cold war »
THE RETURN OF GEOPOLITICS: STRATEGIC COMPETITION, SECURITY DILEMMAS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Introduction The international system is undergoing one of the most significant transformations since the end of the Cold War. The assumptions that shaped global politics during the last three decades are increasingly being challenged
Read More »
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 »
UPA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS DERGİSİNİN 7. 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 Mart 2026 tarihli 7. cilt 1 nolu sayısı yayımlandı. Birçok Türk ve yabancı akademisyenin
Read More »
UPA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS VOL. 7 NO: 1
UPA Strategic Affairs Vol. 7 No: 1 (March 2026) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18832361 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword (Serdar ÇUKUR) (1) (03 foreword) Table of Contents (2) (04 table of contents) 1. Title: ‘Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP)’
Read More »
THE GREENLAND CRISIS AND THE LIMITS OF WESTERN INDEPENDENCE
A new Transatlantic crisis is gathering momentum, this time centred on Denmark’s island of Greenland. The problem lies less in the technical details of the dispute than in what it reveals: a profound European
Read More »
INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR HERBERT REGINBOGIN: LIVING IN A TRUMPIAN WORLD
Herbert Reginbogin is a professor at the Catholic University of America, Institute for Public Policy, researching new security architecture and American Foreign Policy. For over three decades, Professor Reginbogin has been involved in transatlantic
Read More »
IMPRISONED PKK LEADER ABDULLAH ÖCALAN’S HISTORIC CALL FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Introduction On February 27, 2025, imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan made a historic call to his organization’s members for the dissolution of the outlawed political organization. Öcalan, who has been serving his sentence (lifetime
Read More »
THE CONCEPT OF MILITARY COUP AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES: THE CASE OF TSK (TURKISH ARMED FORCES)
Introduction The failed military coup attempt in Türkiye (Turkey) on July 15, 2016, reopened the discussion of the infamous Political Science concept, “coup d’état” (French), “putsch” (German), “military coup“, or simply “coup”. Most recently,
Read More »
OFRA BENGIO’S “TÜRKİYE ISRAEL: FROM PHANTOM ALLIANCE TO STRATEGIC COOPERATION”
Introduction Ofra Bengio’s book Türkiye Israel: From Phantom Alliance to Strategic Cooperation (Türkiye İsrail: Hayalet İttifaktan Stratejik İşbirliğine) draws attention to how Israel’s official views on Türkiye have been shaped in time. According to
Read More »
NEW EDITED BOOK: TÜRKİYE-BRITAIN RELATIONS: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF AN INTERTWINED CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
Istanbul Kent University’s Political Science and Public Administration (English) department chair and International Political Academy (UPA) founder Prof. Ozan Örmeci, Marmara University staff and UPA expert Assoc. Prof. Oğuzhan Göksel, and Social Sciences University
Read More »
