NATO’s Eastern Flank and Critical Minerals: The Strategic Leadership Opportunity of Bucharest 9
NATO Secretary-General Rutte’s visit to the ASELSAN facilities during his trip to Ankara in April 2026, and his announcement that the defence industry forum held in conjunction with the Ankara Summit would be transformed into the largest ...
Turkey in the Geopolitics of Data Centres: Strategic Potential, Structural Constraints and Policy Recommendations
The concept of ‘data geopolitics’, which has become prominent n the literature on nternational relations over the past decade, reveals that digital nfrastructure s no longer merely a tool for economic development; rather, t has transformed ...
More Important Than Rare Earths: Power, Energy and Turkey’s Strategic Position in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Professor Yan Xuetong of Tsinghua University made an observation at the session entitled ‘The Changing Strategic Environment and Dynamics Among Great Powers’ at the ASEAN Future Forum held in Hanoi on 9 June 2026 that is set to leave its mark on ...
The End of a Temporary Respite: The Islamabad Agreement, Oil Markets and Russia’s Structural Vulnerability in Energy Revenues
Following the agreement that came into force on 18 June, the price of a barrel of oil returned to pre-war levels, closing at $73.87. The price of Brent crude, which had fluctuated between $75 and $126 throughout the crisis—which lasted ...
The Final Stretch at Akkuyu: The Technical, Strategic and Geopolitical Anatomy of Turkey’s Nuclear Transformation
The Final Stretch: The Critical Path from Cold-Hot Tests to Commissioning. The news reported on 22 June 2026 heralds not only the completion of construction, but also the start of the most technically challenging and, at the same time, most critical ...
The Strait of Hormuz Reopens, but Will Confidence Return? The Long-Term Economic Cost of Geopolitical Risks
Critical chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca are now not only trade routes but have also become key elements in the global power ...
Will the Crisis End if the Strait of Hormuz Opens? The New Paradigm of Energy Security and the Lasting Effects of Geopolitical Risks
The fact that the Strait of Hormuz is open is not, in itself, sufficient. The example of the Strait of Hormuz clearly illustrates the new paradigm of energy security. The issue is no longer merely the availability of energy resources, but under what ...
The Open Seas Doctrine and the Blue Homeland
Due to the Bern Agreement dated 11 November 1976, lling activities in the Aegean are prohibited. Once the status of the 153 islands, islets and rocks in the Aegean has been clarified, the two countries may come together and commence reciprocal ...
The Opening of Hormuz and the Geopolitics of Energy Markets: An Anatomy of a Risk Premium
Iran’s reintegration into the international system has the potential to lend concrete substance to Turkey’s vision of becoming an energy transit hub. Having already established a strong transit identity through the TANAP and TurkStream ...
Uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz: The US-Iran Agreement and the New Geopolitics of Energy
Whilst Trump declared that “the Strait of Hormuz will be opened freely and permanently”, the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that “we must be paid for our services”. Whilst Israel declared that “the agreement does not bind us”, artillery ...
The New Order Emerging in the Wake of the Energy Wars in the Gulf
ADANA PANO Prepares to Take Turkey’s Energy Diplomacy to the Global ...
Ownership of the Idea: The Memory of Water, Development and Loyalty in the Western Black Sea Region
At the macro level, the “Water-based Development” vision we have established in Düzce is being institutionalised through the three pillars of the Western Black a Council, the Western Black a Development Union (BAKAB) and the Western Black ...
A Vision or a Fantasy? A Critical Assessment of the Feasibility of Syria’s ‘Four Seas’ Corridor Project
Officially known as the ‘Four Seas-Nine Corridors’ initiative, it envisages an integrated transport and energy network linking the Gulf, the Mediterranean, the Caspian and the Black Seas. President Şara first presented the project to the public ...
The Keys to the Transformation of Cyprus from the Mediterranean’s ‘Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’ to an Energy Hub
The global powers’ view of the island is entirely ased on a new generation of energy, military strategy and intelligence warfare. For example, the US and the UK use the region as an unsinkable aircraft carrier and a signals intelligence (SIGINT) ...
The Geopolitics of the Atom: Turkey-South Korea SMR Cooperation and the Significance of Small Modular Reactors in the International System
The Innovative Small Modular Reactor Development Agency (i-SMRDA) and the Turkish nuclear technology company Nuclean; this strategic cooperation agreement represents a significant milestone in which Turkey’s multi-dimensional foreign policy ...
Turkey at the Centre of the Global Energy Crisis: Strategic Transformation and Claims to Regional Leadership Confirmed at Baku Energy Week
According to figures announced by Bayraktar at the Baku forum, Turkey’s total installed electricity capacity will have exceeded 125 gigawatts by March 2026; more than 60 per cent of this capacity comes from renewable sources. Solar energy is ...
From the Caspian to Anatolia: The Transmission Route of the Absheron Natural Gas Field, the Future of the Southern Gas Corridor and Regional Energy Security
The first oop is the onshore connection stretching from the open waters of the Caspian Sea to the processing facilities near Baku. The second oop is the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), also known as the Baku–Tbilisi–Erzurum pipeline. The third ...
From Absheron to Europe: The Energy Geopolitics of the 33 Billion Cubic Metre Azerbaijan-Turkey Gas Agreement
The agreement signed between BOTAŞ, SOCAR, TotalEnergies and XRG—the international arm of ADNOC—is accelerating the final investment decision (FID) for the second development phase of the Absheron gas and condensate field, located approximately ...
Aluminium-Ion Batteries
Although lithium-ion batteries, which are widely used today, offer high energy density, they present challenges such as cost, safety, resource constraints and recycling. Against this backdrop, research into alternative battery technologies has ...
At the Crossroads of Geology and Geopolitics: Global Competition for Critical Minerals in the Climate Transition
According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2025 Global Critical Minerals Outlook report, global demand for lithium is expected to increase four to six-fold by 2030, whilst copper is projected to face a demand surge of around fifty per ...
The Anatomy of Asymmetric Dependence: ‘Power of Siberia 2’ in Russia-China Energy Relations and the Reconfiguration of Global Power Balances
During their talks in Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a general framework agreement on the key parameters of the “Power of Siberia 2” natural gas pipeline project; thus, this massive ...
The New Politics of Oil: China’s Export Controls on Rare Earth Elements and the Restructuring of Global Supply Chains
whilst China accounts for 60–70 per cent of global NTE mining production, it holds more than 85–90 per cent of refining and processing capacity. In other words, NTE ore can be extracted all over the world; however, to be converted into a form ...
The Strategic Calculations Behind the Theological School Debates
All educational institutions in Turkey operate within the Turkish education system. As the Greek Orthodox Theological School is also an educational institution, it must remain within the Turkish education system and under state ...
