For more than two decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has been the most visible symbol of international cooperation beyond Earth. Bringing together the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada, it demonstrated that states with very different geopolitical interests could maintain a complex, permanently inhabited scientific infrastructure in orbit. Yet the ISS is approaching the final phase of its operational life.
Those wishing to speak at the sessions of the Türkiye Geospatial Intelligence Symposium (2026), to be held in international format, are required to prepare and submit the following document, formatted as described below, as an MS Word file, to busra.buyuk@tasam.org (TASAM) or geointsymp@esenyurt.edu.tr (İstanbul Esenyurt University):
The first Türkiye Geospatial Intelligence Symposium will be held in Istanbul, in international format, on 19–20 November 2026, organized in cooperation with Istanbul Esenyurt University, the TASAM National Defence and Security Institute (MSGE), and the General Directorate of Mapping (Ministry of National Defence), under the main theme “Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence.”
The famous teachings of Confucius, in the author's opinion, anticipated the appearance of the doctrine promoted in the article - synthesizing realism. The new teaching is designed to combine in one philosophical image of the world the three main branches of the development of modern philosophy – objectivism, subjectivism and empiricism.
The relations between Pakistan and Turkiye have been described as “Two Nations One Soul”. There is no denying the fact that both nations share linguistic, cultural, and civilizational affinities but the rapidly evolving regional geopolitics demands more than just symbolic rhetoric. Pakistan-Türkiye relations are unique and exceptional in nature and can be termed “maximalist,” as both nations seek maximum benefits from their strategic partnership.
The relations between Pakistan and Turkiye have been described as “Two Nations One Soul”. There is no denying the fact that both nations share linguistic, cultural, and civilizational affinities but the rapidly evolving regional geopolitics demands more than just symbolic rhetoric. Pakistan-Türkiye relations are unique and exceptional in nature and can be termed “maximalist,” as both nations seek maximum benefits from their strategic partnership.
With over 133,000 traffic lights and growing mobility demands, Paris's traffic management system is under increasing strain. High-density areas such as the Boulevard Périphérique, Boulevard Haussmann, and Quartier Opéra experience daily congestion, resulting in longer commute times, inefficient fuel use, and rising CO₂ emissions.
Global Enlightenment is often remembered for its language of universal rights and rational progress. Yet the harder question is how a society moves from good ideas about justice to systems that make justice dependable.
Mongolia is routinely filed, in Western and even regional commentary, under the loose heading of “Central Asia” — lumped in with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan as one more post-Soviet, steppe-adjacent state wedged between Russia and China. The geography invites the shorthand.
NATO summits are typically dominated by discussions on defence spending, military capabilities and deterrence against Russia. Yet a quieter transformation has been unfolding within the Alliance's official documents. Climate change is no longer treated as a peripheral environmental issue but as a strategic variable that directly affects military readiness, operational effectiveness and collective defence.
The Arctic is increasingly becoming a laboratory for the interaction between sanctions, energy security, maritime logistics and great-power competition. One of the clearest examples is the emerging China-Russia Arctic LNG relationship. Western sanctions have sharply constrained Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project by limiting access to finance, technology, insurance, shipping services and conventional buyers. Yet the project has not simply disappeared from the global energy system.
In recent years, the Arctic has become a central arena not only in the context of climate change, melting sea ice, and new maritime routes, but also in terms of energy geopolitics and great-power competition. One of the most striking examples of this transformation is China-Russia
On 20 February 2026, on the sidelines of its own AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India signed the Pax Silica Declaration. The gesture was quietly remarkable. The country that gave the twentieth century the doctrine of non-alignment had put its name to a twenty-first-century pact whose entire purpose is to make equidistance impossible.
Semiconductors (and computer chips) are essential for many electronics, development of the Information and Technology (IT) industry as well as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Electric Vehicles (EV) and Drones. Maintaining a stable chip design and manufacturing capacity is essential to address potential vulnerabilities. For countries seeking to maintain strategic and geopolitical relevance as well as national technological sovereignty.
With all its co-events, the 12th Istanbul Security Conference with the main theme of "Istanbul Alliance; Multi-Layered Peace and Security Vision" will be held by TASAM National Defence and Security Institute (NDSI) at Wish More Hotel Istanbul on 19-20 November 2026.
12th Istanbul Security Conference, TASAM National Defence and Security Institute by “Istanbul Alliance; Multi-Layered Peace and Security Vision“ with global participation under the main theme of 19-20 November 2026 tarihinde Wish More Hotel Istanbul’da will be held.
Counter-terrorism and digital security strategies have extensively focused on blocking and uncovering symbols, texts of propaganda, or even videos of terrorist groups. Traditional content moderation relies upon filtering specific keywords and consuming natural language processing (NLP) models.
South Korea’s preparations to conduct its first container trial voyage via Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2026 mark a new phase in discussions about the future of the Arctic. The Seoul government plans to send a container ship with a capacity of approximately 3,000 TEU from Busan to Rotterdam via the Arctic and has selected Panstar Line as the lead operator for this purpose.
The implementation of comprehensive structural reforms in complex post-conflict societies, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), is systematically impeded by chronic political stalemates and the historical failure of rigid, "all-or-nothing" statebuilding paradigms.
At first glance, a high-level delegation from the Chinese navy visiting Russia’s Northern Fleet in Murmansk might seem like a routine military contact. However, this visit is significant in that it highlights the slowly shifting balances in the Arctic. This is because the region is now associated not only with scientific research and climate discussions but also with security and power competition.
When silence fell over the Strait of Hormuz and Washington and Tehran reached an uneasy ceasefire in April 2026, India wasted little time. India's Foreign Minister was in Abu Dhabi reviewing the strategic partnership with the United Arab Emirates. Medical shipments to Iran had been dispatched.
I selected 1000 ancient, basic words, including the 207−word Swadesh list. I found a 38.3% degree of commonality between Turkish and Russian. When only the words in the Swadesh list are taken as the basis, the rate of commonality rises to 45.4%. I identified and recorded close and striking similarities in grammar as well. These very clearly prove that there has been a connection between Russian and Turkish dating back thousands of years.
If NATO were to disintegrate, the first thing to be lost would not be a building, a logo, or the headquarters in Brussels. The first thing to be lost would be the sense of automaticity.
Today, the emergence of such a law on the national agenda is a belated yet strategically extremely important step. Because the issue is no longer merely a matter of the law of the sea.
Iraq represents an exceptional case in the Middle East, combining the elements of stability and non-stability at the same time, as a result of the overlap of a complex structural trilogy of economic resources, ethnic diversity, and a sensitive geostrategic location. This unique interplay makes Iraq more vulnerable than other countries to ongoing internal turmoil and multifaceted external interventions.
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