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Turkey’s ICBM: Ambition for Autonomy

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Turkey’s ICBM: Ambition for Autonomy

Curtis McGiffin0 Comments

Published: May 26, 2026 At the recent SAHA Expo 2026, Turkey unveiled a mock-up of the Yildirimhan (Thunderbolt) and released details about the long-range, four-engined, liquid-fueled ballistic missile. The designation…

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What Does Xi Jinping’s Engagement in Conflicts Reveal to the World?

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesalliance paradox, ambition versus experience, authoritarian governance, BRICS, China, coalition politics, disorder, dissatisfaction with the West, economic power, energy markets, European Union, financial systems, Foreign Policy, geopolitical complexity, global leadership, global order, global politics, global transition, hegemony, Henry Kissinger, India, instability, international institutions, Iran, liberal international order, military experience, model student, multipolar world, NATO, North Korea, regional crises, Russia, symbolic power, trade wars, United States, West, Xi Jinping

What Does Xi Jinping’s Engagement in Conflicts Reveal to the World?

Dawood Tanin0 Comments

The world today is more unsettled and volatile than ever. The war in Ukraine has become Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Tensions between Israel and Iran cast a…

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Forecasting Syria’s Military and Political Future

Archive, Strategic AdversariesAssad regime, fragmentation, geopolitical trends , Gulf Arab states, Hmeimim airbase, instability, international competition, Iran, Israel, Kurdish forces, Mediterranean, Middle East, military, militias, naval bases, opposition groups, political, power vacuum, proxy conflicts, regional competition, Russia, security risks, stability, strategic interests, Syria, Tartus naval facility, Turkey, uncertainty, United States, Western influence

Forecasting Syria’s Military and Political Future

Mohamed ELDoh1 Comment

The fall of the Assad regime has marked a watershed moment in the Syrian armed conflict, fundamentally ushering in a new phase of military and political uncertainty. This development intensified…

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