by Mark Barry | May 10, 2017 | Commentary, Cyber Security, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare
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, Political & Hybrid Warfare
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, Peace & Conflict Management
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 Resul MULAYIM | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
France is a country that has always been influential in Africa. Unlike other states, the relations of France, which started before colonialism, have continued without interruption in her pré carré (sphere of influence). France attempted to establish relations with all...
by Yusuf Kerem ALPERENOGLU | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism
“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 Fatih Yilmaz | May 5, 2017 | Book Review, Commentary, Democracy & Rule of Law, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy* As European Union is currently having a hard time with several internal problems, such as BREXIT and the rise of national populist parties against the union, it is worth reviewing the famous book “The United States...
