Ülkemizde yapılan İsrail (hatta belki de Ortadoğu) özelindeki çalışmaların henüz ergenlik dönemini yaşadığı gerçeği, bu kitabın ortaya çıkmasındaki temel motivasyonu oluşturmaktadır. Halbuki Ortadoğu’daki gelişmelerin kahir ekseriyeti ve bizatihi Türkiye’nin ulusal güvenliğini de oldukça yakından ilgilendiren konu başlıkları, genel olarak İsrail merkezli üretilen politikaların bir sonucu olarak idrak edilir. Fakat buna rağmen İsrail politikaları analiz nesnesi olarak görülmez. Görülse dahi istikrarlı bir çalışma sahası tesis edilmez. Edilse dahi bu analiz nesnesini çalışacak ‘cesur’ bireyler yetişmez. Bu liste böylece uzayıp gidebilir. Nihayetinde bu realiteyle yüzleşmek dahi tek başına önemli bir ilerlemedir.

The Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious project in the 21^st century. Its main goals are infrastructure development, financial integration, people to people connectivity. Developing countries which desperately need infrastructure upgrade welcomed Chinese investments, finding an opportunity to be connected to global economy. Although economic and political consequences are discussed in the literature, the spatial consequences of the Belt and Road Initiative are neglected. The Belt and Road Initiative lays out six main economic corridors, reconfiguring the space across the continents. Eurasia, where three of six economic corridors pass through, is mostly affected by this spatial process. The countries in Eurasia are linked with corridors on which dry ports, special economic zones, and free trade areas are set up. This signifies new spatial characteristics in Eurasia.

International Security and Terrorism analyses contemporary issues in international orders. This book assesses the terrorist attacks which were organised in African, Asian, European and Middle Eastern countries in detail. Therefore, it provides a comprehensive understanding for academics, practitioners, researchers, students and readers who are interested in international security and terrorism. It utilises data about casualties, attack types and countries that exposed terrorism. The book critically examines terrorism, traditional counter-terrorism tactics, securitisation and the new terrorism. It focuses on religiously-motivated terrorist groups, e.g. al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram and al-Shabaab.

Aytaç Kadıoğlu is an assistant professor of politics and international relations at the Middle East Institute, Sakarya University. Kadıoğlu received his BA at Istanbul University, MA in International Relations at the University of Leicester and Ph.D. in International Relations at the University of Nottingham. His expertise includes security studies, conflict resolution, international terrorism and counter-terrorism studies.