by Nicolas Del Ferro | Jul 5, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
The Balkan Peninsula, being located on the border line between East and West, Islam and Christianity, communism and capitalism (during the Cold War), has proven its strategic importance by playing great roles in both World Wars. Moreover, in many times, Balkans itself...
by Resul MULAYIM | Jun 25, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
After centuries of being the passive side in the mutual relations, African leaders realized by the end of 20th century that the power balance was shifting in their favor. They were not that old colonial countries and the rules of politics in the world were changing...
by Transatlantic Task Force | Jun 13, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Disruptive Technologies, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
By Murat ÇALIŞKAN[*]and Michel LIÉGEOIS[†] Technology plays a crucial role in the outcomes of war. The rifle, the railroad and the telegraph in 19th Century Wars, the machine gun, the airplane and the tank in 20th Century Wars, and information technologies in recent...
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 Sebastian S. Stolberg | May 10, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research
Turkey is one of the few countries conducting air defence almost solely with aircraft, despite sizable armed forces with a wide array of capabilities. As odd as it sounds, it has been a disturbing reality for military officials for a long time as the Armed Forces...
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...
