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 Murat Caliskan | May 27, 2017 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
Hybrid warfare has become new orthodoxy in international community which allegedly describe the characteristics of contemporary warfare. Furthermore, ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is almost unanimously referred as a model for hybrid warfare. However, both...
by Resul MULAYIM | May 22, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
France has been involved with Africa and tried to be there not only for remaining an effective powerin the world but also providing the needs of the mainland.For this purpose, a question has arisen as to where and how to succeed. With the help of the old positive...
by David Bailey | May 22, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Three major factors caused international terrorism to rise in the second decade of 21st century. First, the power vacuum and instability in Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa – caused / triggered by the Arab Spring and the corrupt governments/failed states. Second,...
by Alexander Jr. Ross | May 19, 2017 | Book Review, Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the 2011 book ‘How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns’ by Audrey Kurth Cronin. The Author is a professor at the School of International Service at American University in...
by Hasan Suzen* | May 19, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Migration & Integration, Research
Over the recent decades, it has been a common belief that the hope of beginning a new life in Europe turns into a real tragedy for many people with African and Asian origins, including Middle Easterners. A major humanitarian crisis caused by deaths (over 10% of...