by Alexander Jr. Ross | Jun 4, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Radicalisation & Polarisation
It has been 93 years since the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate by the Turkish Parliament. During this time, many people and groups rose claiming themselves as the Caliph and rightful restorer of the Caliphate such as Sharif Husain in the Arabic peninsula, the...
by Alexander Jr. Ross | Jun 2, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
Today the UN and NGOs are so intertwined that most people think that some NGOs make up a part of the UN system; however, this is not the case. According to the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the NGO Branch of the UN Department, the number of...
by Dr.Cihan Aydiner* | Jun 1, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
“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, Disruptive Technologies, 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 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...
