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Turkish-Made Bayraktar TB2 Drones Play Important Role in Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/01/2022 | Comments Off on Turkish-Made Bayraktar TB2 Drones Play Important Role in Ukraine

Bayraktar TB2. “The achievements of the TB2 drones are the first signs of the impact of unmanned systems in naval…

Turkey Tightens Grip on Black Sea amid War in Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 06/01/2022 | Comments Off on Turkey Tightens Grip on Black Sea amid War in Ukraine

TCG Yavuz, the lead ship of Yavuz-class frigate of the Turkish Navy. “We want the balance [in the Black Sea]…

Iran’s New Damavand Destroyer Set To Join Navy

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iran’s New Damavand Destroyer Set To Join Navy

Iran’s previous Damavand destroyer sank after striking a breakwater at Bandar Anzali, 10 January 2018. “The process of building naval…

Iranian Navy Joins Indian Naval Exercises

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iranian Navy Joins Indian Naval Exercises

Iran’s “Dana” Destroyer, which participated in the IONS 2022 Exercises off Goa, India. “The presence of the Navy in open…

Iran Tries To Justify Abstention in UN Vote Condemning Russian Invasion of Ukraine

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iran Tries To Justify Abstention in UN Vote Condemning Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Iran’s UN Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi, 2 March 2022. “The security concerns of the Russian Federation must be taken into…

Turkey Central To Reducing Europe’s Dependence on Russian Natural Gas

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Turkey Central To Reducing Europe’s Dependence on Russian Natural Gas

Map of the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (the central part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which connects the giant Shah Deniz…

Iran Digs into Central Syria, Filling Vacuum Left by Russia

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/02/2022 | Comments Off on Iran Digs into Central Syria, Filling Vacuum Left by Russia

“…the spread of pro-Iranian militias and the Fourth Division coincided with the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the beginning…

Turkey Tries To Mitigate Economic Impact of Sanctions on Russia

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/02/2022 | Comments Off on Turkey Tries To Mitigate Economic Impact of Sanctions on Russia

Erdoğan and Putin at the Kremlin, 23 September 2015. “Us three countries, Russia, China and Turkey can trade among ourselves…

A Turkish Perspective on Great Power Competition in 2022 and Beyond

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/02/2022 | Comments Off on A Turkish Perspective on Great Power Competition in 2022 and Beyond

Map showing the US, Russia, China. “In the new international environment… the existing separation between democratic countries and countries governed…

A Turkish Perspective on the Geopolitics of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/02/2022 | Comments Off on A Turkish Perspective on the Geopolitics of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

“The U.S. focus on prioritizing the Far East– particularly the defense pact between the U.S.-U.K.-Australia (AUKUS) coupled with the trauma…