by Tuba Yalinkilic* | Mar 11, 2021 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The one-China principle asserts that there is only one sovereign state under the name of ‘China’. Both People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan) claim that sovereignty should belong to one power. The roots of the principle go back to...
by Olena Snigyr* | Feb 26, 2021 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
Today, in this strange and difficult time of reformatting the global international order, which is already complicated by globalization and a pandemic, the European Union as a community based on the liberal values has no choice but to accept their leadership role as...
by MENA Task Force | Feb 19, 2021 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Policy Brief
MENA Policy Brief No:7 The Current State of Play in Libya: The Repercussions of the New-Elected Interim Government for the Libyan Peace by Erman Atak, Furkan Akar, Hasan Suzen, Ibrahim Jouhari, Saban Yuksel FEBRUARY 19, 2021 | 11 min read Background – On 5th of...
by Hall Gardner* | Jan 20, 2021 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The Trump presidency has set into motion the geostrategic and political-economic dynamics that have begun to morph the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) into Major Power Warfare— or what the US State Department euphemistically calls Great Power Competition. Since the...
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...