Alperen Çelik is an 12th-grade high school student with a strong academic and extracurricular focus on Turkish foreign policy, international security, and the Turkic World, particularly the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). He is the founder of the Simulation of the Assembly of Turkic States (TÜRKAS), Türkiye's first high school simulation dedicated to the Organization of Turkic States. Under his leadership, TÜRKAS has brought together more than 1,300 high school students from across
Dr. Mölling discusses Germany’s historic military shift, supply chain vulnerabilities, European defense capabilities, and the strategic necessity for stronger European autonomy within NATO to address rising geopolitical threats from Russia and global systemic competition.
Professor Alex de Waal examines the deliberate use of starvation as a low-cost weapon of war, the accountability challenges surrounding remote “white-collar atrocities,” and the urgent necessity of global public outcry to enforce existing international criminal law mechanisms.
Professor Dimitrova discusses European integration, digital disinformation, EU expansion, and the necessity of direct youth participation in democratic institutions to combat political erosion.
Defense executive Christina reflects on her career across aerospace, small and medium-sized enterprises, and entrepreneurship. She shares core leadership insights on risk-taking, industry-politics dynamics, space regulations, and the imperative for European defense sovereignty.
Behind Sudan’s battlefield lies an extensive financial infrastructure of companies, banks, gold networks and foreign connections. The RSF’s ability to access these resources demonstrates how Sudan’s war economy has transformed commercial and extractive networks into mechanisms for sustaining arme…
The United States’ largest-ever arms package for Taiwan could accelerate Taipei’s shift toward asymmetric defence, prioritising mobile, survivable and distributed systems designed to withstand an initial Chinese strike and complicate a potential amphibious invasion.
The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara marked a shift toward “NATO 3.0,” focusing on increased defence spending and burden-sharing. Key outcomes included U.S. plans to lift sanctions on Türkiye, 70 billion dollars in aid for Ukraine, new multinational defence deals, and heightened tensions over Greenland.
In an interview with EPIS, Gianni Pittella, following the Ankara Summit, argues that a stronger NATO requires a stronger Europe. He emphasizes that Europe must overcome market fragmentation, invest in defense technology, and assume strategic responsibility to ensure transatlantic security.
In an interview with EPIS, Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch reflected on his diplomatic career, conflict negotiation, and the decline of multilateralism. He stressed engaging non-state actors for peace, the vital role of middle powers, and the need for patience, empathy, and human rights in diplomacy.
In an interview with EPIS, activist Milan discussed youth mobilisation, pro-EU activism, and social media’s role in politics. He addressed online disinformation, structural reforms like ending the EU Council veto, and stressed defending democracy and unity across Europe.
In an interview with EPIS, Halima Rahmatova talks about her journey from self-directed student in Uzbekistan to a sustainability specialist in Geneva. She discusses Central Asia’s water crises through unified policy, and why the next generation must bring bold audacity to global policymaking.
In an interview with EPIS, Dr. Moosa Elayah examines why stopping a war isn’t the same as achieving peace.
