European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies

Situated at the crossroads between Europe and Asia as well as Russia and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more than a region of local strategic significance, representing an axis of increasing geo‐political importance to the European Union. With its mosaic of problems, the wider Black Sea region is one of the more im…

The Black Sea has been a site of contention and confrontation for centuries, though changes since the end of the Cold War allowed for the emergence of a cooperative environment. Due to its strategic location in the middle of Eurasia, controlling the region represents a unique geopolitical interest. This uniqueness at…

Abstract Great-power competition (GPC) is a touchstone for strategists and policymakers. Its popularity stems from perceptions of China’s rise, Russia’s resurgence, and the United States’ relative decline. The term’s notoriety in policy circles is related to its use in U.S. national defense and strategy guidance docum…

The Black Sea region is increasingly becoming a priority on the international agenda. In fact, a regional approach is emerging as actors understand that common problems need to be addressed jointly. Nevertheless, cooperation efforts are hampered by a number of factors, such as uneven economic and political development…

• MİTAT ÇELİKPALA

This study focuses on Turkey as a rising drone power in the international arena in recent years. In this context, the article will scrutinize the case of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, which broke out on September 27, 2020. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the frozen problems in the Caucasus region, was ended i…

• HÜLYA ERCAN KINIK
• SİNEM ÇELİK

In this comprehensive book, Graeme Herd argues that Russian strategic behaviour is a function of the fusion of its strategic culture with President Vladimir Putin’s operational code and analyses bo...

• ZERRİN TORUN

The current study seeks to determine the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the maritime trade and logistics corridors of the Black Sea and, thus, to evaluate the possible alternative modes of transport and trade routes. In line with this purpose, during-war ship data and Türkiye-oriented maritime trade statistics we…

Although Hybrid Warfare is an old concept, theoretical studies in the western countries mainly began in the post-Col War era, focusing on asymmetrical threats against conventional superiority of western countries such as USA or Israel. September 11th attacks and 2006 Israel-Lebanon war played important roles for the e…

The politics of security in modern Russia, edited by Mark Galeotti, Surrey, Ashgate, 2010, vi + 233 pp., £55.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7546-7408-5 The distinctive characteristic of this edited volu...

• ZERRİN TORUN

Black Sea has been an important scene in Turkish-Russian relations since the times of Ottoman and Russian Empires. For the Ottoman Empire it was an "Ottoman/Turkish Lake", while for Russia it was an exit to open seas or "warm seas" with the widespread term. Crimea had the leading role in this scene. First of all it ha…

• FULYA AKSU

Bu çalışma, 21. yüzyılda uluslararası ilişkileri ve küresel güç dinamiklerini açıkça yeniden şekillendiren Rusya-Ukrayna Savaşı’nın kapsamlı jeopolitik sonuçlarını kapsamlı bir şekilde ele almaktadır. Çalışmanın başlangıç noktası, Doğu Avrupa’da hemen ortaya çıkan jeopolitik sonuçlardır. Rusya-Ukrayna Savaşı, bölgesel…

• SEVGİ SEZER

Bu çalışma, 21. yüzyılda uluslararası ilişkileri ve küresel güç dinamiklerini açıkça yeniden şekillendiren Rusya-Ukrayna Savaşı’nın kapsamlı jeopolitik sonuçlarını kapsamlı bir şekilde ele almaktadır. Çalışmanın başlangıç noktası, Doğu Avrupa’da hemen ortaya çıkan jeopolitik sonuçlardır. Rusya-Ukrayna Savaşı, bölgesel…

• SEVGİ SEZER