by Alexander Jr. Ross | May 19, 2017 | Book Review, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Terrorism, Conflict and War
The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the 2011 book ‘How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns’ by Audrey Kurth Cronin. The Author is a professor at the School of International Service at American University in...
by Baris Direncli | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Even though Turkey and Armenia have severe hostilities, the peaceful relations between ordinary Turks and Armenians have a very long history going back to even before Ottoman Empire. Until the late 19th century, these two ethnic groups lived at peace, and moreover,...
by Resul MULAYIM | May 7, 2017 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research, Terrorism, Conflict and War
France is a country that has always been influential in Africa. Unlike other states, the relations of France, which started before colonialism, have continued without interruption in her pré carré (sphere of influence). France attempted to establish relations with all...
by Yusuf Kerem ALPERENOGLU | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
“Master Euphrates tells bold and nice Sincere weeping in his eyes.” The counterterrorism struggle, which had been carried out in the mountains or the forests until recently, has now transformed into urban warfare. Some of the prominent reasons which caused this to...
by Michael Stone | May 4, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Social Inclusion & Integration
As an indirect consequence of the Syrian conflict and the broader security environment in the Middle East, Europe has faced a serious refugee and migrant crisis in the last couple of years.1 This required intensive traffic between Western policy-makers and the Turkish...