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WHILE WASHINGTON WATCHES TEHRAN, BEIJING EXPANDS ITS REACH
The Middle East is once again standing at the centre of global geopolitical turbulence. Rising tensions between the United States and Iran have triggered renewed fears of military escalation, disruptions in global energy markets
Read More »THE NEW ENERGY WAR: IRAN, THE UNITED STATES AND THE BATTLE FOR GLOBAL ENERGY CORRIDORS
For decades, the Middle East has remained the geopolitical heart of global energy politics. Yet today, the region is no longer merely an arena of ideological competition or military confrontation. It has increasingly transformed
Read More »PROF. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ KONFERANS: “GLOBAL POWER SHIFTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY GEOPOLITICS”
Üsküdar Üniversitesi öğretim üyesi ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü Prof. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, 11 Aralık 2025 tarihinde KKTC-Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta Lefke Avrupa Üniversitesi’nde düzenlenen özel bir konferansa konuk oldu ve “Global Power Shifts
Read More »UKRAINE CRISIS: CHANCE FOR PEACE MUST NOT BE WASTED
Introduction After the Alaska Summit between U.S. (United States) President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15, 2025[1], efforts to end mass killings in the Russia-Ukraine War have intensified with subsequent
Read More »THE FAILURE OF THE COLLECTIVE WEST: A FRIEND’S EYE IS A GOOD MIRROR
9 years ago, when one of the few Russian allies and countries in the “Russkiy mir“, Ukraine was heading towards Western integration, I wrote a piece entitled “Events in Ukraine Symbolize the Ultimate Victory
Read More »CAN TÜRKİYE JOIN BRICS+?
Introduction Having been pointed out as one of the 6 key “swing states” of the 21st century -together with Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa- by Cliff Kupchan[1], Türkiye is an important
Read More »UPA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS DERGİSİNİN 4. CİLT 1 NOLU SAYISI YAYIMLANDI
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) ekibince hazırlanan ve yayın hayatına 2020 yılında başlayan UPA Strategic Affairs adlı uluslararası hakemli akademik e-derginin 4. cilt 1 nolu sayısı yayımlandı. Birçok Türk ve yabancı akademisyenin editör, hakem ve
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