NATO IN TRANSITION  by Javier Solana

True security has seldom been a natural state of affairs, but rather has nearly always been the product of anticipating events and devising solutions to new problems. This is therefore a good time for launching a serious review. We all benefit from a wide and rigorous debate about the nature of the new security environment, and there is a great interest in the rest of Europe in what Turkish intellectuals and politicians are thinking....

THE CFE TREATY - THE WAY FORWARD FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL by Gülnur Aybet

As the successor of the long lasting Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) negotiations which produced no results during the Cold War, the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, has become the first conventional weapons arms control treaty ever to be signed in Europe......

1 1/2 WAR STRATEGY by Sükrü Elekdag

The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the coming to an end of the Cold War led the US and the Western European members of NATO to cut down on defence spending and allocate the saved resources to more productive areas of investment.....

TURKEY- A NEW ACTOR IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY POLITICS ? by Temel Iskit

Politics cannot be separated from the means to exercise it, and energy, short of armed power, is perhaps one of the most effective means in the service of international politics......

PREJUDICE AS SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY - SAMUEL P.HUNTINGTON'S VISION OF THE FUTURE by Binnaz Toprak

The Cold War ended, as T. S. Eliot might have put it, both with a bang and a whimper. The bang did not result, as many had predicted, from the final clash of ideologies and nuclear weapons.......

MINORITY RIGHTS OR INTEGRATION ? by Cem Erogul

This is by no means a new issue, but it is now arising in much more acute form than before. A clear-sighted approach is therefore needed. Obviously, all human rights activists are in favour of respect for others and also of brotherhood......

CENTRAL ASIA AND THE WEST by Richard E.Friedman-S.Enders Wimbush

United States foreign policy is heavily influenced by domestic forces. Public opinion is a key factor, but it is difficult to predict. The news media ñbroadcast and printñ shape public opinion on international affairs and national security........

WILL CENTRAL ASIA BECOME TURKEY'S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE by Heinz Kramer

The end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union drastically changed the international environment of Turkey's foreign and security policy. The Turkish government undertakes great efforts to adapt the country's foreign relations to the new situation.......

TURKEY'S RELATIONS WITH THE TRANSCAUCASUS AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS by Gareth M.Winrow

The Transcaucasus is a region of major strategic concern for Turkey. Developments in post-Soviet Central Asia, on the other hand, generally have much less impact on Turkish security interests......

NAGORNA-KARABAGH CONFLICT-SOME FACTS by Selçuk Korkud

Karabagh, as its name indicates in Turkish " Karabag" means "black vine-yard" while Nagorno, added afterwards by the Russians and means "mountainous" or, better still, "upper" can very easily become a touristic land, in fact just like the whole of Caucasus......