The report is on nuclear deal with Iran and its impact on Iran's economic development due to the possibility for cooperation with foreign states and companies.

Using the excuse that a Turkish soldier was killed by a shot fired from Syria last week, Erdogan ordered a series of bombing raids by land and air in Northern Syria and Iraq, as well as rounding up over 1,000 individuals in Turkey suspected of being Kurdish fighters, leftist militants, and ISIS followers.

The policy of extreme austerity applied in the country at the behest of international creditors over the years has further aggravated the economic and social reality. As a result, GDP had shrunk to 186.54 billions in 2014. Public debt has soared to 176% as a percentage of GDP. Unemployment has risen dramatically to 26%, affecting mainly young people many of whom have brilliant scientific knowledge and as a result migrate abroad.

Climate change is a non-traditional, risk-multiplying threat with a broad strategic dimension. In various parts of the world, climate change will have increasing security impacts, many of which will flow from economic and social impacts. Key risks with possible implications for human and national security include water scarcity, food crises, natural disasters, and displacement.

After the Pope’s remarks, the calls from the European Parliament stating that “1915 is a genocide, Ankara should open its archives and
make peace with Yerevan” received harsh reactions from Turkey. It was known that remarks like these would come during the 100th anniversary of 1915, but obviously nobody in Turkey had done their homework. More precisely, the government chose a simplistic approach of thinking “we will publish a condolences message with a language that suits us, and then it is all over.”