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ANKASAM Weekly Bulletin – No: 21 (14.10.2017 – 20.10.2017)
The ANKASAM Weekly Bulletin includes week-long ANKA Insights, analyses, reports and evaluations by Ankara Centre for Crisis and Policy Studies (ANKASAM) consultants and experts on radio and television comprehensively between 14.09.2017 – 20.10.2017 for your reading and assessment. PDF
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Regions Africa America Asia Pacific Caucasia Central Asia Europe Iran Middle East Russia The Balkans Turkey
Is Masoud Barzani the Blame?
The way the events have gone out of hand has caught almost everyone by surprise, and presumably, the greatest of…
“Game Over” in Turkish-US Relations
The title of the article might be confusing. So, to repeat; relations between Turkey and the US have come to a…
Is It Time for National Dialogue or Elections in South Sudan
Widespread conflict and insecurity continue in South Sudan amid various peace proposals, foreign and domestic…
Turkey’s Military Base in Somalia: Goals and Probable Risks
History showcases that Turkey had an essential role in guarding the Horn of Africa against external enemies. For…
“New Afghanistan Strategy” and Pakistan: A new dimension in the…
The United States and its lame duck president, Donald Trump, who is deeply disturbed by the Islamic world, has…
Trump’s America: United or Divided?
On Inauguration Day in January 2017, experts from the media were attempting to read the lips of Barack Obama and…
Why is Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims the Target?
I would like to state at the very beginning that the Rohingya Muslims are local victims of a global power struggle.…
Why Does China Plan to Build the New Silk Road?
Announced in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the grand vision of a Silk Road Initiative includes the concept…
Combating Impunity for International Crimes: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh
Human rights are the only universally recognized system of contemporary values which has been gradually developed…
Eurasian Neighbours of Russia (V): Armenia
Armenia is the only Eurasian neighbour of Russia who is resolutely attached to Moscow. While Ukraine and Georgia…
Eurasian Neighbors of Russia (VI): Moldova
Moldova is a small post-Soviet state in Eastern Europe. Although it has no common border with Russia, the problem…
Is Pakistan The Target in Kashmir Attacks?
Just four days posterior to the speech of Donald Trump on August 22th at the Fort Myer Military Base, where he…
Covert War or Brand-New Interdependence in the Anglo-Saxon World
Theresa May met with Donald Trump in White House on January 27, 2017, and was the first foreign leader to visit the…
Evangelical Succumbs in the “Western Façade”
Until yesterday, there weren’t any metamorphosis in the Western front line. However, this is not the case anymore.…
Iran’s Africa Policy during Rouhani’s First Term: Changes and Progressions
Although President Rouhani’s First term (2013-2017) was characterised by major shifts in Iran’s foreign policy,…
The Greater Middle-East Initiative versus the “Enlarged Saadabad Pact”
Within the scope of Iranian Chief of General Staff Muhammad Bakiri’s communion in Turkey, the following…
Is Masoud Barzani the Blame?
The way the events have gone out of hand has caught almost everyone by surprise, and presumably, the greatest of…
Operation Idlib or “Game Over”!
The Operation in Idlib has begun. This can also be considered as a strategic move against the Greater Middle East…
Between Atlanticism and Eurasianism (I): Russia
Classical geopoliticians define International Politics as a struggle between land and sea powers, and the approach…
Eurasian Neighbours of Russia (I): Ukraine
The dissolution of the USSR and the emergence of independent states led to the main geopolitical changes in the…
A Historical Framework for the Balkan Migrations to Turkey
Identities are the product of history. That’s why it can be said that the importance of the Ottoman Empire in…
A Pre-Evaluation of the 2016 Elections in FYROM
Elections After a Political Turmoil After months of protests and two election negotiations being canceled in 2016…
“Game Over” in Turkish-US Relations
The title of the article might be confusing. So, to repeat; relations between Turkey and the US have come to a…
“Quest of Future” in Turkish-Iranian Relations
At the time of writing, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was underway to Iran to attend the fourth meeting of…
Topics Ethnicity Law-Human Rights Political Economy Politics-Democracy Religion Security Society
The Fourth Dimension Of The Territory Element Of The State
While the states’ existence as a country consisted of land and sea territory until the 19th century. After the 19th…
The Differences Between the Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism
The term; guerrilla, has been used to refer “little war” in Spanish. These small, mobilised and revolutionary…
The Reasons of the Current Armed Violence in South Sudan
Sudan gained its independence from the Great Britain in 1956. Since that time, it has been facing the longest civil…
The Rise of Ethnic Consciousness and its Implication on Contemporary Ethiopian…
The rise of ethnic consciousness has become a global phenomenon as many anthropological investigations confirm.…
An Erga Omnes Dispute in the United Nations for Defining the Past Situation of Sri…
United Nations Human Rights Council: “Reaffirming also that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat…
The Effect of Change in Balance of Power on International Law
International law lawyers usually debate the ability of International law to constrain the behaviour of states. But…
The economic effect of the Crimean annexation
The Strategy for socio-economic development of Crimea to 2030 has formed the basis for the vision of the newly…
The Basis of Strategic Partnership
In international relations states use different concepts to underline the ‘special’ role of kinship with certain…
The Coward Chicken Intimidates with “A Bullet”!
In my “The “De Facto” Alliance and its Rise to the Occasion” titled editorial, I concluded my discourse with the…
“Solomon’s Temple” or Chaos Order!
While the Islamic World preoccupies itself with artificial agendas, the “Deep World State” has embarked on a new…
Religion in the Middle East: A Consolidating Tool by Itself but a Devastating Tool…
Throughout the centuries, the Middle East was the cradle of civilization not only in the sense of cultural meaning…
The Fourth Dimension Of The Territory Element Of The State
While the states’ existence as a country consisted of land and sea territory until the 19th century. After the 19th…
The Differences Between the Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism
The term; guerrilla, has been used to refer “little war” in Spanish. These small, mobilised and revolutionary…
Perception and Image Theory of International Relations
In order to examine the origins and consequences of the images that nation-states hold of each other, Theory of…
Perception and Constructivism
Constructivism, a comparably new approach in International Relations with its roots in Sociology, is one of the…