different US military services, (1945).[1] The...
by David Nissay | May 27, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the self-declared “caliphate of the Islamic State” has become the most dangerous threat to global security since al-Qaeda. It is more than just a threat to America and the West, because it poses a more existential threat...
by Mark Barry | May 10, 2017 | Commentary, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies
In Ukraine, on December 2015, an energy facility was hit by Russian-affiliated cyber group, and 225.000 people between 1-6 hours were affected from this outage. (1) Outage assuming as first well documented successful cyber-attack on a power grid. This recent incident...
by Transatlantic Task Force | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies
As usual, the world watched the United States elections on November 8. Donald Trump won the election and started as the 45th US president, contrary to expectations and surveys. The results of the elections surprised the international community. Meanwhile,...
by Baris Direncli | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Even though Turkey and Armenia have severe hostilities, the peaceful relations between ordinary Turks and Armenians have a very long history going back to even before Ottoman Empire. Until the late 19th century, these two ethnic groups lived at peace, and moreover,...
