by MENA Task Force | Jan 18, 2021 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Policy Brief
MENA Policy Brief No:6 by Emre Bilgin, Erman Atak, Furkan Akar, Hasan Suzen, Ibrahim Jouhari, Onur Sultan, Saban Yuksel JANUARY 18, 2021 | 18 min read Background Ten years passed since Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor, set himself on fire in...
by Ali Hashem** | Jan 12, 2021 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
A year after Iran’s most renowned general was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike, Tehran is still struggling to recover from the loss. While Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani left behind an entire bureaucracy called the Quds Force – the overseas operations arm of the...
by MENA Task Force | Dec 18, 2020 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Policy Brief
NATO-Turkey Relations in a Turbulent Environment: The Military Dimension of NATO-Turkey Relations NATO-Turkey Relations Policy Brief-Beyond the Horizon ISSG by Samet Coban*, Furkan Akar** DECEMBER 2020 | 12 min read For understanding NATO-Turkey relations:...
by MENA Task Force | Dec 10, 2020 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Policy Brief
MENA Task Force Brief by Emre Bilgin, Erman Atak, Furkan Akar, Hasan Suzen, Ibrahim Jouhari, Onur Sultan, Ramazan Turkmen, Saban YUKSEL DECEMBER 09, 2020 | 12 min read Background Discoveries of new energy resources in the Mediterranean started a scramble for...
by MENA Task Force | Nov 10, 2020 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Policy Brief
MENA Task Force Brief by Emre Bilgin, Erman Atak, Furkan Akar, Hasan Suzen, Ibrahim Jouhari, Onur Sultan, Samet Coban, Zafer Kizilkaya NOVEMBER 10, 2020 | 12 min read Background On November 3, Americans judged the presidency of Donald Trump, who is an outlier...
by Len Ishmael PhD* | Nov 6, 2020 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
Abstract This paper argues that Chinese state-owned enterprises and financial instruments facilitate China’s exercise of soft power and the execution of its grand strategy. Chinese investments provide an increasingly dense network of commercial links through...