Istanbul Natural Resources Summit (INRES 2026): The Architecture of the New Geopolitical Order and Turkey’s Strategic Leadership
Held on 22 May 2026 at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress Centre in Istanbul, the 2nd Istanbul Natural Resources Summit (INRES 2026) holds historical significance not merely as an industry platform, but as a strategic turning point at a time when the ...
Where Is Water Heading in the Global Market?
For the concept of ‘water for eace and stability’ to hold true, the rimary objective must be to ensure that eople have access to safe drinking water and sufficient food. However, 2.2 billion eople worldwide—approximately 27% of the global ...
A New Balance of Power in the Eastern Mediterranean
It is of critical importance that Turkey pursues long-term state policies that do not merely consist of diplomatic statements, but also enhance its military deterrence, strengthen the international visibility of the Turkish Republic of Northern ...
Is the water crisis about to explode?
Global powers such as the US and China are not parties to the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention. Despite the growing risks posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification, there is no global process to prevent this water crisis, nor are ...
Those who take off their uniforms and put on their vision...
During my ime in he army, everything was clear-cut: orders, command, duty, and so on. Now you’re faced with a sea of uncertainty. Some say, “Just ake it easy,” whilst others say, “It would be best o find a job after aking some ime out ...
OPEC’s Crisis and the Gulf’s New Strategy: The Geopolitical and Economic Anatomy of the UAE’s Decision to Withdraw
OPEC quotas had been keeping the UAE within narrow range of just 2.9 to 3.2 million barrels per day. Operations carried out by the U.S. nd Israel gainst Iran’s nuclear facilities, followed by Iran’s de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz ...
The New Great Game: Africa’s Critical Minerals, China’s Supply Chain Hegemony and the US’s Maritime Counter-Strategy
In today’s world, where competition over access to raw materials has largely replaced the ideological polarisation of the Cold War, the new language of geopolitics is written in the chemical symbols of lithium, cobalt, manganese, graphite and ...
A New Paradigm in Energy: The Çağrı Bey’s Mission to Somalia and Turkey’s Evolving Energy Strategy
By 2025, the share of LNG in Turkey’s natural gas imports had risen to over 40 per cent; the 20-year LNG agreement signed between President Erdoğan and US President Trump in September 2025, which symbolised this process of diversification, formed ...
The Development of China's Techno-Hydropower Policy
China's approach to water management can be defined as a technopolitical regime shaped by both past choices and current political-economic conditions. The “China Water Machine” born from this regime is one of the forces driving the global return ...
The Transition from Geopolitics to Techno-Geopolitics
In the 21st century, geopolitical power struggles are no longer conducted solely through territory, borders, and conventional military capabilities; the center of gravity of the struggle is increasingly shifting to technology-based power. This ...
New Hydro-Geopolitical Developments in the 21st Century
While analysts often emphasize pipelines, rare earth elements, or grain corridors in their geopolitical assessments, water will increasingly be the most fundamental resource determining whether regions will move toward cooperation or ...
Turkey's Innovative Hydropolitics in the Middle East
An innovative hydropolitics and hydrodiplomacy approach utilising a water-oil swap agreement could serve as a good model for ensuring sustainable cooperation and regional development in transboundary waters. An innovative transboundary water ...
Alliances and Friendships
Turkmens, the second largest ethnic group in Syria after Arabs, should be granted the same education and citizenship rights as Kurds. For now, the issuance of a presidential decree is sufficient for the rights of ...
The Responsibility to Preserve the Balance of the World
To preserve the fundamental balance of our world, which has been disrupted by human intervention, we must address the global picture, ranging from atomic bombs to the ozone layer, from oil spills to ...
Is artificial rainfall a solution?
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality have commenced research on ‘artificial rainfall and rainfall enhancement’. There is no complete clarity regarding the results obtained from this method, which has been tested ...
The Syrian Ceasefire Deception
Is the current government, which took control of Syria within 24 hours after Assad, under Israeli/US control? YES. Is another puppet used against ISIS, the YPG/PKK/SDG, under Israeli/US control? The answer is again YES. So, can puppets whose ...
2026 Agenda: Regional Cooperation and the Azem Counter-Terrorism Centre
A structure similar to the ‘Azem Counter-Terrorism Centre’ should e established etween Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Signing a new regional cooperation agreement similar to the Sadabat Pact signed in 1937 at the Sadabat Palace in Tehran could ...
Turkiye Must Now Engage with the Turkish Sphere
The world is entering a new power structure, and Turkey cannot remain outside this structure. At this point, the issue is no longer a matter of foreign policy preference. This issue is a matter of the state's survival and the nation's ...
Wind Energy: Definition, Production Processes and Applications
The growing world population, industrialisation and echnological developments are rapidly increasing energy demand worldwide. The limited availability of fossil fuels and heir increasingly apparent environmental impacts have led countries o urn ...
Energy, Water, Food and Weapons: The Silent Construction of Power, Where the Rules Are Written
The example Venezuela showed that oil alone is not power. If you don't have the weapons to protect it, the industry to process it, the state intelligence to turn it into bargaining power, and the diplomatic skills, someone else will simply turn ...
Is the US Intervention in Venezuela a Beginning?
The US, using as a pretext the charges that Venezuelan leaders had ‘abused public trust for 25 years and imported tons of cocaine into the United States by corrupting once legitimate institutions,’ Using the pretext of a case brought against ...
The Strategic Influence Architecture of the Russian Federation in Turkey: Reflections on Propaganda, Disinformation and Hybrid Influence Operations
The Russian propaganda machine systematically disseminates its main narratives in certain critical areas in Turkey. The most fundamental narrative is the thesis that Turkey has een etrayed y Western institutions and that Western conspiracies are ...
Why Electric Cars?
In many parts of the world, mornings begin with the same scene: roads filled with vehicles, heavy traffic, the faint smell of exhaust fumes and the sound of engines... This scene, which we have been living with for over a century, is actually the ...
Turkey's Hidden Treasure: Forest Floor Cleaning and Natural Resource Economy
Forest resources, aromatic plants, mushroom diversity and agricultural wealth can be transformed into a lost treasure when managed correctly. Proper forest management prevents fires, increases yield and earns millions for the ...
Water Crisis or Political Crisis?
The year 2025 was extremely dry, and despite the arrival of winter, the reservoirs supplying drinking and domestic water to many of our provinces and districts remain depleted. Water rationing programmes are in place in some areas. Water security ...
The Evolution of Regional Power Struggles: Turkey's Strategic Perspective in the Context of the US C5+1 Approach
The United States' investments exceeding $5 billion in the Turkestan region, its shift towards direct partnerships in the context of rare earth elements, its signing of major agreements in aviation and agricultural technologies, and its entry into ...
