by Ibrahim Jouhari | Mar 6, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
Several weeks ago, the Syrian regime decided to take one of the last holdouts of the rebels, in Idlib. The area is right at the border with Turkey, and after the Sochi agreement, Turkey has a military presence there in the form of several observation posts, ensuring...
by Dr. Salih Tutun* | Mar 4, 2020 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Peace & Conflict Management
Terrorist groups always strive to outmaneuver counter-terrorism agencies with different tactics and strategies for making successful attacks. Therefore, understanding unexpected attacks is becoming more and more important. Studying such attacks will help identify the...
by Dr. Aziz Erdogan* | Feb 20, 2020 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management, Political & Hybrid Warfare
1. Background On 1 March 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his speech to the Federal Parliament, gave an overview of the development status of several “new generation” strategic weapon systems specifically designed to escape U.S. missile defense...
by Erman Atak* | Jan 14, 2020 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Possibility of Turkish military intervention caused an increase in the external military support to Haftar. Despite his powerful words and Parliamentary approval to troop deployment plans, Erdogan is not able to send a decisive force to back GNA side. On the other...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 23, 2019 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Background In the last couple of weeks, we have been witnessing the most active times of the Libya crisis According to news coming from front lines, defenders of the Tripoli are in dire straits in the eye of Haftar’s LNA. Increased Russian interference; US reactions...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 9, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
This week —thanks to superior air support and Russian mercenaries— Haftar’s LNA succeeded in gaining more ground in its endeavor to capture capital Tripoli. Witnessing significant impact of direct involvement of Russian fighters and weapons in the battlefield, the GNA...
