Türkiye and À la Carte NATO
The 2026 NATO Ankara Summit is a threshold of structural restoration beyond the protocol headlines. The Alliance's evolution toward a selective-participation model, and Türkiye's place in it, are examined.
Security and Strategy
Defense policy, security architecture, and long-term strategic forecasting.
From centrifugal force to a new center: what the Ankara NATO Summit says
Türkiye hosting the summit is not an ordinary calendar entry; it is Brussels' and Washington's tacit acknowledgment that the geopolitical center of gravity has shifted.
If the US withdrew from NATO: Türkiye’s importance to the Alliance
NATO owes its existence largely to the deterrence umbrella provided by the US. If Washington turned toward isolationism, what would become of Türkiye's position in the Alliance's balance of power?
The AI waiting on the cargo ship
No state that cannot secure its physical production capacity can make a claim to cognitive independence that holds up on the ground. The overlooked industrial dimension of the AI debate.
The Trojan Horse in Our Pocket
Today states are being taken over, without a single shot fired, through the screens their own citizens buy with their own hands. New borders are being drawn across server farms and fiber lines.