Source: Ali Özkök My case studies on Obama and Erdogan portray the dominance of drones in anti-terrorism operations. This form of semi-autonomous weapons (the only ones that have been used…
Source: Ahval February 27th 2020 marked an unprecedented shift in military history. After 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in the Syrian war, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, under Erdogan’s…
Source: REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra The US’ Global War on Terror marked the beginning of ‘war at a distance’. As mentioned in my previous blog, US counter-terrorism operations in countries such…
Source: The New Arab Killer Robots: Artificial intelligence (AI) advances will bring about important changes not only for the economic and social sphere, but also for the military arena. An…
Solemaini’s assassination leads Khamenei to JCPOA breach. European Leaders activate Dispute Resolution with threat of sanctions. Khamenei doesn’t want nuclear weapons, but he wants nuclear energy. Source: Reuters/Khamenei.ir Why is…
Women politicians are slowly but blazingly promoting peaceful policies. Female heads of government have been an outlier to peaceful trends. Fighting patriarchal values can make a change in foreign policymaking.…
Khamenei fears a military conflict with the US as hostilities rise. Trump unintendedly risks uniting Iranians behind Khamenei. Based on past behaviours, Khamenei’s moderate reaction isn’t surprising. Student News Daily…