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From Bridge to Hub Türkiye s Strategic Repositioning in NATO

From Bridge to Hub: Türkiye’s Strategic Repositioning in NATO’s Emerging Geoeconomic Security Architecture  

Articles

This article argues that NATO’s emerging geoeconomic security architecture calls for a reinterpretation of Türkiye’s role within the alliance and...

From Bridge to Hub Türkiye s Strategic Repositioning in NATO

From Bridge to Hub: Türkiye’s Strategic Repositioning in NATO’s Emerging Geoeconomic Security Architecture  

Articles

This article argues that NATO’s emerging geoeconomic security architecture calls for a reinterpretation of Türkiye’s role within the alliance and...

A World in Transition and Transatlantic Alliance at a Crossroads

A World in Transition and Transatlantic Alliance at a Crossroads

Commentaries

At a time when the international order is undergoing profound transformation, the Transatlantic Alliance has reached one of the most critical...

Security Culture of NATO Slow-Paced but Deterrent

Security Culture of NATO: Slow-Paced but Deterrent

Commentaries

This study examines the security culture of Treaty Organization through a systematic analytical framework grounded in organizational culture theory...

The Evolution of the Global Order and NATO s Transformation

The Evolution of the Global Order and NATO’s Transformation: Türkiye’s Strategic Role Ahead of the Ankara Summit

Commentaries

This commentary examines NATO’s evolving role in a multipolar and multi-layered world order, with particular attention to the pressures generated...

Security Culture of NATO Slow-Paced but Deterrent

Security Culture of NATO: Slow-Paced but Deterrent

Commentaries

This study examines the security culture of Treaty Organization through a systematic analytical framework grounded in organizational culture theory...

Belgium s View on the Ankara Summit and Türkiye s

Belgium’s View on the Ankara Summit and Türkiye’s Role in NATO

Commentaries

This commentary examines Belgium’s priorities and expectations for the Ankara NATO Summit. It argues that the Summit should be structured around...

From Flank to Center Türkiye NATO and the Ankara Summit

From Flank to Center: Türkiye, NATO, and the Ankara Summit

Commentaries

As NATO approaches its 2026 Ankara Summit, the alliance faces its most demanding transformation since the end of the Cold War. Türkiye’s role...

From Flank to Center Türkiye NATO and the Ankara Summit

From Flank to Center: Türkiye, NATO, and the Ankara Summit

Commentaries

As NATO approaches its 2026 Ankara Summit, the alliance faces its most demanding transformation since the end of the Cold War. Türkiye’s role...

Editor's Note Winter 2026

Editor's Note | Winter 2026

Editor's Note

This issue records the great historical tension between the chaotic atmosphere into which the Middle East has been pushed by the U.S. and Israel...

Defying Small-State Orthodoxy The UAE s Outlier Trajectory toward Middle-Power

Defying Small-State Orthodoxy: The UAE’s Outlier Trajectory toward Middle-Power Status

Review Article

By analyzing the three works above, this article argues that the United Arab Emirates’ post-2011 transformation cannot be explained within the...

Current Modalities of the Foreign Policy Decision-Making of Uzbekistan from

Current Modalities of the Foreign Policy Decision-Making of Uzbekistan from an IR Theoretical Perspective

Articles

This article explores the complex landscape of decision-making in the foreign policy of Uzbekistan. By analyzing the prominent actors and...

Pivot to Asia Examining Türkiye s Relations with the SCO

Pivot to Asia: Examining Türkiye’s Relations with the SCO, AIIB, and ASEAN

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The study examines Türkiye’s pivot to Asia by analyzing its interactions with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Asian Infrastructure...

Pivot to Asia Examining Türkiye s Relations with the SCO

Pivot to Asia: Examining Türkiye’s Relations with the SCO, AIIB, and ASEAN

Articles

The study examines Türkiye’s pivot to Asia by analyzing its interactions with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Asian Infrastructure...

Türkiye-EU Relations Revisited from Europeanization and CFSP Alignment Perspective

Türkiye-EU Relations: Revisited from Europeanization and CFSP Alignment Perspective

Articles

The European Union (EU) is neither a state nor a traditional international organization in the classical sense. It is described as a sui generis...

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States A Strategic Partnership

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States: A Strategic Partnership for Regional Integration

Articles

This study explores Türkiye’s role in fostering political, economic, and infrastructural integration among Turkic states, particularly within the...

Türkiye s Increased Activism in International Organizations as an Initiator

Türkiye’s Increased Activism in International Organizations as an Initiator State

Articles

Membership in international organizations (IOs) is regarded as a significant indicator of a state’s foreign policy activism. The more organizations...

The Future of Türkiye-NATO Relations in Light of the Strained

The Future of Türkiye-NATO Relations in Light of the Strained Transatlantic Dialogue

Commentaries

This commentary aims to assess the impact of the changing approach of the U.S. under Trump's second administration on transatlantic relations, the...

The UN System and Türkiye on Its 80th Anniversary Quest

The UN System and Türkiye on Its 80th Anniversary: Quest for Peace through Multilateralism

Commentaries

Since 1945, the United Nations (UN) has played a central role in shaping the global order through its laws, norms, and institutions. As a founding...

The UN System and Türkiye on Its 80th Anniversary Quest

The UN System and Türkiye on Its 80th Anniversary: Quest for Peace through Multilateralism

Commentaries

Since 1945, the United Nations (UN) has played a central role in shaping the global order through its laws, norms, and institutions. As a founding...

Russia s War against Ukraine

Russia’s War against Ukraine

Book Reviews

Gwendolyn Sasse’s Russia’s War against Ukraine provides a concise yet clear and comprehensive overview of the lead-up to the current state of war...

Ukraine and Russia From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War

Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War

Book Reviews

D’Anieri emphasizes that a traditional problem in international politics and the new one in the post-Cold War era linked the Russia-Ukraine...

The EU NATO and the Libya Conflict Anatomy of a

The EU, NATO, and the Libya Conflict: Anatomy of a Failure

Book Reviews

Marcuzzi’s work is both timely and essential, providing a critical examination of a conflict that has had implications for regional stability and...

The EU NATO and the Libya Conflict Anatomy of a

The EU, NATO, and the Libya Conflict: Anatomy of a Failure

Book Reviews

Marcuzzi’s work is both timely and essential, providing a critical examination of a conflict that has had implications for regional stability and...

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