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2025 BALANCE SHEET OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
Introduction As we leave 2025 behind and enter 2026, I wanted to review the news and analyses published by the International Policy Academy (IPA) throughout 2025 and share with our readers the topics we
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THE RETURNING NIGHTMARE: EUROPE’S FAR RIGHT AND THE FADING OF DEMOCRATIC MEMORY
Introduction In April 1945, on a surviving piece of wall amid the ruins of Berlin, someone had written a chilling message: “We will return.” For decades, neither Nazism nor Fascism managed to take root
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TUFAN ERHÜRMAN WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN TRNC
Introduction In the first round of the presidential elections held today (October 19, 2025) in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the center-left Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader and presidential candidate Dr. Tufan
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2025 TRNC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS APPROACHING
Introduction The 11th presidential election will be held this year in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), a de facto state that is only recognized by Türkiye (Turkey) but has continued to exist
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DR. SİNA KISACIK’TAN YENİ SUNUM: “Divergence and Convergence of Interests among Türkiye, USA, Russia and China in the Mediterranean (Eastern) within the 21st Century”
Kıbrıs Aydın Üniversitesi İngilizce Uluslararası İlişkiler bölümü öğretim üyelerinden ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) yazarlarından Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sina Kısacık, İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi – KENTUSAM tarafından 21 Mayıs 2025 tarihinde düzenlenen
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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
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. THEANO KALAVANA
Dr. Theano Kalavana is the President of OPEK, an association for social reform that aims to facilitate dialogue on issues such as foreign policy, Cyprus’ participation in the EU, Türkiye’s European path, and various
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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
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U.S.-CYPRUS DEFENSE DEAL
Introduction A new diplomatic development concerning the Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics happened last week with the signing of a defense deal between the United States of America (U.S.) and the Republic of Cyprus (RoC), known
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UPA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS DERGİSİNİN 5. CİLT 2 NOLU SAYISI YAYIMLANDI
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) ekibince hazırlanan ve yayın hayatına 2020 yılında başlayan UPA Strategic Affairs adlı uluslararası hakemli akademik e-derginin Eylül 2024 tarihli 5. cilt 2 nolu Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD) özel sayısı yayımlandı.
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