STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Russia, perceived as the big loser with the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad Government, sees a bigger goal: the potential to break up NATO as the US and Israel move to support the autonomy of the regional Kurdish populations.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Turkish Pres. Erdoğan’s lack of confidence in his army deepens, as loyalties persist to the Kemalist legacy of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), more than eight decades after his death.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Turkish President, eight years after the “coup attempt” which flushed out his adversaries, is finally rebuilding the Armed Forces in his own image.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Türkiye’s use of its recent military exercises as a means of propaganda, rather than training, show the ambitions of its president.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Turkish President, far from accepting his political and economic constraints, is preparing to embark on new military operations for Türkiye to “secure its borders” with Iraq. But this will have profound effects on the US and Greece, as well as others.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
But it has serious problems of indiscipline and cohesion, and still lacks the characteristics of a true national army.