The role of the militaries in politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been one of the most popular issues among scholars and...

A profound understanding of American foreign policy depends upon a thorough and a rigorous theoretical understanding of the ideology that...

The transformation of the discourses of the PKK since the 2000s is placed virtually at the center of Middle East politics as they relate to the...

Africa is the springboard for al-Qaeda’s global terrorism in modern history. The U.S. Embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi,...

This paper argues that the factors that induce transcontinental and intercontinental African migration are complex and cannot be reduced to...

This article is predicated on the argument that the African continent has become a focus of geopolitical and economic attention, especially as a...

Africa has often been the focus of contradictory attention that has oscillated between the labels of a physical obstacle to travel between Europe...

In late 2017, Turkey opened a facility to train the Somali National Army. Routinely described as a military base since, the move has caused...

The OSCE has until now been the only security organization which directly participated in the effort to de-escalate the war in Eastern Ukraine. As...

This article argues that today, 17 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, it is even more important to look at the beginnings of, and to...

Near Abroad is a must-read book for scholars and other readers who are interested in better understanding the relationship between the U.S. and...

With the growing need for more cooperative relations in the face of Iran’s assertive foreign policy following Saddam’s fall, Turkey’s importance as...

The Gulf is a sub-region consisting of Saudi Arabia and five small states, namely Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. This...

This article argues that Turkey's approach towards the Kurds of northern Iraq provides analysts with an opportunity to demonstrate that the...