Author: Bayram Gök

Abstract European strategic autonomy has shifted from rhetorical aspiration to central policy objective amid renewed geopolitical rivalry and uncertainty within the transatlantic alliance. Advocates argue that…

Abstract This paper argues that the central failure of the post–Cold War era was not the theoretical inadequacy of liberal institutionalism, but the policy-level overextension of…

International politics has never lacked moral language.What it lacks is moral authority. Every major crisis today is accompanied by a familiar chorus: violations of norms, erosion…

Contemporary politics increasingly operates without resolution. Decisions are made, statements are issued, negotiations are held — yet underlying conflicts persist largely unchanged. What appears as movement…

Security dilemmas are often treated as relics of an earlier strategic era — products of Cold War bipolarity, rigid alliances, and overt military confrontation. In contemporary…

Global politics no longer moves from crisis to resolution. It moves from crisis to crisis. What once appeared as exceptional shocks now form a continuous pattern.…

Why defensive actions often generate unintended conflict The security dilemma is one of the most enduring — and most misunderstood — dynamics in international politics. It…

For much of the post–Cold War era, international politics was framed as a story of transition.A movement away from power politics, away from rivalry, away from…

A strategic explainer on threat, restraint, and misperception Deterrence is one of the most frequently invoked concepts in international security — and one of the most…

In international politics, false ideas endure survive because they are convincing. They survive because they are useful. Few narratives illustrate this better than the enduring claim…