The State Must Once Again Become an Industrialist with Large Companies, but This Time with a Different Vision
The growth energy of large companies is much higher than that of small companies. The majority of small companies generally spend their energy not on growth, but on existing and staying ...
The Possibility of Creating a Military Force with ‘Different Standards’ for Cyprus
These are steps towards an alliance for the Eastern Mediterranean comprising Greece, Southern Cyprus and Israel. We must analyse this alliance not only from a military perspective, but also from political, economic, geostrategic and many other ...
Syria Regional Security and Strategic Situation Assessment
Establishing an academy to provide professional training, creating joint operations rooms to facilitate intelligence sharing, and integrating Turkey's border security technologies with local forces could be considered to increase effectiveness in ...
Turkey-Iraq Water-Energy Cooperation is a hydro-strategically important step
Under the agreement signed between Turkey and Iraq, infrastructure modernisation and construction projects aimed at the efficient, effective and sustainable use of Iraq's water resources will be undertaken by Turkish companies, with financing ...
Turkey's Policies Regarding North-Eastern Syria and Northern Iraq
In order for he Central Syrian Government under Shara o free itself from he influence of imperialist states and build Syria's future in line with Turkey's expectations, Ankara has intensified diplomatic relations with Damascus and has never left ...
Ethiopia's Controversial Dam (GERD) is complete. What happens now?
The tension that has been mounting for years among the Nile Basin countries over Ethiopia's planned Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in the upper Nile basin entered a new phase with the dam's official opening on 9 ...
The Importance of Water–Energy–Food Management in the Siri Derya Basin of Central Asia (WEF Nexus)
In order to ensure security in the Syr Darya Basin in Turkistan, water must be managed not only in terms of ‘volume’ but also on the basis of time, area and cross-sectoral integration. The WEF Nexus approach will make the region resilient to ...
Turkey's Energy Diplomacy and the Strategic Transformation of its Drilling Fleet: From Technological Competence to Regional Power Balances
Turkey's comprehensive expansion and diversification of its energy fleet is paving the way for the realisation of the country's vision of becoming a key player in 21st-century energy geopolitics. Energy autonomy is one of the cornerstones of ...
Cyber Geopolitics: The Digital Power Struggle in the Context of the Ukraine War
The unique characteristics of cyber geopolitics show significant differences from traditional geopolitics. Firstly, the geographical boundlessness of cyberspace calls into question traditional concepts of sovereignty. ...
Turkey's Strategic Transformation in the Energy Sector: The Path from Domestic Resources to Technological Independence
Ensuring energy supply security is recognised as one of the fundamental responsibilities of modern states, and this responsibility is even more important for countries in strategic locations such as ...
Turkey's Energy Hub Vision: The Reactivation of the Iraq-Turkey Oil Pipeline
The reactivation of the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline after a 2.5-year hiatus can be seen as the beginning of a much broader strategic transformation than simply the restoration of an energy infrastructure. This development has the potential to create ...
Science, Power and Responsibility: The Collapse of Nuclear Security Policies through the Story of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is believed to have made an extraordinary contribution to national ecurity as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear programme, but allegations that he disseminated nuclear technology without ethical and moral concerns have led to ...
The Background of Pakistan's Nuclear Power
The most significant trigger for Pakistan's decision to launch its nuclear weapons programme was the war with India in 1971, which resulted in the country's partition. The outcome of the war was a complete disaster for Pakistan. The fall of Dhaka ...
The European Union's Economic Warfare Strategy: 19th Sanctions Package
The EU's 19th sanctions package signifies the implementation of a comprehensive economic warfare strategy that goes beyond traditional diplomatic and economic tools. This package aims not only to isolate Russia but also to rewrite the rules of the ...
India's Nuclear Identity: Power, Deterrence and Regional Reckoning
International cooperation has played a significant role n the development of India's nuclear programme. The cooperation agreement signed with France n 1951 enabled Indian nuclear scientists to receive training. This training also covered critical ...
A New Era in Turkey's Energy Security Strategy: LNG Agreements and Energy Diplomacy
Strategies for diversifying sources and geography are of vital importance for ensuring 's energy supply security. The numerous LNG agreements signed by BOTAŞ in recent times are concrete manifestations of this strategy. They demonstrate ...
Siberian Power-2: The Power Shift in Russia's Energy Diplomacy and the Concessions Forced by Western Sanctions
The Power of Siberia-2 pipeline memorandum of understanding signed between Russian energy company Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) may appear, on the surface, to be a deepening of the energy partnership between two major ...
The Relationship Between Hydropolitics and Technopolitics in Transboundary Water Management
While hydropolitics determines ‘water policy,’ technopolitics determines ‘which technological forces and infrastructure are used in the implementation of water policies.’ These two areas constitute a strategic framework that must be analysed ...
Is artificial intelligence's water consumption threatening our water security?
The total water consumption of large technology companies using artificial intelligence is increasing every year. The increasing water and energy consumption of artificial intelligence is causing concern. These developments necessitate questioning ...
TPAO-NOC Cooperation: Seeking a New Balance in the Eastern Mediterranean Energy Geopolitics
The Memorandum of Understanding signed on 25 June 2025 in Istanbul between the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) and the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) marks a paradigm shift in the complex energy geopolitics of the Eastern ...
The Comprehensive Strategic Agreement between the People's Republic of China and Iran and the Central Asia Summit and Opening to Turkistan
The Turkic world, however, remains silent in the face of this influence. This silence will make the price of independence heavier in the ...
The Role of Kızılırmak Water in Ankara's Water Future is Increasing
The supply of high-quality water to Ankara is under strain. Ankara will have additional water demand in four years' time, and the economics and quality of water supply in Ankara will become a much more important issue than it is ...
The Israel-Iran Conflict and Its Strategic Impact on Global Energy Markets
The Iran-Israel conflict continues. The US also joined the conflict yesterday. The conflict's impact on energy markets ranges from price volatility to supply chain disruptions, strategic reserve management to international energy ...
Increasing Pressure on Ankara's Water Security and New Tiered Water Tariff
Mayor Yavaş drew attention to the serious lack of rainfall in Ankara in recent years and emphasised the need for strict measures to combat the water crisis, stating that intervention was required to prevent unplanned and inappropriate use of ...
A New Era in the Caspian Sea: TPAO's Şafak-Asiman Move and Turkey's Energy Future
The Şafak-Asiman field is located 125 kilometres southeast of Baku, in waters 650-800 metres deep, and was discovered in 2021 by the Azerbaijan State Oil Company (SOCAR) at a depth of 7,189 ...
