by Yasin YAVUZ | Aug 23, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
After the cold war Russia managed to hold on to its ICBMs power with nuclear capabilities despite the economic difficulties and political instability. Even just after cold war during 1990s, it managed to develop SS-27 high tech ICBM without any participation of the...
by John Quartz | Aug 9, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
In line with the universal ban on use of force, relations in military field are subject to more limitations than relations in other fields. One of few exceptions of military involvement in another country is the consent of that state. In this analysis having state...
by Onur Sultan | Aug 8, 2017 | Book Review, Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Buzan, Barry., & Waever, Ole. (2003). Regions and Powers. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Barry Buzan and Ole Weawer’s work “Regions and Powers” can be cited as an important book attempting to lay the foundations of regional security dynamics in a given...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Jul 30, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Turkey is willing to buy S-400 missile defence system from Russia and there are some serious recent developments regarding this deal. Recent Developments On July 14, 2017, Bloomberg published a detailed article about that deal. The main points of the deal...
by Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters | Jul 24, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
On 25 May 2017, NATO leaders met in Brussels to celebrate the opening the new headquarters in Boulevard Léopold III. The location of the new headquarters is historically very significant: during construction four unexploded bombs from both the First and Second World...
by Michael Sanchez | Jul 9, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Peace & Conflict Management, Research
Countering the insurgency problem is increasingly becoming an arduous task for modern armies, and the success rate of those armies in counterinsurgency wars is declining. While states could defeat insurgents during 19th century, they become less capable to eliminate...
