By Scott Ritter The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the coming days. The conference, which featured presentations by speakers from Azerbaijan, Belarus, France, Germany, ...

By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fifth year, the European security architecture is undergoing its most comprehensive transformation since the end of the Cold War. One of the latest stages of this transformation was the NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Ankara. Whilst Western countries assessed the summit primarily in the ...

Interview with retired Rear Admiral Dr Deniz Kutluk, from the Turkish Naval Forces. Emrah Zorba, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Teori from Türkiye, interviewed Retired Rear Admiral Dr Deniz Kutluk about the NATO Summit on 7–8 July. We are sharing the interview published in the journal’s July 2026 issue, with our readers. Translated into English by UWI. Türkiye is hosting NATO ...

Interview with ret. Major General Assoc. Prof. Dr. Güray Alpar By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist As the international system undergoes one of the most significant upheavals of the post-Cold War era, global power balances are also being reshaped. The war in Ukraine, U.S.-Russia competition, Europe’s quest for security, the future of NATO, and the rise of new power centers constitutes ...

Speech of Dr. Doğu Perinçek at the Conference on Global Security and NATO The World Civilizations Initiative Research Center organized an international conference on Global Security and NATO on June 26-27, 2026, in Istanbul, Türkiye, ahead of the NATO summit scheduled for 7 and 8th of July in Ankara. Dr. Doğu Perinçek, Chairman of the Vatan Party, held a speech ...

A lifeline for a dying NATO: the 6th Corps and the military fuel pipeline By İhsan Sefa – Retired Air Force Colonel At the Ankara summit, the handover of the 6th Corps to NATO is expected to be approved. Through this (and similar projects), whose groundwork had already been laid in advance, Türkiye is trying to demonstrate its “loyalty” to ...

How is Türkiye gradually increasing its influence in the new global order? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Türkiye has risen to become one of the most influential actors in the globally reshaping geopolitical order, particularly in recent times—both through its success in its strategy to eradicate the scourge of terrorism, which the West has inflicted upon it for half a ...

Prof. Dr. Biljana Vankovska on NATO’s 2026 Paralysis, Paradox of the Balkans, Türkiye’s Hedging, and the Failed International Law Enforcement By Yunus Emre Özgün As the July 2026 NATO Summit approaches amidst a structural crisis of Western hegemony and the erosion of global legal norms, renowned peace and security scholar Prof. Dr. Biljana Vankovska dissects the “Siamese twins” of NATO ...

And recent conflicts in West Asia. By Gökalp Erbaş The proposal of Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which is part of the ruling coalition in Türkiye, for a “Türkiye-Russia-China (TRÇ) alliance against the US-Israel evil alliance” has sparked discussions about the possibility and conditions of such an alliance. One wonders how this alliance proposal resonates in ...

No visa for tanks trying to cross the Meric river into Türkiye Vatan Party Chairman Doğu Perinçek addressed the people on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at an Outdoor Meeting organized by the Vatan Party at the Post Office Square in Edirne, city bordering Greece. Perinçek stated that Türkiye was targeted in the NATO exercises under the command of the United ...