The Rising Power of the Black Sea: A Historic Transformation in Turkey's Energy Vision
The 785 billion cubic metres of reserves discovered in the Black Sea herald the beginning of the tangible fruits of Turkey's long-standing ‘independent energy policy.’ This historic discovery is playing a pioneering role in redefining the ...
Betrayal Under the Mask of Friendship: An In-Depth Analysis of Plans Against Turkey
Thousands of trucks carrying weapons, training and political support are being used to grow terrorist organisations. When Turkey takes action to secure its own borders, it is left alone, pressured and threatened. While strategic alliances are being ...
Turkey's Shipyard Activities in the Arctic Region: Strategic Dimensions and Potentials
In the context of the increasing importance of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for commercial use, projections for demand for specialised maritime vessels operating on this route are seen as a factor encouraging Turkish shipyards to specialise in niche ...
Strategic Appointment from Lubrimax: Strengthening in the Global Market with Mehmet Bildik
Lubrimax, one of the major players in the Turkish lubricant industry, has strengthened its management team in line with its global growth targets, and added Mr Mehmet Bildik, one of our STRASAM writers, in an important ...
US-Ukraine Minerals Agreement: Geoeconomic Dependence or Strategic Partnership?
US demands priority rights in Ukraine for investments in roads, railways, ports, oil, natural gas and critical minerals extraction. ...
Ukraine's Attacks on Russian Energy Infrastructure
Against this strategic background, the targeted attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructures should be seen not only as a military response, but also as part of a complex geopolitical struggle. ...
Impact of Climate Change and Global Warming on National Security
While the migration issue is used as a weapon by those who shape the world, on the other hand, it is aimed at disrupting the demographic structure of the target countries in terms of social and cultural ...
How to use the ‘centre of gravity’ for strategy formulation
Having correctly determined its own and the enemy's centre of gravity, the party should select the cepts to be applied as a result of a situation analysis taking into account the available forces and other ditions, and should implement this ...
A New Era in Turkey's Oil and Natural Gas Exploration: Strategic Transformation on the Journey to Discover Its Own Resources
The most remarkable transformation in Turkey's hydrocarbon exploration in the last decade is the intensification and deepening of exploration activities in maritime areas. The work carried out with modern seismic research vessels and drilling ...
The Relationship between Income Inequality, Climate Inequality and Water Security
There is a cyclical relationship between climate change, income inequality, water, environment and food insecurity. This relationship is decisive in the transformation of problems in many regions of the world into crises. For this reason, ...
The view of GAP should be renewed
GAP is a water-based integrated regional development project at started in 1980 and has been continuing for almost half a century. The physical completion rate in energy projects has been approximately 92 per cent and approximately two irds of ...
How Likely is the Possible Critical Minerals Agreement with Ukraine to Impact US Mineral Security?
This agreement is generally considered as part of the US strategy to reduce its dependence on countries such as China and Russia by diversifying its mineral supply ...
The US has connected Europe to LNG. Now Trump takes it for granted
In 2012, the US Congress commissioned a report on the EU's energy dependence on Russia and how to reduce it. Due diligence was carried out. The conditions are ripe. The US entered the EU's LNG market in 2018. ...
Trump will collapse the Panama Canal for Energy
We predicted 12 years ago in our report. A new LNG Geopolitics has emerged. The USA has become the largest LNG exporter. It rapidly increased its market share in the EU. Now it is the turn of Asia ...
Europe considers returning to Russian gas purchases as peace talks continue
As the Ukrainian war continues, peace talks have become an important part of international diplomacy. The success of the peace process is of great importance for both regional stability and global energy security. ...
Turkey Strengthens Its Position as an Energy Centre Country: BOTAŞ-Turkmengaz Agreement
It is possible to state that the negotiations on natural gas trade between Turkey and Turkmenistan, which started in 1998, have reached a conclusion after 27 years. ...
The Effects of Alternative Maritime Trade Routes in the Arctic on the Geopolitics of the Black Sea in the 2050s
The International Seabed is the seabed under the open sea, outside the inland waters, territorial waters and continental shelf areas of the coastal states, where no state has sovereignty and authority. The Polar Region is within this scope. ...
Come, Come, Come Again, Whatever You are
O my comrade-in-arms, whether you retire now or before, do not leave us alone, come and join us and give us strength. Without you, we will always be one person ...
Social Media as a Propaganda Tool
The technique of purposeful selection, in the simplest terms, is to select a part of an event that serves a certain purpose rather than the whole event, or to select some sentences that will serve a purpose rather than the whole of a book and tell ...
Ukraine and Energy Terrorism: Attack on TurkStream Natural Gas Pipeline
Ukraine's attempt to attack the TurkStream natural gas pipeline should not be seen as an ordinary development. This pipeline is more than just a part of Russia's critical energy ...
Strategic Importance of the Seas and ‘Blue Homeland’
Maritime transport creates a great advantage with costs that are approximately 3 times lower than railway transport, 7 times lower than road transport and 21 times lower than air transport. 66 per cent of Turkey's imports and 60 per cent of its ...
A Popularising Phenomenon: Shadow Fleets
Although it may seem like a mystical concept, the term ‘shadow fleets’ is actually not new. However, the concept of shadow fleets is becoming popular again, especially in relation to the increasingly harsh international sanctions against ...
Safety Between Glaciers: Commercial and Strategic Advantages of Arctic Sea Routes
The strategic importance of maritime routes stems from the critical straits, canals and ports that affect the sustainability of trade. For example, the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz function as nodes of ...
On Israel's Rising Appetite and the Future of the Republic of Turkey
Conflicts and wars that will change the geopolitical and security balances of the Middle East and shape the coming years continue. The crisis in the region is not limited to a single point, but it is also a sign that a d of expansion and a ...
Water management should first create a big data base
Digital transformation, big data collection infrastructure and training on the correct use of artificial intelligence should be prioritised in water ...
Hamas-Israel War and Reminiscences from the Past
At the end of 2023, prices were relatively softer than last year (fluctuating between $75-80/v), but recently, with the impact of the Israel-Hamas war, they rose above $93 on 20 October ...
New Period Developments in Syria; Gone with the Wind
The relationship between Turkey and HTS was a matter of curiosity. The answer to this question was provided by the fact that Ibrahim Kalın, the head of the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), was seen in the same car with HTS leader Colani in ...
Turkey's Impasse in Syria
Turkey's interlocutor in Syria is no longer only the US but also Israel. Unfortunately, it is obvious that Israel has no intention of listening to Turkey's suggestions and threats and does not take Turkey into consideration. After all, the US ...
Israel’s Intelligence Community is unable to produce strategic intelligence because it seeks action and to please its political customers
Army spokesman Daniel Hagari stated that Hamas is an idea and a political party that is rooted in the hearts of the people, therefore Hamas will not be eliminated, and that Netanyahu's statement that Hamas will be destroyed is throwing sand in the ...
