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Security policy, counter-terrorism, intelligence and defence in Europe and Turkey, from the individual’s sense of security to the strategies of states.
Asymmetric threats that exact a heavy price at low cost are among states’ greatest security problems. The first part of the series examines the role of intelligence against these threats.
Will the Türkiye–Greece tension, escalating with harsh statements, turn into armed conflict? Our authors assessed the relationship between the two neighbours and its possible consequences.
Removal from the F-35 programme and sanctions on critical weapons systems disrupted the modernisation of the Turkish Armed Forces. The author reads Türkiye’s stance on NATO enlargement in the light of these sanctions.
In the first months of the war, Russia failed to achieve the quick victory it expected. Our authors assessed from a military and political perspective why the picture has not become clearer.
Is Ankara’s objection to the NATO membership bids of Sweden and Finland a bargaining move or a principled stance? Our authors assessed its domestic and foreign policy dimensions.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought Sweden and Finland, after decades of neutrality, to NATO’s door. The author reads Ankara’s objection through the lens of domestic politics and electoral calculations.
Adam Smith’s individual self-interest and John Nash’s equilibrium are two ideas that have shaped humanity’s fate over the last three centuries. The author reads both approaches through today’s international conflicts.
The KDP and the PKK are two movements born of the idea of an independent Kurdish state whose paths later diverged. Operation Claw-Lock, launched in April 2022, has brought the balance in the Turkey–KDP–PKK triangle back onto the agenda.
In March 2022 Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Istanbul. The author assesses the content of the negotiations and how Turkey’s mediating role was used in domestic politics.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine held one of the world’s largest nuclear arsenals and handed it over in exchange for guarantees. A short history of Russia–Ukraine relations after the USSR.
The history of war is as old as the history of humanity, and war takes on a more hybrid character every day. The article compares the Russia–Ukraine war with past cases and assesses possible scenarios.
Can the harsh and angry characters of Russian literature also be reflected in a country’s way of governing? The author argues that Russia is trapped in its own vicious circle of Soviet nostalgia.
Images of wretched soldiers in Ukraine reminded the author of the base area where he served on Mount Bagok. A personal account of soldiers who do not know what they are dying for.
From the Principality of Kyiv to the Cossack Hetmanate, from Ottoman Podolia to the Holodomor: a brief look at Ukrainian history up to 1991.
Expecting a swift victory, Putin ran into Ukraine’s resistance. The author recalls similar historical examples of arrogance and underestimating one’s opponent.
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