The main purpose of The Caliphate at War is to elucidate and explain the Islamic State in a comprehensive way.

International security theories generally identify economic power as the key determinant of military power, and thereby of security, but there is...

Most studies define states as small, middle, or great in relation to the power of other states. However, how the capabilities of a particular...

This paper considers the impact of the possible relative decline of the U.S. and its engagement in the Middle East and the Gulf in particular. U.S....

After two decades of downhill diplomacy, Turkey and Uzbekistan have pledged to deepen bilateral ties in years to come. Given its geopolitical...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operates under the names of the Democratic Union Party and the People’s Protection Units in Syria. The PKK is...

The last decade has witnessed the consolidation of the European Union as a cybersecurity actor. Many of these developments have, directly or...

In a sharp break from the past, Turkey’s AK Party government now openly accepts the existence of a domestic Kurdish problem, and views it moreover...