Tag: Atlas Think Club

A NATO Win for Erdogan  

NATO’s Ankara Summit is over and, as expected, the winner is Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish host has a lot to be happy about.  First, the summit put on display his special relationship to Donald Trump.  Trump made it clear that he showed up at the Bestepe Palace largely thanks to his ties to Erdogan.  In the run-up to the summit but also in Ankara,...

NATO’s Out-of-Area Strategy

As is known, NATO is a military alliance established after the Second World War to protect the military security of the West against communism and Soviet expansionism. Beyond being merely a military alliance, NATO is a war machine that has also assumed the mission of maintaining the West’s political, diplomatic, strategic, and even cultural superiority. In the 1990s, when the Soviet system collapsed and...
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Homo plasticus? The silent infiltration of microplastics into our bodies 

  The global plastic waste crisis is one of the most dangerous anthropogenic environmental issues of our era. Plastic pollution has been found everywhere, from...

The Implications of the New PKK Peace Process

  The first thing I will say is, “What peace process”? Maybe I am wrong. Indeed, I hope I am, but this so-called PKK peace...

Turkiye Returns to Confiscation

A Historical Perspective on the New Law Granting Expanded Seizure Powers On January 30, 2025, Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (TBMM) passed a new law expanding...