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Insight Turkey > Issues | Türkiye in a Technopolar World: An Emerging Digital World - Spring 2025 / Volume 27, Number 2

Türkiye in a Technopolar World: An Emerging Digital World



Editor's Note


Editor's Note | Spring 2025
Emerging technologies are also transforming the political dimensions of state power and sovereignty. Technologies such as semiconductors, 5G infrastructure, cloud computing, and big data are no longer neutral tools of efficiency, they have become strategic assets wielded by states and corporations alike as instruments of foreign policy, economic leverage, and geopolitical coercion.


Commentaries


Geopolitical Implications of Israel’s June 13 Attacks against Iran: Changing Regional Power Balances
This commentary analyses Israel’s simultaneous air, cyber, and covert strike against Iran on June...

Reflection on ADF2025: AI as Silent Superpower and Influencer for Africa
The Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) 2025 convened during a time of global uncertainty, marked by...

President Xi Jinping’s Perception of the Main Entities in Technological Innovation and China’s Technological Innovation System
China has developed a distinct technological innovation system through its innovation-driven...

The Global Data Supply-Chain for Artificial Intelligence and Its Paradoxes
Data are a crucial aspect of deep learning models and the groundwork for contemporary artificial...

AI Technologies in Intercultural Communication: Opportunities or Consequences?
This paper examines the application of technologies in the context of intercultural communication...

Digital Geopolitics and U.S.-China Competition
The wide range of digital technologies, coupled with their strategic indispensability, not only...

Key Advances in the Research, Development, and Innovation Ecosystem of Türkiye
This commentary outlines Türkiye’s significant progress in advancing its research, development,...

Türkiye’s National Technology Move amid Global Shifts
This commentary examines Türkiye’s National Technology Move as a timely and determined response...


Articles


From Operator’s to AI’s Control: Assessing the Killer Drones Future Role in Warfare
Although the nature of war remains the same, its characteristics have been dynamic throughout...

Techno-Polarization on the East-West Axis in AI-Based Algorithmic Communication
This paper examines algorithmic biases and ideological orientations in AI models through a...

Governing Artificial Intelligence: Comparing AI Regulation among BRICS
The article examines AI regulation in BRICS countries through a typology of AI regulatory...

Towards Global Digital Governance: Norms, Institutions, and Challenges of Multilateral Cooperation
This research investigates the possibilities for constructing a holistic, accountable, and...

Navigating Global Power Dynamics of AI and the Generative World Order
The rapid advancement of AI technologies offers transformative opportunities alongside...

Technological Extensions of the Offense-Defense Balance: Turkish Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean
The Eastern Mediterranean is one of the important points in the international arena where...

Turkish Space Policy in a Technopolar Paradigm Shift: A Roadmap
In 2021, Ian Bremmer coined the term technopolarity, signaling a world where big tech companies,...

Dual-Use Technologies in Türkiye’s Defense Sector: Pathways to Agricultural Modernization and Strategic Autonomy
The recent restructuring of global supply chains, along with growing concerns about food...

From Adopter to Innovator: Türkiye’s Strategic AI Initiatives for National Security and Inclusive Growth
In an increasingly technopolar world, artificial intelligence (AI) is pivotal for national...

Türkiye’s Cybersecurity, Critical Infrastructure, and National Resilience in a Technopolar World Order
In an era where cybersecurity has become a defining element of global power competition and...

Artificial Intelligence in National Security: Strategic Priorities of Türkiye and the UAE
Although there is widespread convergence about the importance of artificial intelligence (AI),...


Review Article


Reshaping National Security and the Future of Warfare in the Age of Competitive Artificial Intelligence
National security in the age of competitive AI is evolving into a structure that transcends conventional threat paradigms, encompassing uncertainty, interdependence, and complex multi-actor dynamics. While the integration of AI into military strategy appears inevitable, ignoring its strategic and ethical consequences risks triggering irreversible security crises. One of the most urgent questions in the coming era of international relations, therefore, is how to preserve peace, security, and stability in a world increasingly defined by competitive artificial intelligence.


Book Reviews


Mapping the Lines in Turkey-U.S. Relations: Making the Vulnerable Partnership
Interestingly, Mapping the Fault Lines in Turkey-U.S. Relations goes beyond its direct focus and...

Arming the Sultan: German Arms Trade and Personal Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire before World War I
The book argues that arms trade agreements in the last century of the Ottoman Empire were...

Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
The book challenges the dominant mindset that historical colonialism is long gone, instead...

Deterrence under Uncertainty: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare
Once based on the bilateral symmetry of the Cold War, the logic of deterrence now faces layered...

Artificial Intelligence “Arms Dynamics”: The Case of the U.S. and China Rivalry
The book argues that artificial intelligence (AI) is not only redefining the balance of power in...


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