9th Istanbul Security Conference (2023)

  • “Strategic Transformation in the Ecosystem: Climate, Nourishment, Demography, Meritocracy, Economy, Health, Education, Employment, Family-Youth and City Security”
As it was firstly held in Türkiye in 2015, the 9th of Istanbul Security Conference with the main theme of "Strategic Transformation in the Ecosystem: Climate, Nourishment, Demography, Meritocracy, Economy, Health, Education, Employment, Family-Youth and City Security" will be held by TASAM National Defence and Security Institute (NDSI) in Istanbul on 23-24 November 2023, in the 100th year of the founding of the Republic of Turkey.

SUB-EVENTS

2nd Istanbul Cyber-Security Forum (ICF) “New Cyber Economy and Turkish Products“
5th Marine and Maritime Security Forum (MSF) “Marine Geoeconomics of the 21st Century, and Türkiye
6th Türkiye - Africa Defence Security and Aerospace Forum (TAF) “Turkish Military Presence and New Horizons in Africa“
7th Türkiye - Gulf Defence and Security Forum (TGF) “New Discoveries in the Turkish - Arab Security Ecosystem“


Although during the Russian war in Ukraine, Belarus may be qualified as a Russian proxy, paradoxically, it can be as well perceived as a country struggling to save the rest of its independence from Moscow. ;

The ‘Security in East Mediterranean’ Workshop, the first event within the scope of the East Mediterranean Program initiated by the TASAM National Defence and Security Institute and the Near East South Asia Strategic Studies Center (NESA) affiliated to the US Ministry of Defense, is held at Sheraton ...;

After the end of the Cold War, relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation (RF) have developed dynamically, albeit seemingly unevenly. The possibility of a genuine strategic partnership between Russia and China seemed to be downplayed.;

Wars have been going on since the first humanity and gained new dimensions in the last century fed by different objects. As the aerospace and space race increased in the bipolar world, whose tensions increased during the Cold War period, it has become clear that the unpredictable works on rocket tec...;

Turkish stance towards the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine is based on the national interest that implies avoiding risks and profiting from opportunities created by the conflict. The ultimate aim is to make its own place in the post-war international system more optimal than it was in the pre-...;

We have seen strong Muslim states destabilized, we have seen the UN Security Council role under the chapter seven of the charter undermined by the notion of so called “Coalitions of the Willing“. We have seen extension of out of area operations of NATO resulting in aggravation of regional conflicts ...;

First of all, I will mention two things. First; it is related to the statement "Turks are not sailors", I would like to point out that this is an insulting expression to Turks and is due to ignorance of history. The other is about how I draw the map of the Blue Homeland.;

Türkiye faced multiple and differentiated terrorist threats in 2015 and 2016. They have dared to reach their separatist, extremist and destructive targets such as PKK, DAESH and DHKP-C. I would also like to express that the FETO coup supports them and gives life-blood. In a period of operational int...;