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Chaos Reigns as the 74th UNGA Opens
The 74th regular Session of the UN General Assembly opens tomorrow in the wake of the drone attacks which knocked out…
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“The End” for the Tanker Crisis?
Two days ago, the Guardian reported that White House national security adviser John Bolton “an ultra-hawk on foreign policy who under…
Defense Intelligence Sentinel
The Baath Regime and the Syrian Game of Thrones: Hafez al-Assad’s Strategic Legacy at its Best
THE BAATH REGIME AND THE SYRIAN GAME OF THRONES: HAFEZ AL-ASSAD’S STRATEGIC LEGACY AT ITS BEST Dr. Can Kasapoglu, Security…
Defense Intelligence Sentinel
Idlib on the Verge of Implosion
WHAT HAPPENED? On August 19th, 2019, the Syrian Arab Air Force launched an airstrike, halting the Turkish military convoy…
Edam Blog
Turkey’s Syria Labyrinth (2)
In early August, American and Turkish military delegations met in Ankara to discuss plans to coordinate the establishment of a…
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History Will Judge Them Harshly
In a couple of years, the world could well be speaking of a decade of conflict in Syria in which…
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Quo Vadis Turkey (3)
Co-authored with Yusuf Buluc (*) A year ago, if one were patient enough to draw up a list of the…
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Europe Must Re-Engage With Turkey Now
Ursula Von Der Leyen has the opportunity to reset badly strained relations between the EU and Turkey.At her confirmation hearing at the…
Arms Control
Turkey and the Russia’s Deadly S-400: The Air Defense System That Changed Everything
On July 12, 2019, Turkey began receiving the first batch of the S-400 deliveries from Russia. Ankara’s aspirant procurement can fundamentally transform…
Edam Blog
Turkey’s Foreign and Security Policy Quandary
On July 5, The Atlantic published an article by Thomas Wright, Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. The title was…