Ferdi Güçyetmez

Heartland and Rimland-21st Century’s Geopolitical Thinking in Foreign Policy explores two pivotal concepts shaping modern power dynamics. The Heartland emphasises the strategic importance of Eurasia’s interior and land power, while the Rimland highlights the critical role of coastal regions and maritime routes. This book analyzes the historical an...

Interview with CBC News Canada on current developments in the Arctic region and Donald Trump's policies in the region

This study aims to discuss the meta-literature method used to examine the effect of social media on mental health in detail and to evaluate the possibilities and limitations of this method. In addition, the political reflections of this method in the field of social sciences and its contribution to contemporary debates will also be analysed.

The Arctic is a harsh geography that has historically been misconceived as a large ice mass, ignoring the complex strategic salience of the region. Its cold waters and frozen lands have attracted the attention of people for many years and have been the centre of discoveries and adventures. Today, however, the strategic importance of the Arctic has...

Abstract We can define states as organisms that act in line with the dominance they want to establish in the near or distant environment. Just like organisms, states also need energy to maintain their mobility. States need more energy to meet their energy, so their energy dependence always continues. The Eastern Mediterranean region is an importan...

With the acceptance of climate change as a security threat, more than one security risk may emerge in the same region. The Arctic is one of the geographies where climate change is felt the most and the security environment is gradually decreasing. Security concerns in the Arctic have resulted in NATO reaching the Russian border. While this situatio...

After the Industrial Revolution, the energy resources under the polar ice sheets became even more important for becoming a global power. Providing the security of this energy, as well as its utilisation, is a very challenging process for countries. However, a new challenge has recently been added to these challenges: The Climate Crisis. In the new...

After the discovery of energy and new transit routes, the Arctic has become the new competition area of global powers. The Arctic, which has a geopolitically important position, is the new struggle area of NATO and Russia. When we examine the region we see the members of the Arctic Council are Canada, America, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Swe...

Rusya’nın Kiev Knezliği olarak tarih sahnesine çıkmasından itibaren bu ülke açı�sından vazgeçilmez görülen bölgelerin başında Ukrayna gelmektedir. Tarihsel, jeopolitik, jeoekonomik, jeokültürel ve askerî� faktörlerden dolayı Karadeniz coğ�rafyası bağlamında Çarlık Rusyasından beridir özel bir önem Rusya tarafından Ukrayna’ya verilmiştir. Ukrayna’...

Since the beginning of humanity, people have benefited from various energy resources in order to meet their heating needs. In this context, thanks to technological develop�ments, countries and people have learnt to employ several energy resources in more efficient ways. Up until the 20th century, fossil fuels primarily oil, natural gas and coal hav...

Zbigniew Brzeziński’nin “Hegemonya insanlık kadar eskidir.” yorumu ile işaret ettiği XXI. yüzyılın ilk çeyreğinde uluslararası sistemin geleneksel güç dengeleri, hızlı bir dönüşüm ve değişimi yaşamakta olup Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti’nin uluslararası ilişkilerdeki dominant konumu giderek artmaktadır. Doktrinde, dünya tarihinin merkezi kriz dönemlerinde r...

Dış politikada denizler, önemini uzak ve yakın tarih boyunca korumaktadır. Denizlere hâkim olan dünyaya hâkim olur düşüncesi ile hareket eden Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (ABD), bu doğrultuda Arktik politikasını yeniden düzenlemektedir. Alaska ile Arktik’e giriş anahtarına sahip olan ABD, sadece deniz yolları ile değil ayrıca enerji ve deniz güvenli...

EURO Politika olarak, Covid-19 pandemisinin etkilerinin görülmeye başladığı 2020 yılının ilk günlerinden bu yana Avrupa Birliği'nde yaşanan gelişmeleri ve pandeminin Birlik içerisinde sebep olabileceği muhtemel sonuçları sunmak amacıyla bu çalışma projesinini hazırladık. Yaşarken yazılan tarihin her daim esas olduğunu varsayarak, bu çalışmanın "Av...

Robert Cox has been the most well-known, and prominent intellectual as well, by articulating the building process of historical bloc within the context of the emergence of social forces initially in the nation-state, and his attempt has culminated in the unquestionable power of transnational power in global political economy for those who has veste...

While becoming a member of the international community on the one side, and insisting on preserving values and norms of Hobbesian culture on the other side, sovereigns face an intricate dilemma from within domestic inhibitions in conducting integration with the norms from outside. The dichotomy in interest formation with respect to foreign policy r...

The former Soviet Union lost the tug-of-war against the capitalist western hegemon United States of America as it got dissolved in 1991. The international system shifted dramatically from bipolarity to unipolarity for the benefit of the Pax Americana, and history was assumed to be ended in favour of it as clearly as indicated by Fukuyama in brief a...

Crisis processes experienced in the international system and power gaps that emerged afterwards result in the new hegemonic powers filling that gap. In his work on the Peleponnesian War, Greek Historian Thukididis explains the crises in the history of the whole world when he says "when one power is regressing and fears the competition of another ri...