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NEW EDITED VOLUME: CONTEMPORARY TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS
Contemporary Turkish -Russian Relations in the 21st Century Global Geopolitics, edited by Prof. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, a faculty member at Üsküdar University and General Coordinator of the International Politics Academy (UPA), along with Istanbul
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IMPRISONED PKK LEADER ABDULLAH ÖCALAN’S HISTORIC CALL FOR PEACE: I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF POLITICS, NOT GUNS
After four decades of tense armed conflict with the Turkish State, pro-Kurdish terrorist organization PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) now seems to follow a different path and give peace a chance. PKK’s imprisoned leader Abdullah
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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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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
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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 AMERICAN DIPLOMAT MATTHEW BRYZA
Ambassador (ret.) Matthew Bryza is Managing Director of the Istanbul office of Straife, a Houston-based risk management and corporate strategy firm. He also serves on the Boards of energy and engineering companies operating from
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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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PROF. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ ULUSLARARASI KİTAP BÖLÜMÜ: “THE WEAKENING OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER”
İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi (İngilizce) Bölümü Başkanı ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü Prof. Dr. Ozan Örmeci’nin, İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi İİSBF Dekanı Prof. Dr. Hasret Çomak, Doç. Dr.
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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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