International Security

Panorama ile Güvenlik Portalı ortaklığında geliştirilen ve eş zamanlı yayınlanacak olan “Odak Suriye” programının dördüncüsü için sanal ortamda bir araya gelen Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın (Kadir Has Üniversitesi), Doç. Dr. Nihat Ali Özcan (TOBB-ETÜ) ve Dr. Kaan Kutlu Ataç (Mersin Üniversitesi), Suriye’deki son gelişmeleri ve Rusya’nın Suriye politikalarının neler olduğunu…

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, NTV'de yayınlanan Yakın Plan programında, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Heyeti'nin Libya'ya yaptığı ziyareti, Libya'da gelinen son noktayı ve Türkiye'nin gelecekte Libya politikasının ne olacağı, Libya'da çatışma sahasının durumu, Rusya'nın Libya'daki politikalarının neler olacağı ve Hafter sonrası başka bir aktörle yola devam edip etmeyeceği, ABD ve Türkiye'nin Libya'da ortak…

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın 16 Haziran 2020 günü salı günü Ali Değermenci'nin sunduğu Dünyanın Halleri programında Doğu Akdeniz'deki son durumu ve münhasır ekonomik bölge tartışmalarını, Rusya'nın Doğu Akdeniz ve Libya'daki faaliyetlerini, NATO'nun Rusya'nın Libya'daki ve Suriye'deki faaliyetlerinden rahatsızlık duyduğu açıklamasını Türkiye'nin Ulusal Mutabakat Hükümeti'yle beraber Libya'daki etkinliğini değerlendirdi.  

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Habertürk'te yayınlanan Para Gündem programında KoronaVirüs'ün uluslararası sisteme olan etkisi, devletlerin süreci nasıl yönettiği ve KoronaVirüs'ün ulusal ve uluslararası gelişmeleri önümüzdek dönemde nasıl etkileyeceğine dair görüşlerini paylaştı.  

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Mete Çubukçu ile Pasaport programı için Afganistan'da yaşananları ve son gelişmeleri değerlendirdi. Taliban'ın ve ABD'nin bugün Afganistan'da için bulunduğu durum ele alındı.

Gündemdeki son gelişmeler Habertürk Kanalı'nda yayınlanan Para Gündem programında değerlendirildi.

Birinci Dünya Savaşı sonunda dünya barışını sağlamak üzere kurulan Milletler Cemiyeti başarısız olunca, durumdan ders çıkaran devletler İkinci Dünya Savaşı sonunda farklı bir uluslararası örgüt olarak Milletler Cemiyeti'ni kurdular. Ne hedeflendi? Arka planı nedir? ne kadar başarılı oldu? Sorunlar neler? Nasıl reform edilebilir?

Why does Turkey buy S-400 from Russia? Why was the war in Georgia predictable? Professor Mustafa Aydin from Istanbul about the game of strength in the region? Since 2007, many experts have predicted the course of events in Georgia - We saw Russia pushing Georgia to the wall, waiting for…

The Syrian civil war has entered its eight year with no sign of ending soon. On the contrary, the further entanglement of regional and international actors in the conflict hints at a likely continuation of violence. The humanitarian aspect of the civil war has already become the biggest ever crisis…

The situation in the Southern Caucasus, Russia's activities, the role and interests of Turkey, Iran, the European Union and the United States in the region were discussed at the College of Europe in Natolin by Dr. Tracey German from King's College in London, Yana Zabanova from the University of Groningen,…

Suriye'deki güncel durum ve Afrin Operasyonu NTV kanalında Pasaport Programı'na değerlendirildi.

Starting from his election campaign, United States President Donald Trump has been a controversial politician, drawing attention with his unprecedented statements, actions and tweets. While he is about to complete his first year in office amid constant talk of wrongdoing and possible impeachment, Trump has already demonstrated that he would…

Millions of people all over the world woke up on Oct. 21 to a direct threat to their lifestyles and work. When they tried to go through their social media accounts first thing in the morning, as most of us do nowadays, they could not manage to connect, as the…

Fransa’daki 14 Temmuz Ulusal Gün kutlamalarında meydana gelen terör saldırısından sonra gözler tekrar terör örgütü İŞİD’e çevrilirken,terör saldırısında kullandığı yöntemde yeni bir tartışma konusu oldu. İstanbul Kadir Has Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Fransa’daki terör saldırısıyla ve İŞİD’in saldırıda kullandığı yöntem ile ilgili dikkat çeken açıklamalarda bulundu. İŞİD’in son…

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Fransa’daki 14 Temmuz Ulusal Gün kutlamalarında meydana gelen terör saldırısını ve yeni terörü KHAS Pusula Haber'e değerlendirdi.

The official activation of NATO’s first land-based ballistic missile defense system in Deveselu, a former air base in southern Romania, on May 12, has added another layer to the already strained relationship between Russia and the West. The security assessments for the eastern and southern flanks of NATO have been…

The speed of the world politics as such that our attentions are diverted every day to a different part of the world, where a new, or sometimes not so-new, conflicts, crises, problems flare up. Most of the time, the world leadership, content with window dressing, fails to address their root…

It has been more than 20 years since the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, popularly known as the Dayton Accords, were signed at a U.S. Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, in November 1995 under the auspices of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Richard…

Advances in information technologies and the increase in the use of the Internet have drastically changed human life. The biggest transformation has in fact occurred in cyberspace and a substantial amount of information has already been moved to online storage. These changes undoubtedly create various opportunities as well as challenges,…

