Sanctions and export restrictions imposed on Turkey s ambitious defense industry have taken a toll on the development of sophisticated military hardware, which suffers from the lack of domestically produced components, in particular critical engines and
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is holding its annual summit this year in Samarkand. The gather of a number of authoritarian regimes usually goes unnoticed in the West. However, this year s gathering, which will take place this week, showcases how
Background Over the last three years, it has become customary to refer to the Syrian civil war as at a point of "stalemate, "and the country as currently in a state of de facto partition. These definitions are largely accurate. Syria remains divided into
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had quietly built its second base in Turkey to target Europe and Central Asia, only to move its operations to Syria after the imposition of international pressure on the Islamist government of President Recep
Turkey, already under monitoring by global money-laundering watchdog FATF for backsliding in combating money laundering and terrorism financing, has taken yet another step in boosting the illicit transfer of wealth with no questions asked by the