The psychology of terrorism has long been dominated by fragmented explanatory paradigms, including psychopathological models, rational choice theory, social learning frameworks, and structural grievance accounts. While each contributes partial insight, none independently provides a sufficient explanation for terrorist participation.
It is February 2026, and four years have passed since the war between Ukraine and Russia began in 2022. I would have preferred to write that Europe’s period under the shadow of war is coming to an end; however, what exists instead is a fragile and feeble negotiation process. There is not even a publicly announced framework for a peace plan. As time passes, the humanitarian, economic, and geopolitical costs created by the war in Ukraine continue to grow.
Until the early 20th century, global scholarship largely accepted that the roots of European languages lay in the Turkic or Turanian language family, in short, in Turkish. At the very least, the vast majority of scholars recognized and wrote about the deep Turkic influence in European languages going back thousands of years.
The Istanbul Security Conference, first held in Türkiye in 2015 and now in its tenth year, took place on November 27-28, 2025, at the Wish More Hotel Istanbul, organized by the TASAM National Defence and Security Institute, under the main theme of "Defence, Security and Intelligence Revolution: Doctrine, Governance, Industry, New Models and Institutions."
Between the sixth and tenth centuries, the Khazar Turkic Khaganate ruled over a vast territory in Eastern Europe and emerged as a great and powerful state that left a deep imprint on world history. It constituted the origin of the first Rus’ polity and of several other states. The roots of the Ashkenazi Jews—and indeed of all Jews of Eastern and Northern Europe—lie in Khazar Turkic society.
2nd Asia Anew Security Forum, with the main theme of “Security and Intelligence Integration Models,” was jointly organized by TASAM National Defence and Security Institute as a co-event of the 11th Istanbul Security Conference, held on November 27 and 28, 2025, at the Wish More Hotel Istanbul.
The 7th Marine and Maritime Security Forum, with the main theme of "Turkish Naval Power from Seas to Oceans," was jointly organized by TASAM National Defence and Security Institute as a co-event of the 11th Istanbul Security Conference, held on November 27, 2025, at the Wish More Hotel Istanbul.
8. Türkiye-Africa Defence Security and Aerospace Forum was held as a co-event of the 11th Istanbul Security Conference organized by the TASAM National Defence and Security Institute on November 28, 2025, at the Wish More Hotel Istanbul, with the main theme of "African Security Architecture and Türkiye."
The 4th Istanbul Cyber-Securty Forum, with the main theme of “Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Revolution and Cyber-Türkiye”, was jointly held by TASAM National Defence and Security Institute as a co-event of the 11th Istanbul Security Conference, on November 27, 2025, at the Wish More Hotel Istanbul.
Despite tariff shocks, supply-chain fragmentation, and geopolitical uncertainty, India enters 2026 as
an “anchor economy” of the Global South—combining steady growth forecasts with a widening
industrial base in electronics, a more innovation-centered FDI narrative, and an accelerating AI and
green-energy agenda.
9th Türkiye - Gulf Defence and Security Forum; Held as a side event to the 11th Istanbul Security Conference organized by the TASAM National Defence and Security Institute on November 28, 2025, at the Wish More Hotel Istanbul, with the main theme of "Trade Corridor Security and Türkiye."
Speakers and protocol participants from various countries and regions, as well as different fields and sectors, attended the Forum.
Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Participants,
I would like to express my great honor in participating in the 11th Istanbul Security Conference, in which I have been involved since its inception. Furthermore, it is a great honor for me to have been given the task of delivering the keynote address at the opening of the conferences for the past six years.
Welcome to our conference, where you are participating to share your thoughts and ideas. Your participation has given us strength.
Greetings. We are together once again at the eleventh Istanbul Security Conference and its accompanying events. This annual period has continued without interruption to date. We have continued it under very diverse conditions and at very different times. As we have always stated, without any concern for popularity, we are working, with your unique contributions, to further institutionalize it as a "school."
The "structural rivalry" between the United States and China has entered a period of tactical quiescence. While the leaders' summit held in Busan, South Korea, may appear on the surface to be a futile attempt at détente, the very fact that Trump was compelled to sit at the negotiating table can be read as a significant conjunctural victory for China.
The 11th Istanbul Security Conference, organized under the theme "Defense, Security, and Intelligence Revolution," concluded with the participation of numerous prominent figures and experts from Turkey and abroad.
There is just one week left till the 11th Istanbul Security Conference organized by TASAM with the theme of "Defence, Security and Intelligence Revolution”. Offering a global "school" and international "marketplace" opportunities, it will award certificates and a conference book to participants. This is the last week to register for the conference, which will feature many doyens and experts from Türkiye&abroad and will be held alongside 5 security-themed co-events.
The EU’s SAFE (Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform)¹ initiative promises substantial funding for strengthening Europe’s defence industrial base. However, participation in SAFE cannot come at the expense of Türkiye’s strategic interests, especially given politicization attempts by Greece and the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA; i.e. Southern part of the island of Cyprus).
Every 10 November, Türkiye pauses at 09:05 to commemorate the passing of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Türkiye. Eighty-seven years after his death, his ideas, leadership style and statecraft remain strikingly relevant—not only for Türkiye, but for a world once again drifting into geopolitical turbulence.
Today’s international system is neither fully unipolar nor genuinely multipolar. As Amitav
Acharya aptly puts it, it resembles a multi-room theatre more than a chessboard.
Following the end of the Cold War, Pax Americana established a US-led global order.
Washington set the rules through its political, economic, and military reach, while its allies-often enthusiastically—reinforced this architecture.
The European Union (EU) has structured its migration management in the post-2015 period
largely on a security-centric approach. Following the 2015 refugee crisis, the EU's migration
management strategies have largely focused on border control and externalization policies,
leading to human rights violations and deviations from international protection standards.
Edward Said famously observed that the ‘East’ exists not as a geographical fact but as a constructed image in the Western imagination.
This image continues to permeate the contemporary political discourse.
The following words by Tom Barrack, the US Ambassador to Ankara and Special Representative for Syria, reignited debates over the sociopolitical foundations of Middle Eastern politics:
“There is no such thing as the Middle East. There are tribes and villages in the region...
Army installations within the lower 48 states will have operating nuclear microreactors starting in the fall of 2028 if the Army’s Janus program moves forward on schedule. The addition of nuclear power will diversify the energy sources available on military bases and provide a critical enhancement to their resiliency, the Army says.
We are at the beginning of developments where the Metaverse environment, which brings together the virtual and real worlds, is becoming three-dimensional, and where studies in the field of cyber intelligence will provide intelligence platforms with vastly different functions, potentially revolutionizing our overall perspective on intelligence.
The Turkish Petroleum Corporation’s (TPAO) international subsidiary, Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company (TPOC), will participate in offshore oil and natural gas exploration in Pakistan’s Northern Indus C Offshore Basin located in the Indian Ocean.
Lao Tzu says, “Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Misunderstandings and ill-conceived calculations can push even great powers into situations they never intended to enter. John Bolton—who served as U.S. national security advisor during President Trump’s first term—recently said in a talk at the Harvard Kennedy School that “the United States misunderstood China.“
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