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23 articles · Writing for PUGAT 2021–2026 · 2 series
Roughly one in three people in Germany has a migration background. At the decision-making table the share falls to one in eight in the Bundestag and below three per cent among mayors of large cities. Still, 2026 marked a symbolic threshold. Cem Özdemir became the first state premier with a migration background, and in Berlin Elif Eralp is close to the same office.
According to guest author Hakan Güngör, there is a fundamental change in PKK actions: two-person teams, strategic targets in the metropolises and a strategy of fear aimed at an emotional rupture in society.
Terahertz imaging systems integrated into UAVs promise to detect weapons and explosives from a distance and so distinguish more accurately between the innocent and a threat.
Integrating terahertz imaging into UAVs as a payload could help detect certain concealed weapons and explosives at an earlier stage, within the technology’s limits.
Terahertz waves can image the inside of objects and what lies behind them, with less harm than X-rays. This part explains the basics of the technology and its uses in security.
What did Turkey expect from mending ties with Israel? Our authors assessed the background of the rapprochement through the economy, energy and the Palestinian question.
What happens if Turkey changes its Syria policy? Our authors assessed the possible consequences through the future of opposition groups, border security and migration.
The terahertz band, lying between microwaves and infrared, can, under suitable measurement conditions, read the “spectral fingerprint” of certain explosives. This part explains the physics of the technology and its fields of application.
Most of the world’s most advanced chips are made in Taiwan. Our authors assessed the effects of a possible China–Taiwan war on the global economy, politics and Turkey.
The Grain Corridor Agreement signed in Istanbul in July 2022 put Turkey’s mediating role in the spotlight. Our authors debated whether it is a real sign of regional power.
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