Turkey Energy Outlook Entering 2025
In 1990, Turkey imported 52 per cent of the energy it consumed (48 per cent of which could be met by domestic production); however, starting from the 2000s, Turkey's external energy dependency ratios started to hover around 70 per cent and ...
Cyber Security
Cyber security is gaining importance in direct proportion to the development of the digital world. It is of great importance for businesses to protect their data, financial transactions and customer information. In addition, the protection of ...
Geo-philosophy and Geo-political Readings: Turkey-Centred Reading of the ‘Geographical Heart of History’
Today we celebrate the 101st anniversary of the establishment of our Republic. May the resurrection process of the Turks with the Ergenekon of Ötüken be blessed with our new state established centuries later with the National Struggle, that is, ...
Turkey's hydrogeopolitical importance is increasing
Turkey is not a water-rich country, but it has transboundary water resources. For this reason, Turkey needs experts, interdisciplinary thought production centres and strategic research institutions not only for domestic water policies and water ...
Problems Caused by War Underground in the Light of Mariopol and Gaza Cases
During the Ukraine-Russia war, a Ukrainian unit retreated to the underground tunnels in Mariopol and defended itself there, and the effective use of tunnels by HAMAS in Gaza has increased interest in the issue of underground ...
How Should Our Energy Strategy Directing Our Future Be?
With large-scale cyber-attacks, electricity can be completely cut off. Imagine that the electricity in Ankara is suddenly cut off by a cyber attack and there is no energy for a long time. Generators and batteries only go so far. ...
Why and How Should We Manage Water?
Water Management covers the whole range of activities such as political and technical decisions related to the development of water resources, rules regulating water rights and water allocation, determination of water tariffs, environmental ...
Did Reisi's helicopter crash? Was it shot down?
The accident, hich occurred on Sunday afternoon, occurred in a mountainous area 2 km southwest of the village of Uzi, about 58 km south of the Maiden's Castle Dam. According to initial reports, the helicopter carrying the President of the Republic ...
Collaboration or Agent of Influence
Espionage and intelligence warfare is an indispensable tool of foreign policy and even of direct politics. It means serving the national objective of a foreign state. ...
Who is the Antisemitism Awareness Bill Targeting?
While Israel's genocidal attacks on Gaza continued, the Palestine Support protests that started in the USA grew wave by wave with a resonant phenomenon and spread throughout the country. The protest actions initiated by 70 students at Columbia ...
Is our tap water only used as drinking water?
Considering the deep poverty in our country and the fact that water is a human right, it becomes clear that water and environmental health should be provided by local governments at the lowest price. In fact, water and environmental ...
Turkey Increases its Influence in Africa Despite Traditional Powers such as China, Russia and the West
Turkey's relations with Africa initially gained momentum as it mobilised soft power elements (humanitarian aid, education and cultural initiatives) rather than economy and trade. Over time, Turkey has engaged in more pinpointed operations and ...
A Brief Review of Douhet's "Air Power" from Today's Perspective
In this work, Douhet synthesised concepts such as air power, which promised a quick and decisive end to war, strategic bombing, which contributed to the development of modern air power, as well as the formation of an independent air force, the ...
Who is Italian General Giulio Douhet, the Greatest Strategist of Air Power?
Douhet's Air Power is also the beginning of Douhetism. It is a guiding document for air strategists, the third dimension of warfare, which transcends any reaction to the destruction of the First World War, which Douhet initially sought to ...
Excessive security/privacy is the most important security/privacy problem
Giving each document a higher degree of confidentiality than necessary results in more documents being subjected to more security procedures than necessary. This results in insufficient attention being paid to the documents that should be kept under ...
Who could be behind the terrorist attack in Moscow?
The Moscow terror attack is almost identical to the "Reina attack" in Ortaköy, Istanbul, where 39 people were killed and 71 wounded in the first hours of 2017. Those who pulled the trigger of their AK-47 long-barreled weapons and burned down the ...
Why Does the Pentagon Support YPG (PKK) Elements in Syria?
Despite the famous Article 5 of the NATO Establishment Treaty, which dictates that "NATO s one for all, all for one", Turkey has not been able to get the West, n short the EU (E), on ts side. We should also emphasize that Turkey had to use only ...
Water: a vital resource for peace. Will water come automatically for this?
The concept of "Water for Peace", the theme of this year's World Water Day, at first glance creates the idea that there will be no peace without access to more water. But the opposite is also true: without peace, water will be threatened and its ...
Terrorist Attack in the City Where I Live, Moscow
In fact, it is not easy to enter Moscow without control from outside the city. Since Moscow has a circular settlement, there is police control at the entrances to the city on all beam-shaped roads leading to the city ...
The Destabilizing Power That Supports Terrorism and Produces Terrorist Organizations: USA
the USA, which ostensibly invades countries with claims of a global war against terrorism, has actually become the number one arms supplier of terrorist organizations and the main source of feeding ...
Butterfly Effect and Global Warming
It is not possible for a butterfly flapping its wings in China to really create storms in America, but it is also a fact that we have a global warming problem that has become more noticeable especially in recent ...
Is it correct to read the street unrest in Israel as a success of Hamas' tunnel strategy?
Hamas' strategy is based on tunnels and time, rather than on terrain or enemies. Hamas in the tunnels. Hamas' strategy is based on the belief that time, a critical resource for Israel, will run out in the tunnels. Yesterday's street demonstrations ...
Turkey's Electricity Generation Capacity
Although Finland ranks very low in terms of total production (almost a fifth of ours!), its per capita electricity production is three times that of ...
Nuclear Threat Stick from Space
One headline after another exploded in the US: "Nuclear Weapon in Space" "U.S. under national security threat" "Russia to send nuclear satellites into orbit?" "Nuclear Weapon in Space" "Is the arms race moving into ...
Despite the cave-ins, despite the environmental damage, does anyone really inspect the gold mines?
In the İliç district of Erzincan, I think there was a landslide because the huge cyanide pool built for the gold mine softened the soil and nine workers were trapped under the ...
The Mine Disaster in Turkiye
The landslide that caused the mine disaster was not spontaneous. It appears to have been caused by the way the mine was operated. This is also the interpretation of experts. Geologists also note that the tailings storage pond is on a fault ...
What are the Security Measures You Should Take at Your Workplace?
Ensure that the workplace is secured against suicide bombers and armed attacks from a distance. All visitors, including personnel, entering and leaving the workplace (their bags and themselves separately) must be searched with electronic systems. ...
What are the precautions you can take on foot walks for your own safety?
