The existing body of research on defense spending contains two main theses that appear in the much-debated discourse of “guns versus butter.” The...

The Mediterranean region has witnessed a lot of turbulence in the last decade. On the one hand, the Arab uprising changed the shape of the regional...

U.S. President Donald Trump declared his long-awaited and debated Middle East ‘peace plan,’ the so-called ‘deal of the century,’ in January 2020,...

Rapid advances in technology enable incremental developments in the aerospace and defense sector, the most well-known example of which is the...

With the wrap-up of the S-400 deal with Russia in December 2017, critics argue that Turkey is caught between a rock and a hard place due to the...

As the incumbent Turkish administration strives to pursue more aspiring goals in foreign affairs, Turkeys military policy is fast developing in...

This article argues that the change in Turkey’s defense and military strategy stems both from Turkey’s changing security landscape following the...

This article aims to examine Turkish soap operas as a multi-faceted phenomenon that, as a product of cultural hybridization, will also contribute...

This study analyzes the mutually empowering relations between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his followers, and how Erdoğan’s...

This article focuses on how virtual social networks affect socio-political life. The main theme of the article is how social networks such as...

Analysts emphasize that nothing will be the same after the pandemic and refer to the ‘new normal’ that is likely to prevail everywhere in the...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the domestic and foreign policy agendas of all countries have been turned upside down. The pandemic has brought new...

This article argues that a post-orientalist discourse has emerged over the past few decades to challenge the dominance of orientalism on Western...

International competition over natural gas and oil has been escalating in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent years, and the region has become much...

The term ‘apartheid’ was coined to describe the system of segregation, practiced for many years in South Africa. However, the 2002 Rome Statute of...

According to Freedom House, those southeast European states which have joined the European Union are “free” while the rest are “partly free.” For...

The 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump as the U.S. president opened a new chapter in U.S. policy making toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

This article examines the history and outcomes of Hamas’ involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By using published sources and conducting...

By the standards of historical and anthropological scholarship, Israel constitutes a colonial settler regime whose certain features may differ from...

In recent years, one of the most popular concepts in Turkish foreign policy has been public diplomacy, which refers to government activities to...

In 2018, the Turkish economy suffered one of the most severe financial speculations in its 38-year open economy era. Some have tried to explain the...

The Eastern Mediterranean region has recently emerged as one of the pivotal foci of international affairs due to its considerable natural gas...

Increasing cooperation between Russia and Turkey date back to the 1990s, and go beyond the preferences of a specific political party or leader. A...

President Erdoğan has expressed his objection to the current structure of the UN with the motto “the world is bigger than five.” The international...