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Türkiye Seeks New Allies: Ankara Calls for NATO Alternative
On July 18–19, 2026, Ankara hosted a landmark conference organized by the Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi). Its leader, Dogu Perincek, a consistent advocate of rapprochement with Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran, invited participants to discuss scenarios for preventing a global military conflict.
Mackinder’s Heartland vs Spykman’s Rimland: Neither Is Winning for the “Motherland”!
For anyone still selling the West’s grand strategy as a coherent product, is that the framework itself has aged worse than either of its authors could have imagined. Mackinder and Spykman were writing about a world where land power and sea power were mutually exclusive career choices.
From Evian to Ankara: The Illusion of the CRICK Defense Alliance's Demise
The main strategic goal of the United States is to dismantle the informal CRICK alliance (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea). Washington seeks to neutralize threats to its security and maintain global dominance through control over peripheral regions.
