Can Kasapoğlu
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Can Israel, Saudi Arabia Agree on Getting Tough on Iran?
Since the rule of King Fahd, instead of the traditional “His Majesty” address, Saudi kings carry the theological and royal title of “Custodian of the ...
Assessing Iraq's Rising Air Defense Capabilities: A Lucrative Defense Market or a Military Caveat?
While the Turkish strategic community is swamped with work on the Syrian civil war, and the world concentrates on the prospects of a nuclear deal...
Strategic Weapons and Missile Defense in Middle East: Assessing China's T-Loramids Project
Turkey's decision to acquire missile defense capabilities is a result of major military trends in the Middle East -- ballistic missile and...
Iran's Missile Proliferation Threatens the Entire Middle East
Last week Iran held a parade to mark the anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. Normally, a picture of top-rank officers from several branches...
Doomed to Fail: The Baathist Dictatorship Offers its Untrustworthy Hand to the West
In order to prevent a US-led punitive operation against the chemical weapons (CW) use against civilians on Aug. 21, the Baathist dictatorship strives...
Assad’ S-300 Procurement Plans: Implications for Turkey and Israel
Recent news concerning a possible transfer of Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to Bashar al-Assad’s Baathist regime ignited more d...
Assad is no Longer Predictable Devil for Israel in Syrian Turmoil
Since the outset of the Syrian turmoil, some actors have made their positions pretty clear. Turkey, for instance, has been taking the moral high...
Next MENA Threat Landscape and Turkey’s Defense Posture
After slightly more than a decade under Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, Turkey’s military trends are pretty promising for the f...
Geopolitical Value of Turkey’s Settlement Process
The Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) initiative to find a peaceful solution to Turkey’s decades-long Kurdish problem, or the peace process a...
Can Israel, Saudi Arabia Agree on Getting Tough on Iran?
Since the rule of King Fahd, instead of the traditional “His Majesty” address, Saudi kings carry the theological and royal title of “Custodian of the ...
Assessing Iraq's Rising Air Defense Capabilities: A Lucrative Defense Market or a Military Caveat?
While the Turkish strategic community is swamped with work on the Syrian civil war, and the world concentrates on the prospects of a nuclear deal...
Strategic Weapons and Missile Defense in Middle East: Assessing China's T-Loramids Project
Turkey's decision to acquire missile defense capabilities is a result of major military trends in the Middle East -- ballistic missile and...
Iran's Missile Proliferation Threatens the Entire Middle East
Last week Iran held a parade to mark the anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. Normally, a picture of top-rank officers from several branches...
Doomed to Fail: The Baathist Dictatorship Offers its Untrustworthy Hand to the West
In order to prevent a US-led punitive operation against the chemical weapons (CW) use against civilians on Aug. 21, the Baathist dictatorship strives...
Assad’ S-300 Procurement Plans: Implications for Turkey and Israel
Recent news concerning a possible transfer of Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to Bashar al-Assad’s Baathist regime ignited more d...
Assad is no Longer Predictable Devil for Israel in Syrian Turmoil
Since the outset of the Syrian turmoil, some actors have made their positions pretty clear. Turkey, for instance, has been taking the moral high...
Next MENA Threat Landscape and Turkey’s Defense Posture
After slightly more than a decade under Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, Turkey’s military trends are pretty promising for the f...