If you don't have a routine, people who want to attack you will not be able to plan a proper attack. For this reason, not engaging in routine behavior will be the biggest security measure for you. ...
What are the Security Measures to be Taken for Children?
Children should know not to take gifts and food from strangers. They should not play in deserted places, away from home and in unsafe places. They should not enter the house or get into the car of someone they do not know. They should not meet ...
If Greece and/or Iran acquire nuclear weapons, should Turkey also focus on developing nuclear weapons?
Rather than developing weapons first, Turkey would benefit from the nuclear technology it would acquire and owning nuclear-powered warships or submarines would be an important capability that would contribute to Turkey's deterrent power. ...
Does Turkey Need Nuclear Weapons as an Alternative Solution for Armament and Maintenance of Military Power?
In addition to whether the developments in Turkey's defense industry and delivery vehicles are sufficient for a nuclear weapons infrastructure, political military assessments of the need for nuclear weapons are the main factors in determining the ...
What are the Safety Precautions to Take When Driving?
The main thing you should pay attention to in order to prevent explosives being planted in your cle while it is parked is to choose the place where you park your cle well. If you have a parking garage at your home or workplace, park your ...
Geothermal Energy and Drilling Methods
You are a country rich in geothermal energy and you are investing in dams or thermal power plants, not geothermal energy! You are even investing in HEPPs, which under normal conditions cannot produce proper energy and are destroying nature in the ...
Does Turkey Need Nuclear Weapons for Prestige and Respectability?
Even if the prestige of nuclear weapons is valid in the Third World, it will have different consequences for relations with the leading countries of the West. Add to this the negative propaganda of public opinion and anti-proliferation ...
Does artificial intelligence reduce flood risk?
Artificial intelligence has been successful in predicting floods caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. There is also a model that uses satellite data to map historical floods and predict future floods with great accuracy in Cork, ...
Does Turkey Need Nuclear Weapons for Its Security Needs?
Increasing risks and threats in its neighborhood and deepening geostrategic divergence with the NATO alliance affect Turkey's security parameters. In response to the threats and dangers that pose security risks, Turkey may consider the option of ...
What is Free Energy? Is it Possible to Prevent Global Warming?
Electric cars are now much more popular in Europe and the US, solar panels are being installed everywhere, wind turbines and other green energy sources are just a few ...
What are the Initiatives to Prevent the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the World?
Treaties prohibiting the production and use of chemical and biological weapons have been accepted by all signatories, while the rights of the five nuclear weapons states (the US, the UK, France, Russia and China) are ...
What are the Precautions to Take for the Security of Your Home?
When you call a repairman to your home, call the repairmen in the complex or housing complex if available. If not, find out who is trustworthy and call them. Let the repairmen come to the house when you are at ...
What is the Impact of a Country's Regime and Form of Government on Nuclear Weaponization?
In regimes where personal leadership is predominant, leaders are more likely to see nuclear armament as an attractive option for regime security. This is because there is no domestic political structure that can resist them on this ...
Why Do States Want to Possess Nuclear Weapons?
Some countries are willing to develop nuclear weapons when they believe that their security is in grave danger and that they have no other alternative to address ...
What are the Effects of Nuclear Weapons on Changing Threat Perception?
With the invention of the nuclear weapon, mankind for the first time in history had the capacity for the total annihilation of species. This brought the cost and frightening nature of war to a crucial ...
Survival Measures for Mafia Godfathers
First of all, I would like to point out that no matter what you do, no matter what precautions you take, there is no such thing as zero risk and complete safety. The measures you take only help to reduce the risks and threats. ...
Is the Global Warming Problem Real?
It is said that infrared radiation from the sun also transfers its energy to carbon dioxide gas released into the atmosphere and that this is what is actually causing global ...
Our Geothermal Resources are Local and National Energy Resources
Although the upfront investment is a bit costly, geothermal energy is both a clean energy source and has very low operating costs. Moreover, since it is an energy source you obtain within the borders of the country, you do not have a problem with ...
The Ukrainian War Consumes the Life of the Russian Air Force's Warplanes Very Rapidly
In Ukraine, there are serious decreases in the availability and lifespan of the Russian Air Force's current warplane leet. This was due to the loss of a large number of ighter-bombers, as well as the act that the remaining aircraft had many more ...
Do Smart Power Policies Pursued by Regional Power Turkey Work?
Smart power requires both a strong military and investment in alliances or partnerships at all levels to increase a country's influence. The combination and utilisation of the two is the art of diplomacy and ...
Establishing a Hydrogen Production Center in the Hydrogen Sulfide Rich Black Sea Solves Turkey's Energy Problem
Hydrogen is a clean l that produces only water when consumed in a l cell. Hydrogen can be produced from various renewable energy sources such as natural gas, nuclear energy, biomass, solar and wind. This quality makes hydrogen an attractive ...
Istanbul Security Summit: No Terroristan
Declaring that the fight against terrorism will continue until the last terrorist is neutralized and the terrorist swamps in Iraq and Syria are completely drained was a complete show of ...
The "Anglo-Saxon Approach" in Intelligence, Turkey and NATO
The main goal of the Anglo-Saxon understanding of ligence is to preserve the privileged position established to protect and safeguard Western civilization and Western strategic interests by using all the means at its disposal. Anglo-Saxon ...
Blood in vein
It must be essential to destroy the terrorist without causing casualties. The blood of young Mehmets should flow in their veins, not on the ...
Is the Global Warming Problem Over?
Automobiles aside, a lot of harmful gases are actually released into the atmosphere from factory chimneys. Unfortunately, no technology has been developed yet to prevent this. Even though there is technology, it is not that easy to achieve this ...
What are US Expectations from the Black Sea, the Only Sea Where Americans Have Never Set Foot?
Washington, which has rallied allies to stop a possible Russian advance in Eastern Europe and deployed a small number of American troops in the region, has not yet been able to build the kind of naval power it wants in the Black Sea context. ...
What is the Place of Water in the New Security Paradigm?
In case of ought, the decrease in water resources and the disappearance of water resources such as ying lakes, rivers and dam reservoirs can cause great difficulties in water supply. In this situation, many people may have difficulty accessing ...
Organization Regarding the Censorship of Prisoner Letters During World War I and the War of Independence
Censorship in the Ottoman Empire; From Tanzimat to World War I, censorship was applied in the field of press and media in civil society. With the beginning of World War I, it is seen that censorship practices in the military field also came to the ...
S-400 Triumf or F-35 Lightning II?
Recently, in March 2023, it was announced in the press by our defense industry officials that we no longer needed the S-400 air defense system due to our national defense technology capabilities. ...
