Analysis
What Can The USA Do?
Continuing with the third work in our five-article series on the current war on Iran, we are adopting the strategic lens of the United States of America (hereinafter: USA). In this article, we put ourselves in the position of the North American state to understand what it can do to win this war. As the...
Iran’s Leverage: Will Russia and China Actively Join the Israel-Iran War?
The most recent developments between the Islamic Republic of Iran (hereinafter: Iran) and the State of Israel, opposing each other in a territorial war, are the next step in their escalating geopolitical situation. While the primary root causes of this conflict have been addressed in several of our analyses (e.g., Israel and Iran: Behind Political...
What Can Israel Do?
Continuing with the second work in our five-article series on the current war on Iran, we are adopting the strategic lens of Israel. In this article, we put ourselves in the position of the Jewish state to understand what it can do to win this war. As the primary aggressor in this war, of course,...
What Can Iran Do?
In 2022, we published a two-article series on the Russia–Ukraine War, shedding light on the strategic, political, diplomatic and economic options both nations had in the conflict at that time. What is special about it is that, in the respective article, we assumed the stance of one side and solely assessed their strategy from their...
Types of Wars: The Territorial War
Wars are a part of politics. Surely, everybody wants to avoid them and the suffering that comes with them, but why cannot states stop waging wars? Very simply put, a war always emerges when a state perceives a conflict of interests with another state and is either significantly stronger or weaker than the other state....
Türkiye’s Military Alignment: NATO, an Islamic Army or the Turan Army?
Türkiye’s debate on military alignment is increasingly narrated as a civilisational choice: remaining anchored in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (hereinafter: NATO) or turning towards alternatives often invoked in public discourse as a “Turan Army” or an “Islamic Army”. This framing is politically evocative, but analytically misleading. NATO is an existing alliance with decades of...
