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Strategic AdversariesAbraham Accords, Ayatollah Khamenei, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, houthis, Iran, Islamist New Welfare Party, Israel, Morocco, Muslim, Nuclear Deterrence, persian gulf, petroleum, propaganda, Sudan, Turkey, UAE, Yeman

Iran’s Multidimensional Strategy

Rufat Ahmedzade0 Comments

The October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas and the ongoing war in Gaza, provide Iran with a unique opportunity to advance its foreign policy interests in the Middle…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, ArchiveAzerbaijan, China, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Cultural, Foreign Policy, GCC, Gulf Countries, NATO, Russia, SOCAR, sovereignty, Turkey, Turkic States, Ukraine

Analyzing the Turkic Vector of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy

Rufat Ahmedzade0 Comments

The Organization of Turkic States (OTS) is one of the main foreign policy initiatives of Azerbaijan. In his swearing-in ceremony in February 2024 Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev, described the OTS…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, ArchiveBritish, Europe, Foreign Policy, French, GDP, Germany, Greece, Italy, NATO, nuclear capabilities, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear politics, nuclear Rubicon, partner nations, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Trump, Turkey, UK, UN

Is Trump Right About Europe?

Amit Gupta1 Comment

Former President Donald Trump’s views on Europe are consistent. He has long criticized North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member-states for their failure to spend the required 2 percent of gross…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyArmenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Azerbaijan Coerces Nagorno-Karabakh While Armenia Plays Russian Roulette

Jack Dulgarian

The Republic of Armenia has been under attack by Azerbaijan. Baku may not halt its aggression any time soon. If matters worsen for Armenia, Russia may offer the ultimate trade…

Defense & SecurityTurkey

More Than an Army: The Turkish Armed Forces as a Core Pillar of National Identity

Alp Sevimlisoy

As the Turkish Republic celebrates its centennial this year, one institution that has stood the test of time and continues to be the bastion of defense and guardian of the…

DevelopmentTurkey

Revitalizing South-East Turkey After the 2023 Earthquakes

Alp Sevimlisoy

Turkey is grappling with the aftermath of multiple earthquakes of unprecedented strength on the Richter scale, particularly in urban areas. This devastating situation calls for a novel approach to rebuild…

Defense & SecurityNATO, Turkey, United States

New Age NATO: The necessary might of leadership, minus the inhibitions of bureaucracy

Alp Sevimlisoy & Peter Woodard

As the world gazed upon Speaker Pelosi’s flight route last month, be it via flight tracking apps, minute-by-minute coverage on CNN or various policy speculators huddled in D.C. corridors, one…

Defense & SecurityChina, European Union, France, Greece, Israel, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

The Connection Between AUKUS, the Franco-Greek Pact, and the EastMed Pipeline

Konstantinos Apostolou-Katsaros

In the wake of the AUKUS agreement, EU member states must come to terms with the loss of primacy and the shift of the U.S.'s geostrategic center of gravity to…

Government & PoliticsEuropean Union, Turkey, United States

Turkey’s Faltering Democracy and Western Interests

Anwar Alam

In mid-November, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. Although brief, the call between the two leaders is likely the start of a markedly different U.S.-Turkey…

Government & PoliticsTurkey

Turkey Uses Medieval Score-Settling to Justify Its Hagia Sophia Conversion

Philip Kowalski

Europe is now home to one of the world’s strangest paradoxes. The continent’s most prominent mosque, the Great Mosque of Cordoba, has served as a church since the year 1236.…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyRussia, Syria, Turkey, United States

The American Plan for Syria

Hashim Abid

It’s been nearly a decade since the war in Syria began due to public discontent towards the regime’s handling of the country’s political affairs. Resentment grew into open revolt, which…

Defense & SecurityGreece, NATO, Turkey, United States

Kastellorizo is the Key to Turkish & Greek Ambitions in the Eastern Mediterranean

Jack Dulgarian

“Greece can live inside the dream world of its past… Now it is time to sit at the table for the solution of chronic problems in the Aegean.” – Retired…