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UPA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS VOL. 6 NO: 2
UPA Strategic Affairs Vol. 6 No: 2 (September 2025) DOI: https://zenodo.org/records/17017000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword (Ozan ÖRMECİ) (1) (03 foreword) Table of Contents (2) (04 table of contents) 1. Title: Suriye Türkmenlerinin İç Savaş
Read More »İSLAM ÜLKELERİNDE DEMOKRASİNİN DURUMU
Giriş Günümüzde Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti gibi alternatif başarılı modellerin ortaya çıkmasıyla biraz arka planda kalsa da, kuşkusuz, demokrasi, Batı eksenli insan medeniyeti ve modernleşmenin tarihsel süreçteki gelişiminde ortaya çıkmış en ileri ve başarılı yönetim
Read More »CANDIDATES FOR THE 2024 ISTANBUL LOCAL ELECTION ARE SET: EKREM İMAMOĞLU VS. MURAT KURUM
Turkish President and AK Parti leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan finally announced his Islamist/conservative/nationalist bloc People’s Alliance’s (Cumhur İttifakı) candidate for the 2024 Istanbul local election that will take place on March 31, 2024. Erdoğan
Read More »INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIA EXPERT DR. JAKUB KOREJBA
Dr. Jakub Korejba graduated from Warsaw University’s Institute of International Relations in 2009. During his master studies, he did a one-year internship in Lyon, France in Sciences Po Lyon, and one-semester internships in St.
Read More »THE U.S. NEEDS STRATEGIC THINKING IN RELATIONS WITH CHINA
Although domestic policy issues are more important these days in the United States due to Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and the ongoing economic crisis, Joe Biden administration’s foreign policy also has begun to be shaped
Read More »INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR PAUL KUBICEK ON TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Professor Paul Kubicek (Ph.D. University of Michigan) is an American Political Scientist teaching at Oakland University. Dr. Kubicek grew up in San Antonio/Texas and moved to Michigan in 1990. He has taught in Ukraine
Read More »INTERVIEW WITH JOSHUA WALKER ON CURRENT STATE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Joshua Walker is the Global Head of Strategic Initiatives at Eurasia Group and a non-resident Transatlantic Fellow for German Marshall Fund.[1] He is an expert on US Foreign and Security Policy, Turkish Politics, Japanese
Read More »TURKEY: NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY
Pro-Kurdish parliamentarians being dragged into police cars[1], assassination attempts[2] and police raids[3] are taking place towards critical journalists, death-penalty is prepared to be introduced to the legal system[4] and a purge against moderate Islamist
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