Interview with ret. Major General Assoc. Prof. Dr. Güray Alpar By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist As the international system undergoes one of the most significant upheavals of the post-Cold War era, global power balances are also being reshaped. The war in Ukraine, U.S.-Russia competition, Europe’s quest for security, the future of NATO, and the rise of new power centers constitutes ...
History has shown that the real guarantee of peace in Cyprus is not promises on paper, but Türkiye’s deterrent power and the Turkish Cypriot people’s own state. By Hüseyin Macit Yusuf – Former Roving Ambassador of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) A proposal reviving the painful memories of the past The proposals allegedly put forward by United Nations Personal ...
Speech of Dr. Doğu Perinçek at the Conference on Global Security and NATO The World Civilizations Initiative Research Center organized an international conference on Global Security and NATO on June 26-27, 2026, in Istanbul, Türkiye, ahead of the NATO summit scheduled for 7 and 8th of July in Ankara. Dr. Doğu Perinçek, Chairman of the Vatan Party, held a speech ...
A lifeline for a dying NATO: the 6th Corps and the military fuel pipeline By İhsan Sefa – Retired Air Force Colonel At the Ankara summit, the handover of the 6th Corps to NATO is expected to be approved. Through this (and similar projects), whose groundwork had already been laid in advance, Türkiye is trying to demonstrate its “loyalty” to ...
The Myth of NATO’s Umbrella By Mehmet Enes Beşer For decades, NATO has provided Türkiye with a type of strategic insurance by offering it its membership. The reasoning behind it is simple: Türkiye is located in a dangerous neighborhood, which is why it requires the protection of the strongest possible alliance. From this point of view, joining NATO makes sense ...
How a Silk Road Civilization Is Reclaiming Its Global Voice As Uzbekistan undergoes a remarkable cultural renaissance, Gayane Umerova—Head of the Department of Creative Economy and Tourism at the Presidential Administration and Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation—outlines how heritage, creativity, and cultural diplomacy are helping transform the nation into a global cultural hub while opening a ...
Federation framework, renewed Annan Plan, encirclement of Anatolia from the south Victor Papadopoulos, Director of the Press Office of the President of the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC), said on July 21 that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “has a plan and a roadmap to break the deadlock and reach a solution” on Cyprus. He added that the coming ...
The country should not rely solely on foreign lenders, top-down policy directives, or the tricks of central banks. Instead, recovery should come from within, starting with a re-evaluation of the political and policy choices behind the economic crisis. By Mehmet Enes Beşer While being the most developed middle-income economy in South Asia, Sri Lanka is a political cautionary tale about ...
If We Don’t Sleepwalk into It By Mehmet Enes Beşer “China is opening up” is one of those lines that comes back every few years like a recycled headline. It sounds reassuring on paper. It also sounds vague enough to mean almost anything. For ASEAN, the temptation is to treat it as background noise: China announces, markets react, officials smile ...
Statement of the conference organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center on 26–27 June 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye. The International Global Security and NATO Conference, organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held on 26–27 June 2026 at the Taşyapı Event Center in Istanbul. In alphabetical order, presentations were delivered by two speakers from the United States, ...