The Ottoman Empire Strikes Back?
Turkey’s long-term strategy in destabilizing Libya, the Middle East, and the Eastern Mediterranean
Turkey...
NATO’s “Dynamic Manta 2019” anti-submarine warfare exercise
The multinational annual submarine warfare exercise continues off the coast of Sicily in Italy.
How hard CAATSA sanctions will hit Turkey and its defense industry? (updated)
Although already well understood by Moscow’s elite, tens of millions of Turkish citizens learned on December 14th what...
Greece’s upgraded role in the S.E. Mediterranean and Balkans regions
US interested in increasing use of Greek military bases and ports as tension with Turkey lingers over a series of regional...
Turkey plans an “Energy Invasion” in Eastern Aegean Sea…
Ankara in an apparent bid to entrench what it sees as its rights in the Aegean and the...
Trump delays F-35 delivery to Turkey
A newly-signed defense bill stalls delivering the fighter jets pending a Pentagon report on Ankara-Washington relations. A major political blow for...
“Blue Motherland – Mavi Vatan” Update
An update to the major units taking part in the exercise
Following our previous...
Drums of war are beating more loudly in Eastern Aegean
Turkey’s insecurity and provocative actions may prove the fuse for a major conflagration. How the rest stakeholders eye these...
Big U.S. investments in strategic sectors of mutual benefit
The U.S. Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt, has stated in numerous occasions that the friendship between Greece and the United States...
Stakes rising in the South East Mediterranean
Fears that Turkey's provocative posture may turn the region to a "powder keg"
Ankara following its strategy in the region's energy chess,...













