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...
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...