The strategic importance of the US Special Operations Aviation ‘Night Stalkers’ on the modern battlefield, and the gruelling training required to become part of this elite unit, form the foundations ...

OPEC quotas had been keeping the UAE within a narrow range of just 2.9 to 3.2 million barrels per day. Operations carried out by the U.S. and Israel against Iran’s nuclear facilities, followed by Iran ...

Above the entrance gate to the Tekke in Nicosia, the inscription “Ya Hazreti Mevlana. Ketebe Ahmet Burhanettin” is inscribed. Beyond the gate, one enters an L-shaped courtyard, where ...

Iran is building underground bases close to tactical fighter bases to protect its aircraft during wartime. Oghab-44 is an alternative base for the F-4E Phantom IIs of the 91st Tactical Fighter ...

The origins of the Patriot system lie in the US Army’s search for a highly mobile air defence system to replace its ageing Nike Hercules and MIM-23 Hawk systems—namely, the SAM-D (Surface-to-Air ...

When we look at the changes that have taken place in our world in the twenty-first century, we witness the unimaginable events of years ago. The most important changes manifest themselves in the ...

One of the key neorealist assumptions regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the concept of the balance of power. While classical realists such as Henry Kissinger emphasise voluntarism in achieving ...

The US and Israel’s Iran-centred policies are assessed in the light of international relations theories, a multi-dimensional strategic logic emerges. Realist power balance policies, the preservation ...

It should be recognised that the objectives of the Union of Turkic States—that is, the Turkic Union—encompass a far broader scope when viewed in terms of its historical roots and cultural context; the ...

whilst China accounts for 60–70 per cent of global NTE mining production, it holds more than 85–90 per cent of refining and processing capacity. In other words, NTE ore can be extracted all over the ...

Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) were developed to combine the shock effect and mobile firepower of tanks with the infantry’s enhanced battlefield mobility, enabling infantry to be transported to ...

The MH-47G Chinook platform, which forms the backbone of the Special Operations Aviation Regiment’s heavy-lift capability, is not merely a cargo helicopter but an integrated weapon system capable of ...