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,...
by Yusuf Kerem ALPERENOGLU | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
“Master Euphrates tells bold and nice Sincere weeping in his eyes.” The counterterrorism struggle, which had been carried out in the mountains or the forests until recently, has now transformed into urban warfare. Some of the prominent reasons which caused this to...
by Michael Stone | May 4, 2017 | Commentary, Diversity & Inclusion, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
As an indirect consequence of the Syrian conflict and the broader security environment in the Middle East, Europe has faced a serious refugee and migrant crisis in the last couple of years.1 This required intensive traffic between Western policy-makers and the Turkish...
by Michael Sanchez | May 4, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
Our understanding of terrorism is mostly shaped by politicians, who sometimes arbitrarily use this term to stigmatise even people who are opposing their policies. Terrorism or terrorist violence, however, is just a violent tactic that is used by insurgent groups, and...
by Isa Haskologlu | May 4, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The Great Depression of the 1930s had caused traumatic and devastating economic effects on citizens. The events of today’s international world, especially tendencies of states after the 2008 Economic Crisis, are only confirming the saying that “The history repeats...
