Author: Muhammet Ali Zurnacı
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Hyper-Realist Views on Turkey
Turkey is one of the few countries that is clearly corrupted in socio-political and socio-economic terms, with an extreme imbalance between its ‘military power’ and ‘economic power.’ Similar countries include Iran and Russia. To survive, it is inevitable for Turkey to experience this tragedy and make its people live it. In other words, this is what conservative politics calls ‘a…
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Hezbollah’s Threat to Cyprus
The latest Hezbollah threat against Cyprus appears to be a rhetorical tactic open to multiple uses and exploitation. If the threat is materialized, Hezbollah would exhaust its own limited resources while reinforcing aid to Israeli defense. Therefore, it seems that Hezbollah is leveraging this threat as a form of coercion, oscillating between rhetoric and the…
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Turkey: The Power in Between
As a scholarly, intellectual, and senior person (seniority is necessarily important) who has been working on power theory for more than a decade and intellectually engaging with it since childhood, I can easily say that Turkey is a middle power with very limited room for maneuver. It is struggling to increase its power resources for multifaceted reasons…
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Ukraine War Under President Trump
Where is the Ukraine War Going? The amount of support determines the duration. Every step that does not lead Ukraine to a complete victory prolongs the war. This could mean that spending relatively little in the short term could end up costing more in the long term, eventually trying to persuade both sides to the…
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Trump On the Way: A Critical Examination of Biden Administration Policies
The Biden administration’s reliance on sanctions and tariffs as tools to deter Russia, China, and Europe has fallen short of expectations. Despite concerted efforts, Russia adeptly evaded sanctions through strategic maneuvers, while China’s economic prowess strained relations both within Europe and across the Atlantic. The administration’s failure to address mounting discontent over the Palestinian issue,…