by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Jan 8, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Modern Air & Space Power, Political & Hybrid Warfare
Increased tension over the past couple of years between West and Turkey has reached to another level after Turkey and Russia signed an accord for supplying S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries. The S-400 deal, reportedly worth some $2.5 billion and according...
by John Quartz | Aug 9, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
In line with the universal ban on use of force, relations in military field are subject to more limitations than relations in other fields. One of few exceptions of military involvement in another country is the consent of that state. In this analysis having state...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Jul 30, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Turkey is willing to buy S-400 missile defence system from Russia and there are some serious recent developments regarding this deal. Recent Developments On July 14, 2017, Bloomberg published a detailed article about that deal. The main points of the deal...
by Murat Caliskan | May 27, 2017 | Political & Hybrid Warfare, Research, Ukraine Crisis Horizon
Hybrid warfare has become new orthodoxy in international community which allegedly describe the characteristics of contemporary warfare. Furthermore, ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is almost unanimously referred as a model for hybrid warfare. However, both...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | May 10, 2017 | Modern Air & Space Power, 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...