The rapid changes and escalated tension in the Syrian civil war have been occupying international agenda for a very long time. Indeed, it has become a crucial issue for global security with its convoluted social, economic, humanitarian, military, and geostrategic aspects. The complexity of the situation was once again reflected…

The rise of non-state actors, mainly terrorist organizations, in recent years has dramatically increased the volume of violence and number of casualties around the world. According to the Global Terrorism Index, prepared by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the death toll from terrorism increased by 80 percent in 2014…

Six months after the breakthrough deal between Iran and the P5+1 group in July 2015, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency, declared on Jan. 16 that Iran has complied with the initial requirements of the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.” As a result, the U.N. sanctions on Iran…

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the last day of 2015, approving a document that updates and replaces Russia’s existing National Security Strategy (NSS) paper, which had been in force since 2009. The updated strategy paper essentially summarizes Russia’s national interests and defines its strategic priorities for the…

The international security agenda and the theoretical ways to study it have expanded tremendously since the end of the Cold War. Once the strict control of the global east-west military ideological rivalry lifted, various new threats and ways to analyze them emerged. These were the issues discussed in a three-day…

At long last, after years of bickering and weeks of intense bargaining, the world’s leaders acknowledged the current dismal state of the environment in Paris on Dec. 11 and pledged their support to attempt to prevent a global catastrophe in the foreseeable future by agreeing on several preventive measures. The…

The series of coordinated gun attacks and suicide bombings in multiple targets in Paris and Beirut on Nov. 13, 2015, killed at least 170 people and severely wounded several hundred. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility of both attacks in France and Lebanon, once again…

The European Union has been struggling to cope with the steady influx of people fleeing from turmoil, conflicts and harsh conditions in the Middle East, Africa and Asia for years. But the matters came to a tipping point after mainly Syrian and Afghan refugees pushed their way onto the EU…

The Russian military build-up and bombing in Syria has added to the already existing tension between Russia and the West since the former’s occupation of Crimea, and has prompted a new confrontation area on NATO’s southeastern flank in addition to difficulties on the eastern flank. Russia’s deliberate violations of Turkish…

Although Turkey will hold general elections this Sunday, its foreign policy has been hardly discussed during the propaganda period, except briefly in connection with government’s policies vis-à-vis Syria. Economic promises of contesting parties, discussion on per capita income, unemployment rate and poverty have been dominating the agenda. As in most countries,…

Türkiye’nin ev sahipliğinde 13-14 Mayıs 2015 tarihlerinde Antalya’da gerçekleştirilen NATO Dışişleri Bakanları Zirvesi’ne paralel olarak düzenlenen “NATO Gençlik Zirvesi”ne katılan Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, NATO üye ülkelerinden toplantıya katılan geleceğin liderleriyle, değişen uluslararası güvenlik gündemi ve NATO’nun söz konusu tehditlerle başa çıkma yöntemleri konusunda görüşlerini paylaştı. NATO Gençlik Zirvesi’nin açılışını…

The negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, that is, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, regarding Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was extended on Monday for another seven months, just hours before the deadline. Though the negotiators had maintained their optimism throughout…

While the U.S.-led coalition was busy bombing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) forces in Iraq and Syria, a recent probe by the Russian Air Force all over NATO air space and beyond brought back memories of the Cold War and further increased tension between Russia and…

Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has been trying valiantly to reform itself to remain relevant in the face of ever changing global threats. Enlarged definitions of threat have been adopted without clear boundaries and accordingly NATO has transformed itself from an alliance of collective defense to a collective security…

Bu yazı 04.09.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Intelligence is an essential component of survival in international politics; all states attempt to spy on others. In modern times, information has included not only survival and security, but also trade tactics, economic policy and technological advancements, as well as anything remotely…

Bu yazı 15.05.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The world systems theory, espoused by Immanuel Wallerstein, identified a number of hegemonic world powers, which had emerged one after the other since the 16th century, to dominate the international system for about a century, then declined and was replaced by another…

Bu yazı 20.02.2014 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. While we were busy discussing new Internet restrictions and their connection with fundamental freedoms and democratic rights in Turkey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her enthusiasm this week, in her weekly podcast, to create a secure European network for the protection of data. This…

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın, Prof. Dr. Çağrı Erhan ve Dr. Nihat Ali Özcan tarafından hazırlanan Görünmeyenler programı, 2004-2008 yılları arasında SKY TÜRK TV’de pazar sabahları canlı ve Salı akşamları banttan yayımlanmıştır.

GLOBALISATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLANGES: RECONCEPTUALISING SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, ed. by H.G. Brauch, J. Grin, C. Mesjasz, et al., Berlin and New York: Springer, 2008, 413-420  Mustafa Aydın and Sinem Açıkmeşe Ethnic and religious issues have gained attention with the spread of globalization. Their divisive character and potential to create…

GLOBALISATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES: RECONCEPTUALISING SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, SPRINGER, 2007 Mustafa Aydın and Neslihan Kaptanoğlu The end of the Cold War and the 9/11 attacks had profound effects on international relations. Despite the interpretation of 9/11 by some as manifestation of the growing importance of globalization at the…

CONNECTIONS, THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL, WINTER 2006 This paper discusses the growing connection between religious identities, globalization and terrorism, with a particular emphasis on Islam.The author examines the connection between Islam as a religion and Islam as a threat in the globalized world. Further, he clarifies the differences between the new…

This proceedings includes revised papers submitted to the international conference on "Regional In/Security: Redefining Threats and Responses" organized by the International Relations Department of Ankara University, in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division and InternationalRelations Council of Turkey. The main aim of the Conference, which was held in Antalya on 20-23 October 2005, was to…