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UPA YAZARLARINDAN YENİ MAKALE: “CUTTING THE GORDIAN KNOT: TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS CYPRUS DURING AK PARTY ERA (2002-2020)”
İstanbul Gedik Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi bölümü öğretim üyesi ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, Özyeğin Üniversitesi öğretim elemanı ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) yazarı Dr.
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THE RISE AND FALL OF ISIS: REGIONAL DYNAMICS AND GLOBAL AMBITIONS
Is it the end of DAESH (ISIS)? It is difficult to see how the group could return after the recapturing of Raqqa and Mosul, but the quick rise and apparent fall of ISIS has
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QATAR CRISIS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
More than a month after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt imposed an embargo on Qatar over its support for terrorism, the tiny Gulf state is lonelier, but just as wealthy
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CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: IRAN ELECTION AND TRUMP’S VISIT
Experts are analyzing the outcome of the Presidential election in Iran, with main emphasis made on possible geopolitical repercussions of Hassan Rouhani’s re-election. Some of them say Rouhani’s assuming the second term means Iran
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ISIS, L’IRAK ET LA GUERRE SYRIENNE: LA REPONSE
Quand les éléments empêtrés rendent difficile d’obtenir des analyses saines, la théorie du complot semble un bon outil pour expliquer l’inexpliquable. Ceci s’applique parfaitement à la situation au Moyen-Orient. Beaucoup d’observateurs résistent à cette
Read More »THE PRICE: THE END OF IRAQI WAR AND THE VANISHING OF ISIS
When entangled elements make it hard to reach sound analyses, conspiracy theories appear to be a good tool to explain the unexplained. This applies perfectly to the situation in the Middle East. Many observers
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TWO ARTICLES BY FAREED ZAKARIA
Fareed Zakaria[1], a well known Indian-American writer works as the host of CNN tv channel, the editor of International Newsweek magazine and a columnist in the The Washington Post journal. He is the author of five books, three
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CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Introduction Various terms have been employed in order to define developing countries.[1] Using Alfred Sauvy’s terminology, “Third World” (tiers monde)[2] was a very popular term in defining developing countries during the Cold War. “Non-alignment”
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WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN CENTRAL ASIA: EXPERTS’ FORECASTS
After the Middle East, the Central Asia is suggested as the next action theatre for the radical groups. Many politicians are concerned about that. ISIS is said to be on the offensive in certain
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ISIS: AMBITIONS AND CONSTRAINS
Since its inception, news of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS/Daesh) has splashed across the world’s media. The nascent entity emerged suddenly and expanded quickly. Its brutality has commanded widespread attention and generated
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