Into the Unknown: Changes and Challenges - Turkish Policy Quarterly

ForewordSunday, January 12, 2025
The global order is undergoing profound transformations, reshaping alliances, power dynamics, and strategic priorities in ways that remain uncertain. In an era defined by rapid geopolitical shifts, economic volatility, and evolving security...

Aybars Arda Kılıçer

From the End of the Soviet Union to the War in Ukraine: Russia's Decline in Central AsiaFriday, January 31, 2025
In 2021, the five Central Asian states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of their independence. None of these countries initiated or took part in the disintegration of the USSR,...

Bayram Balcı

A Year in Review: Armenia and Azerbaijan Getting Nearer to Peace Thursday, January 30, 2025
One year ago, in a piece titled “Armenian–Azerbaijani rapprochement: Facing a hurdle,” I concluded that Armenia is stuck between myth and reality and has to move from myths related to ‘imagined communities’ defined by...

Gulshan Pashayeva

Start Korea then America, with Singapore as the Bullseye: A Multi-Pronged Blueprint for Türkiye's Economic GrowthFriday, January 31, 2025
Türkiye is at a crossroad. Should the country strive to break free from the middle-income trap, or accept the league of low-income countries and align itself accordingly? The emphasis is on the former. However, how this will be achieved remains...

Mustafa Ergen

Ideological Consolidation and Political Shifting in the Middle East Post-October 7: Saudi Arabia, Syria, and IsraelFriday, January 31, 2025
This article explores two macro developments that have persisted in the Middle East region following October 7. The first is ideological consolidation. In the post-Arab Spring period, processes of managing social mobilization, reforming state content...

Gökhan Çınkara

The Janus-Face of Innovation: Global Disparities and Divergent OptionsMonday, February 3, 2025
Unequal access to AI innovation is not a future concern;[1] it is already contributing to developing countries' exposure to the technological divide and digital dependency. However, instead of reasoning about this puzzle, current debates on...

Nihat Muğurtay

All the UN Secretary-General’s Men — and Why This Must ChangeThursday, January 30, 2025
The low number of women’s voices at UNGA, one of the most prominent global stages, undermines the very goals nations pledged to achieve with the SDGs In 2015, all of the United Nations member states unanimously agreed to adopt the 2030...

Cathleen Jeanty

The U.S. Military's Role in European Eastern FlankThursday, January 30, 2025
The United States military’s presence on NATO’s Eastern Flank is the linchpin of European security, deterring Russian aggression and safeguarding the future of the transatlantic alliance. Removing or even reducing this presence would risk...

Paulius Razukevicius

Ottawa Should Get Serious About the Canadian-Korean Defense PartnershipThursday, January 30, 2025
When Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair visited South Korea in September,[1] the delegation did the usual diplomatic niceties like visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone,[2] meeting Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)...

Andrew Erskine

Belgium Reboots Cyber-Strategy: Cybersecurity Plan 2.0 (2021-2025)Thursday, January 30, 2025
In May 2021, an updated cybersecurity strategy for the period 2021 – 2025 was presented by the Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB). After all, a first version of the cybersecurity strategy is still dated from 2012 and focused mainly on...

Eva Houtave

Françafrique - The Numbers Behind the DeclineMonday, February 3, 2025
The recent coups d’état in Africa show a clear loss of French influence. Belying this is a lack of volume in France-Africa trade, which is characterized by little investment and centered on raw resources. In contrast, Africa’s...

Onur Anamur

The Next Commissioner for Enlargement Pledges for an EU Black Sea StrategyThursday, January 30, 2025
As we prepare for the hearings of the future members of the Von der Leyen 2.0 Commission, we can already see how the public policy territories that will define the European Commission's work in the immediate future are taking shape. Whether we...

Antonia-Laura Pup

The Hidden Matryoshka: The Strategic Weaponization of Russian Disinformation Campaigns Through RTThursday, January 30, 2025
In the context of geopolitical dynamics in the 21st century, the nexus of international media platforms and politics has taken on an increasingly strategic role, ultimately becoming an imperative statecraft tool for authoritarian regimes seeking...

Björn Laurin Kühn

NATO and European Union Cooperation on Security Sector ReformThursday, January 30, 2025
2022 was the pivotal year for NATO and European Union cooperation. Both organizations published their major political documents (the EU strategic compass and NATO strategic Concept[1]), in which they each emphasize the necessity to strengthen their...

Into the Unknown: Changes and ChallengesVol. 23 · No. 3 · Fall/Winter 2024

Into the Unknown: Changes and Challenges
Vol. 23 · No. 3 · Fall/Winter 2024