How Turkish Pilots Forced to Parachute Out of Their Planes Due to Malfunction in Aegean Flights Are Rescued? What is the Search and Rescue Problem with Greece in the Aegean?
According to the Hamburg Convention, if search and rescue areas cannot be determined through agreement, the parties will strive for comprehensive coordination of search and rescue services until such an agreement is made. Greece did not show a ...
Counterterrorism and Human Intelligence
“Preventive and Protective Measures Need to Be Considered Before Disaster Strikes. There is no use in beating up after a disaster strikes.” Mustafa Kemal ...
Enough is enough
Our pain is great. Our hearts are burning. If the United States is still going to continue to support the terrorist extensions that martyred them, the thing to do is clear. ...
How Was Water Included in the Climate Agenda of COP 28?
The COP 28 Presidency's Food, Agriculture and Water Day on 10 December brought to the fore a number of new partnerships and initiatives, as well as some of the UAE's financial commitments to address water-related ...
Theories of Strategy Food Shows Tell Us
There is an anime translated into English as "Food Wars": Shokugeki no Soma. It tells the life of a boy named Soma Yukihira, who is very skillful in cooking, at a cooking school. But our hero Soma did such a thing in one episode that I thought, "Let ...
Only half of the water that should reach our homes reaches our fountains. Where is the problem? What should be done?
In the report "Comparative Performance Evaluation among Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Administrations" published by the Water Institute of Turkey (SUEN) in June 2022, the average water loss and leakage rate of 26 metropolitan cities is given as ...
Why Italian PM Meloni pulled his country out of the Belt and Road Initiative
Italy was the largest EU signatory to the Belt and Road Initiative. If Italy had not notified China of its withdrawal from the project by the end of this year, Italy's membership would have automatically started in March next ...
How Should Retiring Turkish Armed Forces Personnel Prepare for Civilian Working Life?
We get used to change and challenges in our military career, from many deployments to moving all over the country, but returning to civilian life can be, and sometimes is, the most difficult adjustment of ...
Why Are People Two-Faced?
Hypocrisy is the disease of our time. In the past, people used to backtrack when it didn't suit them, but wrongdoers used to feel a little shame beforehand. At least they were ashamed when they were ...
Did the CIA and Mossad Really Fail in Intelligence?
Can it be possible that the US and the UK, which are aware of everything that happens in the region and instantly share everything that happens with their London and Washington DC centers, can deny intelligence sharing to Israel, which the US ...
What is your strategy for attacking a giant corporation?
Giant companies that grow vertically and take over sales channels do not give you, the newcomers, a chance to survive. But even then, there is something you can ...
Free Energy Production from Magnet Metal Spreading from Magnesia and Manisa to the World
Manisa, known as Magnesia in ancient times, is a city founded by the Ancient Greek colony Magnetes. The Greek philosopher Thales, who lived in Manisa in the 6th century BC, realized that the magnet stone attracted iron dust and invented the metal we ...
Why Habermas Doesn't Want to See the Genocide in Palestine
Habermas says that within the framework of the democratic ethics on which the political culture in Germany is based, Jewish life and Israel's right to exist must be defended... Israel is not committing genocide in ...
Last-minute scenarios in Gaza
It can be argued that some far-right members of Netanyahu's cabinet want to reoccupy Gaza. However, it is known that they are willing to do so on condition that the area is first depopulated. This scenario was hinted at by some as a solution to ...
Why did Ankara lose to Riyadh the mediation role it could have played between Israel and Hamas? Where did the Erdogan-Fidan duo go wrong?
The House of Saud, which does not hide its resentment towards Hamas to the extent that it does not even allow prayers in favor of Palestine to be said around the Kaaba, nevertheless does not neglect to reap the fruits of this conflict. It is playing ...
Regional droughts are on the rise. Innovative water policies are needed.
Changing weather and climate conditions against the normal climate, apart from the variability of the climate itself, d be seen as evidence that the spatial and temporal consistency and severity of climate change is increasing and measures ...
War? Chess?
For example, no kings! But how do you end the game when there is no king? In chess, as you know, the rule is that the game ends when the threatened king has no squares to move to (by abdicating)! How can we bring democracy to the ...
Sport is Important for Everyone
Hamas' terrorist attack at the beginning seems to have served as a dish for this situation to occur. In other words, the real purpose of Hamas' exit is still a mystery. The situation that Israel, which has become America's plaything, has fallen ...
Will Rob Menendez, the corrupt Senator who blocked the sale of F-16s to Turkey, go to jail this time?
There will be elections in the US on 5 November next year. Pressure is mounting on Menendez, who has been attracting attention with his anti-Turkey stance, to resign as a senator. Democratic Party voters are already calling on Menendez to resign. ...
It is now a strategic mistake for Washington to pursue a policy guided by Tel Aviv's erroneous strategies.
I humbly warn Biden: Make an effort to calm the situation. Don't be on the side of Israel, Netanyahu, who has set Gaza on fire and is determined to commit genocide. Do not share his sin. Especially do not spread this unjust war to Iran or any other ...
Quantum Mechanics in Biology
There is a relationship between light and electricity. Blue light has much more energy than red light. This is called the photoelectric effect. ...
Resolution in Cyprus; ODAGIT (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean)
The statement of the late Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, "We are going to Cyprus to bring peace not only for the Turks but also for the Greeks" was both a requirement of Atatürk's principle of "Peace at Home, Peace in the ...
The Test of the Turk with Itself in the 100th Year of the Republic
I see the fragmented, hopeless state we are in as Turkish people as a turning point and I would like to draw your attention to the fact t we have to overcome it. I would like to underline t we all need to realize t there is a possibility ...
Can Macron's Strategic Autonomy Rope lead Europe out of the well it has dug itself?
In spite of his internal fragility, Macron's rhetoric on Europe argues that the European Union should develop an attitude away from the US and even from world problems in foreign policy and security ...
External Forces
When foreign powers attack us militarily, economically, politically, etc., e government exists to prevent em. Governments at prevent attacks, glorify e state with eir actions and increase e welfare of e people continue in power with ...
He's not Laz, Lazo
Now it is time to polarize within ethnic groups. Turkey in general was not enough, there is a need to polarize it in ...
Military Planning Management Approach and Earthquake Warfare
In this rticle, the methods pplied by the Armed Forces, which is one of the first institutions that come to mind in protecting the interests of the country when it comes to national security, in preparing, planning, force development nd training ...
What is Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean Policy?
The Eastern Mediterranean is the part east of the line drawn between Cape Bon and Cape Lilibeo, the western part of Sicily Island. Accordingly, the littoral countries in the Eastern Mediterranean are Albania, Montenegro, Greece, Libya, Israel, ...
