As the year comes to an end, looking back might provide insights for the challenges ahead. 2016 will be remembered as a watershed year in the future for the international system. The unpredictability of change, fear of the unknown and the horrors of unabated violence around the world have stamped…

War as we know it between states has taken a downward trend in recent years, while civil wars and terrorist attacks have become the new normal in international relations. This change in the characteristics of the conflicts has not produced security and stability in the international system, but if anything,…

Last Saturday was a sad day globally and in Turkey. While twin attacks in the center of Istanbul killed 44 people and wounded more than 150, a suicide attack on a military base in Aden killed 48 and wounded at least 40 and, the next day, a bomb attack at…

Bu yıl ikinci kez düzenlenen “Türk-Yunan Genç Liderler Sempozyumu” Kadir Has Üniversitesi’nin ev sahipliğinde gerçekleşti. Geçen yıl Yunanistan’da düzenlenen etkinlik, iki ülkenin gençlerini buluşturmayı ve bu gençlerin iki ülke arasındaki sorunlara alternatif çözümler sunmasını amaçlıyor. Türk ve Yunan öğrencilerin, sivil toplum örgütü çalışanlarının, akademisyenlerin katılımı ile gerçekleşen sempozyumun konuşmacıları, KHAS…

It has been six years since the so-called Arab Spring hit North Africa and the Middle East. The subsequent uprisings that began with popular anti-government protests in several countries for equality, representation, and better life conditions turned into a deadly civil war in Syria, after security forces used excessive force…