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Turkey s Grand Strategy and the Great Powers
Turkey’s Grand Strategy and the Great Powers

How compatible is Turkey’s grand strategy with the grand strategies of global great powers? This article briefly...

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Humanitarian and Military Intervention in Libya and Syria Parliamentary Debate
Humanitarian and Military Intervention in Libya and Syria: Parliamentary Debate and Policy Failure

The book sheds light on the political, strategic, and historical factors shaping the international response to...

Friday, October 6, 2023

Iran-Russia-Türkiye Triangle A Challenge for the U S Position in
Iran-Russia-Türkiye Triangle: A Challenge for the U.S. Position in the Middle East

The American-centric world order that was shaped after the end of the Cold War is being questioned by dynamically growing...

Monday, October 2, 2023

Turkey s Buffer Zone in Northern Syria and Its Impact
Turkey’s Buffer Zone in Northern Syria and Its Impact on Irregular Migration

ABSTRACT This commentary examines Ankara’s ‘safe zones’ in Northern Syria, as well as elaborating on whether creating safe...

Monday, March 28, 2022

How the Iranian Regime Survived Examining Internal and External Strategies
How the Iranian Regime Survived: Examining Internal and External Strategies

Following the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 and...

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Turkey s Burgeoning Defense Technological and Industrial Base and Expeditionary
Turkey’s Burgeoning Defense Technological and Industrial Base and Expeditionary Military Policy

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

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Road Warriors Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad
Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

In Road Warriors, Daniel Byman explores an issue that has played a significant role in the destabilization of numerous...

Monday, June 21, 2021

Turkey and Russia in Syria Testing the Extremes
Turkey and Russia in Syria: Testing the Extremes

The book’s originality owes much to Yükselen’s examination of the changing character of the Syrian War and its impacts on...

Monday, June 21, 2021

İki Darbe Arasında Türkiye Suriye Politikası 1960-1980 Between Two Coups
İki Darbe Arasında: Türkiye Suriye Politikası (1960-1980) [Between Two Coups: Turkey’s Syria Policy (1960-1980)]

With Between Two Coups, Salık fills a gap in the literature of Turkish-Syrian relations and offers a detailed account not...

Monday, June 21, 2021

Guest Editor's Note Summer 2020
Guest Editor's Note | Summer 2020

Through a wide range of articles and commentaries, this issue aims to bring to its readers a comprehensive framework on...

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Global Responses to Conflict and Crisis in Syria and Yemen
Global Responses to Conflict and Crisis in Syria and Yemen

Global Responses to Conflict and Crisis in Syria and Yemen focuses on the humanitarian crises and international...

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Leading Protests in the Digital Age Youth Activism in Egypt
Leading Protests in the Digital Age:Youth Activism in Egypt and Syria

This study seeks answers to how protests are managed in the digital age by comparing youth activism in Egypt and Syria.

Saturday, November 28, 2020


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