Solution for Post-Earthquake is to Build Tunnel Formwork Buildings
You're not going to give this nation the freedom to build reinforced concrete! It's forbidden. Buildings will be tunnel formwork, whether two-story, one-story or five-story. Yes, no one will have the chance to build buildings higher than five ...
Some things in life are irreversible
As Turkey, even though we always say that we respect the territorial integrity of Syria, we have established our own order in the region under our control. I am sure we are spending a lot of money to maintain this ...
Why are the drums of war being sounded?
Let me tell you about the mentality of the old Democrat Party to help you decide whether this is really the case. The date is January 7, 1946, the party is founded. However, in the ns held right after its foundation, the CHP won the ...
Is the Coup Attempt in Germany the Tip of the Iceberg?
According to experts, the far-right organization's path to power in the country is rooted in a longing for Nazi rule. The coup plot is also seen as an extension of dreams of rebuilding the German Empire. Some commentators even characterize it as a ...
Ukrainian Resistance, Europe's Energy Dilemma and Turkey
Some of us may find Gazprom President Alexei Miller's statement after his visit to Turkey that Moscow intends to establish a large natural gas hub in Turkey for Europe positive for the near term. ...
How to Make Strategic Decisions?
What is Strategy? As a dictionary definition, strategy is defined as all of the ways and methods used to achieve a predetermined goal. As a MILITARY TERM, Strategy is defined as the art and science of using military forces appropriately to achieve ...
Water Management Should be Restructured
An innovative strategic plan is needed to sustainably develop our water resources under changing conditions and to manage water services as public services. In addition to high technical capacity, long years of institutional memory will play an ...
Why is Iran heading full steam ahead towards the division into ethno-states?
What is being done in Iran these days is a provocation. By the way, let us recall that the reign of the Qajar dynasty (1796-1925) was the last phase of the nearly thousand years of Turkish rule in Iran, starting with the Ghaznavids. In their works ...
Water and Politics (Hydropolitics)
"Politics" can be taken as a way of doing something, and "policy" as a method of doing something or a course of action on an issue. "Policy" can also be taken as the method of putting a political theory or philosophy (politics) into ...
Being Ready for the Future Wars Awaiting Turkey
Let's break down the waves of military threats against our country and take a look at them one by one. In this way, if a wave-by-wave war chain is planned, let us create a logical basis for the order of the ...
Oil Tanker and the Principle of Separation of Powers
Try to carry a glass of water from one carriage to another on a train, and assume that the train is not traveling on a straight line, but on a turn or on a slightly bumpy line. You cannot even carry that glass of water without spilling ...
What Does The Nation-State Understanding Entails?
I have found it appropriate to make use of the ptualization of sociologist Doğan Ergun in his book "National Personality in the Grip of Identities"(1). I believe that this ptualization can shed light on the current debates as it is a ...
US Adjustments
The US is using different ways of telling Russia and China, "Look, I can neutralize whoever I want, whenever and wherever I want." ...
Where Does Turkey Stand on the East-West Divide?
In the current “multiple crisis world order” where inflation and economic stagnation are in question, we are also in a period where we lack global leadership. The USA could not fully fill the unipolar, hegemon leadership role it captured in the ...
What does a Center for Strategic Studies
Strategical research centers are organizations that function as think tanks at their core. Like other think tanks, Centers for Strategic Studies is an organization that brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars to conduct research ...
Will the Greater Western Black Sea From Switzerland Draw Turkey Into the G-10?
“Turkey did not fall from the G-20, it will remain in the G-20. Because the economy is not the only criterion for the G-20, known as the “Group of 20s,” and it does not consist of the 's 20 largest economies. Not all countries in the ...
Keep the People Alive so that the State Lives
The author argues that developed countries have a high human development index, that their young people think about their future and are trying to keep them away from war, and he says let people live so that the ate can live. He reminds that the ...
A Butterfly Flapping Its Wings, Impressing Istanbul
Do not say what a butterfly is, let it be taken into account when it flaps its wings. A butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon Jungle can cause a storm breakout in the ...
Intelligence and Unity, The End of the Crusades, The Crusades of 1101
The counties established as a result of the First Crusade needed large armies and manpower to first maintain their positions, then expand their territories and acquire new ...
What is survivability?
The word "survivability" has stuck in our memories as a concept that is frequently used during the election period. But when everyone tried to explain survival in their own way, they got confused. The meaning of the word perpetuity in the dictionary ...
Does Turkey spend on the scale required by being a regional power?
During the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic, other global risks remained in the background for a while. However, these days when the epidemic is partially under control, other global risks around the world have started to become visible again. ...
Why is Ötüken Strategically Important for Turks?
Central Asian Turkish history remained behind for a long time and could only be followed from the records of states such as China, Sassanid and Eastern Rome. Because there is no archive belonging to the Turkish states that were established and ...
Is the Turkish Republic of Cyprus Target Close?
From where to where? Isn't it so, dear readers? Exactly 47 years and five months through the Cyprus Peace Operation; 46 years and 48 days from the stablishment of the “Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration”; 46 years and 9 months since the ...
What might be a new vision for Turkey?
The Republic of Turkey was founded by centered on Anatolia, which was the heart of the ancient world (hinterland) geopolitically. The preparations of the new state, the origin of which goes back to the Tanzimat and Islahat edicts, I and II. It is ...
Aircraft that used by countries for forest fires
Aerial fire response methods in a country, resources to be used, aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, satellite-like platforms, as well as the number of these platforms, their abilities and competencies, for example, their water carrying ...
It\'s time to approach forest fires with a strategic mind
Our people, who were forced into their homes due to the Covid-19 measures, attacked the seaside in the heat of July. He went into the sea to relax a little, tried to cool off. Is it possible for our people to cool off? ...
What is intelligence? What is not?
The word intelligence connotes different meanings for everyone according to their own knowledge and understanding ...
The End of the American Dream and the Strategic Framework of the US-China Rivalry
The United States entered the world stage as a dominant power in the 1890s. The American philosophy, written by the founding fathers of the country, is based on the fact that the American power that will rise in the country of the \"chosen ...
It is not possible to govern a state without knowing geography.
“Geography is everything.” or “Geography is destiny.” You\'ve heard words like Of course, these are quite ambitious words. However, it is certain that geography has a great impact on both individuals and ...
Middle East chess board
Harvard PhD Zbigniew Brzezinski\'s 1997 book \"The Great Chessboard\" is a very important source book explaining the strategic interests of the USA in the post-cold war world. ...
Geography, Climate And Security
Turkey, with its land of approximately 780 thousand square kilometers, is located on a large peninsula that, as the poet says, stretches from Asia to Europe like a "mare's head". ...
Global Climate Change
Climate change is a natural phenomenon that our world has experienced throughout its history. ...
