Analysis: Constitutional Reforms in Russia | Causes and Consequences
| AnalysisThis analysis addresses the potential changes in the constitution of the Russian Federation and the reasons behind the acting government’s resignation brought upon by President Putin on January 15, 2020. The work aims to underline the causes behind the proposed constitutional amendments and the government dissolution as well as its consequences on the future governance of Russia.
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AnalysisAnalysis: China’s Evolving Military Doctrine after the Cold War
By Bekir İlhanThis study examines China’s conventional military doctrine and its evolution after the Cold War.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Greek Security Policy | In the Eastern Mediterranean
By Idlir LikaThe analysis provides an overview of the Greek security policy in the Eastern Mediterranean since the failure of the latest round of Cyprus peace talks in July 2017 and highlights the continuity in the strategies employed by Greece to head off the perceived Turkish threat in the region.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Dangerous “Local Partner” The YPG’s Terror Campaign in Northern Syria
By Ömer Özkizilcik By Navvar SabanThis report urges the backers of the YPG to address its terror strategy, and to investigate, arrest, and punish those responsible for random attacks and war crimes resulting in the death of civilians. If these countries, most notably the United States, Russia and France, are unable or unwilling to do so, they have to re-evaluate their support to the armed group or be held accountable for the war crimes of the YPG.
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Analysis: The New Dimension of the Turkey-Russia Energy Cooperation...
By Yunus FuruncuTurkStream substantially contributes to bringing to the foreground an aspect of energy sources that strengthens cooperation and provides economic benefit rather than conflict.
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Analysis: Environmental Terrorism and Arson Attacks on Forests by...
By Oğuz Güngörmez By Aslıhan AlkanatIn light of environmental terrorism, this report looks into the forest arsons committed by the outlawed terror organisation PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and the rhetoric used to legitimize them.
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Analysis: Arming Countries With or Without the United States
By Ayşe İrem Aycan ÖzerThis analysis shows that although the United States was a security partner of both the EU and Turkey when it decided to no longer commit to responding to its allies’ security concerns, the latter took over the responsibility of ensuring their national defenses.
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Analysis: Uniting the Syrian Opposition | The Components of...
By Ömer ÖzkizilcikThis analysis mainly focuses on the unification of all Syrian opposition under the Syrian Interim Government and gives policy recommendations.
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Analysis: Turkey’s Air Defense Agenda | A Challenging Path
By Murat AslanThis study is designed to deliver background information, to lay bare the course of the S-400 procurement process, and to provide the reasoning to better understand the responses to the famous five “wh” and “how” questions.
