The First Outcome of Regional Ownership: The Mecca Agreement
Israel has focused particularly on preventing Egypt from joining the Mecca Defense Agreement by spreading the false claim that it…
Trump Hails Defense Pact Between Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
“Very happy to see that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have recently, and finally, signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,”…
The Mecca Agreement and the Rebuilding of Regional Security
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement can be seen as a concrete outcome of the quest to reduce dependence on external…
NATO’s Southern Flank and the Ankara Summit: Why Is the African Dimension Important?
NATO’s approach to Africa is not the same as the Africa policies of individual NATO member states.
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement: A New Threshold in the Regional Security Architecture
The signing of the defense pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan at the most important holy centre of the…
The Transformation of the Global Defense Economy, NATO and Türkiye
The defense industry infrastructure that Türkiye has established over the past 20 years, and in particular its clusters, will provide…
A New Security Architecture in Afro-Eurasia: The Islamabad Axis of the Tripartite Alliance
Viewed from the perspective of Islamabad, the tripartite alliance with Ankara and Riyadh is more than just a military pact;…
Why the Türkiye-Saudi-Pakistan Pact Matters
Turkish military and technological power, Saudi economic weight and Pakistani conventional and nuclear strength are now connected through a formal…
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan to Sign Joint Defense Pact
The new arrangement that includes Türkiye appears to build upon the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and…
The Israel Factor in Türkiye-US Relations and the Decisive Role of the NATO Summit
Türkiye’s excellent hosting of the NATO Summit and the efforts by the Israeli delegation throughout the summit to shift the…
Türkiye’s Middle East Policy Following July 15
Although the July 15 coup attempt appears to be an intervention in the political mechanism due to its direct targeting…
Sovereignty, Interests and Alliance: Germany’s NATO Journey
With its NATO membership, Germany began to re-establish a regular army and rearm.
A Fractured Alliance: NATO in the Washington-Tehran Crisis
The Trump administration’s stance, demanding that its European allies make their airspace and military bases available for use, as well…
The Ankara Summit and the Future of the NATO-Gulf Dialogue
The primary aim behind the establishment of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative was for NATO to contribute to the security architecture…
The Ankara Summit and the Search for a New Balance in NATO’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
NATO’s relations with the Indo-Pacific are now deepening largely through defence industry, technological innovation, critical infrastructure, supply chains, cyber resilience…
NATO and the Turkish Defense Industry: The Ankara Summit
Turkey’s production of systems that are fully compliant with NATO standards (STANAG) and have proven themselves on the battlefield supports…
NATO in the New Cold War Era: From a Classical Alliance to a Total Defense Economy
NATO’s 5 per cent decision is not merely a period of higher defense spending for Türkiye. It represents a new…
Behind the Scenes at the NATO Summit: More Than Just a Summit
Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez emphasized at the Ankara NATO Summit that his country’s contribution to NATO should be measured not…
