by Tom Peeters | Feb 1, 2018 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management, Political & Hybrid Warfare
The Middle East (ME) has never been a peaceful place and throughout history, instability in the ME has always been a concern for the rest of the world. While these anxieties continue, in the past decade the ME has witnessed several extraordinary developments. If these...
by Hasan Suzen* | Jan 24, 2018 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
1.Introduction Since eruption of the Ukraine crisis, the world has witnessed a well-developed Russian political warfare strategy and the hybrid model, utilised by Kremlin, which have had destabilising consequences and as well as wide-ranging implications for...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Jan 22, 2018 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Disruptive Technologies, Political & Hybrid Warfare
On 6 Jan 2018 Russian Hmeimim air base in northwestern Latakia province, the headquarters of Russia’s military operations in Syria, and naval base at Tartus was allegedly targeted by swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The Russian Defense Ministry announced that...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Jan 8, 2018 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Increased tension over the past couple of years between West and Turkey has reached to another level after Turkey and Russia signed an accord for supplying S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries. The S-400 deal, reportedly worth some $2.5 billion and according...
by Musa Tumer | Oct 7, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
The interaction between EU CSDP and relevant NATO policies integration of NATO and EU on defense policy is the main subject of this article. This is why the aim is to deal with and analyze whether the European integration with NATO should/can be. To do so, the...
by Craig Cornfield | Sep 24, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has declared to hold a non-binding referendum on September 25. As the date comes closer, more elements add to the great puzzle unfolding in the Levant. Great powers like US and UK that set the scene for the fragmentation of the...
