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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
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR MARK MEIROWITZ: 2025 ISRAEL-IRAN WAR AND TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Mark Meirowitz is a Full Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College in New York. He is also a lawyer. He received his PhD in Political Science from Fordham University
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR ŞEBNEM UDUM: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Professor Şebnem Udum earned a BSc. degree in International Relations with a minor in International Economics at Middle East Technical University (METU), an MA in International Policy Studies and a Certificate in nonproliferation studies
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HOMELAND SERIES AND THE POLITICS OF ‘SECURITIZATION’ IN POPULAR CULTURE
Abstract: The series “Homeland” is a popular American television series that aired on Showtime Networks for 8 seasons between 2011 and 2020. The series, in the intelligence-crime-action-thriller genre, was developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa
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INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL PIPES ON ISLAMISM
Dr. Daniel Pipes (1949-) is an American Professor and commentator on foreign policy and the Middle East. He is the President of the Middle East Forum and the publisher of its Middle East Quarterly
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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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A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR HERBERT REGINBOGIN: THE FUTURE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN THE SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY
Herbert Reginbogin is a Professor at the Catholic University of America Institute for Public Policy researching a new security architecture and American Foreign Policy. For over three decades, Professor Reginbogin has been involved in
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POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN THE SECOND TRUMP ERA
The 60th United States (U.S.) Presidential election was won by the Republican Party candidate and the 45th President of the United States, businessman Donald Trump, who has the honor and success of serving as
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BETWEEN CHAOS AND HOPE: HOW WILL THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST BE SHAPED?
Introduction Countries’ relations depend on a certain way, called “foreign policy”. The process of foreign policy formation can change the situations and external factors in which countries are involved. At this point, Turkey (Türkiye)
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IS TURKISH-SYRIAN NORMALIZATION POSSIBLE?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been stating his wish to meet Syrian President Bashar al Assad frequently in recent months[1], to normalize relations between the two neighboring Muslim countries. As everyone remembers, the
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