Month: August 2025

Defence Industry: Turkey’s Cooperation with OTS Members

Executive Summary

The Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) launched a multilateral defence industry cooperation platform that represents Ankara’s strategic initiative to expand its economic and geopolitical influence in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

Coinciding with the 17th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul, this development supports Turkey’s ambitions to merge a defence-industrial bloc rooted in Turkic cultural ties.

Follow the Money: Tracking Hidden Funds Behind Extremism in the Balkans

epa05614537 An Egyptian currency vendor counting US doilar and euro bank notes in Cairo, Egypt, 02 November 2016. Reports by state news agency MENA state Egypt’s Central Bank (CBE) held the local currency, the Egyptian pound stable against the US dollar at EGP 8.78 at the weekly auction 02 November. At the same time, Egyptian pound weakened considerably in the black market and fell from 18 to 13 pounds against one USA dollar. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

Ethno-nationalism often fuels religious and far-right extremism by crafting a unifying narrative centered on identity, grievances and perceived victimhood.

These narratives are frequently rooted in historical conflicts and territorial disputes. In some cases, these stories escalate into violence.

A short history of HTS and important affiliated groups in Syria

Over a week between November and December 2024, Syria’s Assad regime disintegrated under pressure from a rebel offensive after 14 years of war. This offensive was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Salafi extremist group. Its leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, took the reins of the country and became Syria’s president on January 29, 2025.

The Anti-Anthropic Foundations Of The Islamic Republic – Analysis

Civilizational Decay, Entropy, and the Failure of Moral Evolution

ranThis paper examines the Islamic Republic of Iran not merely as a political system, but as a metaphysical and civilizational rupture. Contrary to narratives that view the regime as reformable, this paper argues that the Islamic Republic is rooted in an anti-anthropic paradigm — one that lacks a moral anthropology and operates outside the ethical architecture of civilization. Drawing from political philosophy, Islamic ethics, Iranian history, and entropy theory, the paper contends that the regime is a parasitic formation sustained by the historical disintegration of Iranian society and incapable of ethical evolution or civilizational integration.