Rıfat Öncel
Researcher
Rıfat Öncel is a PhD student at the Department of International Relations of the Middle East Technical University. His main research interests include defense policy, the armed forces, and emerging military technologies.
Directors
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Foreign PolicyReport: Greece’s Unlikely Compellence | Air Force Modernization &...
Due to the current uncertain trajectory of Greek military modernization, this paper discusses the strategic logic that guides its armament and diplomatic activism rather than a measurement of the emerging balance of power. In line with its compellence strategy, Greece wants to command the Aegean Sea and to deny the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to Turkey.
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PerspectivePerspective: Drivers and Implications of Bayraktar TB2 Sale to...
What is the content of the agreement? Why did Poland prefer the Bayraktar TB2 drone? What are the possible implications of the agreement?
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Policy ReportSETA Security Radar | Turkey’s Security Landscape in 2021
Strategic Flexibility under Geopolitical Anxiety
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Policy ReportSETA Security Radar | Turkey’s Security Landscape in 2020
SETA Security Radar attempts to anticipate the course of major security issues Turkey faces and how to develop and enhance sound and relevant responses within this increasingly challenging regional security environment.
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Policy ReportSETA Security Radar | Turkey’s Security Landscape in 2019
This work aims to provide a timely and accessible assessment of the challenges awaiting Turkey in 2019. Hence, SETA Security Radar: Turkey’s Security Landscape in 2019 pertains to the following topics: Turkey’s role in Syria, Turkey’s counterterrorism strategy, Turkey’s military activism, the Turkish defense agenda, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, and Turkey’s bilateral relations with the United States and Russia.