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Technological Extensions of the Offense-Defense Balance Turkish Navy in the

Technological Extensions of the Offense-Defense Balance: Turkish Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean

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The Eastern Mediterranean is one of the important points in the international arena where maritime competition is deepening. Although strategic...

From Adopter to Innovator Türkiye s Strategic AI Initiatives for

From Adopter to Innovator: Türkiye’s Strategic AI Initiatives for National Security and Inclusive Growth

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In an increasingly technopolar world, artificial intelligence (AI) is pivotal for national competitiveness and security. This article examines how...

From Adopter to Innovator Türkiye s Strategic AI Initiatives for

From Adopter to Innovator: Türkiye’s Strategic AI Initiatives for National Security and Inclusive Growth

Articles

In an increasingly technopolar world, artificial intelligence (AI) is pivotal for national competitiveness and security. This article examines how...

From Adopter to Innovator Türkiye s Strategic AI Initiatives for

From Adopter to Innovator: Türkiye’s Strategic AI Initiatives for National Security and Inclusive Growth

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In an increasingly technopolar world, artificial intelligence (AI) is pivotal for national competitiveness and security. This article examines how...

Geopolitical Implications of Israel s June 13 Attacks against Iran

Geopolitical Implications of Israel’s June 13 Attacks against Iran: Changing Regional Power Balances

Commentaries

This commentary analyses Israel’s simultaneous air, cyber, and covert strike against Iran on June 13, 2025, from a regional security perspective....

AI Technologies in Intercultural Communication Opportunities or Consequences

AI Technologies in Intercultural Communication: Opportunities or Consequences?

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This paper examines the application of technologies in the context of intercultural communication to determine the opportunities and consequences...

The Role of Central Security Forces in Supporting Authoritarian Regimes

The Role of Central Security Forces in Supporting Authoritarian Regimes in Egypt (1969-2011)

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The paramilitary forces known as the “Gendarmerie” emerged as a novel mechanism for societal control following the French Revolution. In Egypt,...

Artificial Intelligence in National Security Strategic Priorities of Türkiye and

Artificial Intelligence in National Security: Strategic Priorities of Türkiye and the UAE

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Although there is widespread convergence about the importance of artificial intelligence (AI), there is less clarity regarding which aspects of the...

Türkiye nin İstiklali Milli Teknoloji Hamlesi

Türkiye’nin İstiklali: Milli Teknoloji Hamlesi

Book Reviews

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, has caused unprecedented global change, advanced existing technologies and significantly impacted the...

Iran s Intelligence Apparatus from Past to Present Institutional Process

Iran’s Intelligence Apparatus from Past to Present: Institutional Process and Political Handicaps

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The Iranian intelligence apparatus acquired an institutional structure in the modern period, particularly under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi....

War as the True Adversary and Türkiye s Pivotal Role

War as the True Adversary and Türkiye’s Pivotal Role in Forging Peace

Commentaries

The central thesis of this article depends on deterrence theory and posits that nuclear war, rather than any specific nation or faction,...

War as the True Adversary and Türkiye s Pivotal Role

War as the True Adversary and Türkiye’s Pivotal Role in Forging Peace

Commentaries

The central thesis of this article depends on deterrence theory and posits that nuclear war, rather than any specific nation or faction,...

Türkiye s Security Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa A Constructivist Analysis

Türkiye’s Security Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Constructivist Analysis

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Türkiye’s comprehensive, pragmatic, multi-dimensional, and multi-stakeholder strategy towards Africa is commendable for adopting a collaborative...

Gaza War New Opportunities and Challenges for Iran

Gaza War: New Opportunities and Challenges for Iran

Commentaries

The Iranian decision not to immediately retaliate against Israel for the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July...

The Terrorist Networks and Their Posing Threats The Case of

The Terrorist Networks and Their Posing Threats: The Case of the Horn of Africa

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This study examines the evolution and impact of terrorist networks in the Horn of Africa, primarily focusing on Somalia and the surrounding region....

The Terrorist Networks and Their Posing Threats The Case of

The Terrorist Networks and Their Posing Threats: The Case of the Horn of Africa

Commentaries

This study examines the evolution and impact of terrorist networks in the Horn of Africa, primarily focusing on Somalia and the surrounding region....

Boosting Influence Türkiye s Renewed Military Activism in the Balkans

Boosting Influence: Türkiye’s Renewed Military Activism in the Balkans

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While military and defense issues dominated Türkiye’s Balkan policy in the 1990s, economic, social, and cultural aspects became more salient from...

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...

Hezbollah s Shortsighted Strategy for the War in Gaza

Hezbollah’s Shortsighted Strategy for the War in Gaza

Commentaries

This commentary argues that Hezbollah felt duty-bound to open a front in Southern Lebanon to ease Israel’s military pressure on Hamas. Hezbollah...

The Palestinian People s Righteous Struggle in Light of the

The Palestinian People’s Righteous Struggle in Light of the War of Aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

Commentaries

Israel’s continuous war on Gaza turns out to be one of the deadliest genocides in modern world history. Despite the apparent evidence of ethnic...

Armies of Sand The Past Present and Future of Arab

Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

Book Reviews

Pollack’s Armies of Sand provides important insights about the wars and Arab armies in the Middle East since 1945. Hence, it is a must-read for...

The Ukraine War Impacts on the International System and Türkiye

The Ukraine War: Impacts on the International System and Türkiye

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This article argues that the Ukraine war is the first major conflict since the end of the Cold War to bring the two major nuclear powers, the U.S....

From Ottoman Outreach to Modern Connections Türkiye-Malaysia Relations

From Ottoman Outreach to Modern Connections: Türkiye-Malaysia Relations

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Southeast Asia was known to the classical Islamic world as a region of trade and burgeoning local Muslim communities from the earliest decades of...

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