Held under the theme “Disruption in the International System: Crises, Narratives and the Search for Order”, the International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM 2026) featured a panel titled "Women Leaders' Perspectives on Global Crises and the Quest for the Future". The panel, moderated by Dr Nihal Eminoğlu, Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and faculty member at Ankara University, featured speakers including Member of Parliament of Lebanon Halima Kaakour, Member of Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina Rejhana Dervišević, Member of Libya’s High Council of State Majda Alfallah, Cecily Bayliss from Forward Thinking, and AK Party ...
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Held under the theme “Disruption in the International System: Crises, Narratives and the Search for Order”, the International Strategic Communication (STRATCOM 2026) Summit featured a panel titled "Strategic Communication in the Age of Uncertainty: Crises and New Balances". Speakers on the panel included Chief Adviser to the President on Foreign Policy and Security Ambassador Akif Çağatay Kılıç, Dean of the Faculty of Communication at Marmara University Mehmet Emin Babacan, Founder of the Malaysia Crisis Management Centre Nordin Abdullah, and President of the Centre for International Policy Nancy Okail (PhD). Founder of the Malaysia Crisis Management Centre Abdullah stated...
As part of the International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM) 2026, the panel titled "From Regional Tensions to Global Fractures: Strategic Implications of the Iran War" was held. The International Strategic Communication Summit, organised by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications in İstanbul, is ongoing. The panel, moderated by Dr. Kadir Üstün, Washington Coordinator of SETA, featured Dr. Ali Vaez, Crisis Group’s Iran Project Director and Senior Adviser; Dr. Hakkı Uygur, Vice President of the National Intelligence Academy; Jon Alterman, Senior Fellow at the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies ...
Held under the theme “Disruption in the International System: Crises, Narratives and the Search for Order”, the International Strategic Communication (STRATCOM 2026) Summit featured a panel titled "Future of AI in Strategic Communication: Challenges and Opportunities". The panel, moderated by Anadolu Agency (AA) President and Chief Executive Officer Serdar Karagöz, featured AK Party Eskişehir MP and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Artificial Intelligence Fatih Dönmez, Head of Cyber Security of the Republic of Türkiye Ümit Önal, Kompass Education Co-Founder and Executive Director Clara Hawking, AK Party Ankara MP Ömer İleri (PhD) and Hungary Today Editor ...
As part of the "International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM) 2026," the panel titled "New Priorities in Climate Diplomacy" was held. A panel titled "New Priorities in Climate Diplomacy" was held as part of the summit, organised by the Directorate of Communications, with the theme "Disruption in the International System: Crises, Narratives, and Search for Order" at a hotel. The panel, moderated by Prof. Abdulmenaf Turan, advisor to the official office of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), featured speakers including Prof. Ramon Salaverria from the University of Navarra; Prof. Nuran...
On the sidelines of the International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM 2026), organised in İstanbul by the Directorate of Communications, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Directorate of Communications and the Media Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan. As part of the International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM 2026), organised for the fifth time this year by our Directorate, a "Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Joint Working Commission and Committees within the Framework of the Türkiye–Azerbaijan Joint Media Platform" was signed between the Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye and...
"The New Normal in Global Governance: The Permanence of Crises" panel was held as part of the "International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM) 2026. At the panel held during the summit organised in Istanbul by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, remarks were delivered by Prof. Edibe Sözen Çetintaş, Rector of Maltepe University; Prof. Mehmet Emin Babacan, faculty member at Marmara University; Jonathan Fowler, Director of Communications at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); Dr Qamar Cheema, Executive Director of the Pakistan-based Sanober Institute; and İsmet Fatih Cancar, Advisor to the member...
As part of the International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM) 2026, the panel titled "Crisis of Legitimacy and Trust: Perceptions of the International Order" was held. Moderated by Assoc. Prof. Murat Aslan, Faculty Member at Hasan Kalyoncu University and Senior Researcher at SETA, the panel featured speakers including Robert Ford, former U.S. Ambassador; Vincenzo Le Voci, Founder of the Venice Club; Laszlo Vasa, Chief Advisor and Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs; Cüneyt Yüksel, Chairperson of the Justice Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and AK Party MP for İstanbul;...
A panel titled “The Transformation of Global Public Opinion in the Digital Communication Ecosystem” was held as part of the International Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM) 2026. Speaking at the panel organised in İstanbul by the Directorate of Communications were President of Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) Mehmet Daniş; MHP Erzurum MP Prof Kamil Aydın; Executive Director of the Azerbaijan Media Development Agency Ahmad Ismayilov; and Secretary General of Jordan’s Ministry of Government Communication Dr Zaid Al Nawaiseh. RTÜK President Daniş noted that news is no longer produced through centralised distribution institutions, but rather through a dispersed,...