NATO at the Crossroads

In this collection of essays, we discuss how NATO can overcome strategic challenges and recalibrate the strength of the alliance under the new geopolitical circumstances. The essays in this report focus on NATO’s transformations after the Ukraine war and attempt to understand Türkiye’s foreign policy alternatives within the context of its relations with the West, Russia, and NATO.

File

(2.11 M)

Browse

#Kurdistan Workers' Party Terrorist Organization (PKK)#Greece#SETA#NATO#Turkish Foreign Policy#Normalization#Türkiye's Foreign Policy#Türkiye#Türkiye-US Relations#PDF#PKK - YPG - SDF - PYD - YPJ - SDG - HBDH - HPG - KCK - PJAK - TAK - YBŞ#SETA Report#Sweden#Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C)#Türkiye-NATO Relations#Finland#Türkiye-Greece Relations#Eastern Mediterranean#Mediterranean#Aegean Sea#SETA PDF#Anti-Turkish Sentiment | Anti-Turkism | Turkophobia | Turkish Fear#24 February 2022 | Russian invasion of Ukraine#Russia-Ukraine War#Finland-Terror Relations#Finland-PKK/PYD/YPG/SDF Relations#Sweden-PKK/PYD/YPG/SDF Relations#Sweden-Terror Relations#Finland and Sweden Applications to Join NATO#NATO Membership#Treaty of Lausanne | 24 July 1923#Militarization of Eastern Aegean Islands by Greece#International Law

MURAT YEŞİLTAŞ

Prof. Murat Yeşiltaş completed his BA and MA in International Relations at Sakarya University in 2003 and 2009, respectively. He earned his PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Marmara University in 2012 with a dissertation titled "Locating Turkey: Geopolitical Mentality and the Army in Turkey." Yeşiltaş was a visiting researcher at Lancaster University's Department of European Studies and International Politics (2008-2009) and at Virginia Tech's Institute of Government and International Relations (2010-2011). Currently, he is a faculty member at the Faculty of Political Science, Department of International Relations at the Social Sciences University of Ankara. His research expertise spans geopolitical assessment, military analysis, actor profiling, scenario building, situation analysis, and wargaming simulation, with a particular focus on security studies, intelligence analysis, and strategic foresight. Yeşiltaş has been extensively involved in field research in Syria, Libya, and Iraq, providing on-the-ground insights into regional conflicts, military strategies, and geopolitical transformations. He has also played an active role in think-and-do tank activities, contributing to both academic discourse and policy-oriented research through strategic analysis and scenario planning.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS