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Ali Koknar's article on outsourcing maritime security, titled "Privateers to the Rescue" was published in the June 2008 issue of Soldier of Fortune magazine.

Ali Koknar was interviewed by the Associated Press news agency about PKK's leadership.

Ali Koknar presented a paper titled "Outsourcing as a Solution" at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Maritime Terrorism and its Impact on Energy Security in the Mediterranean Basin, held at Batumi, Georgia on June 28-29, 2007.

Ali Koknar's article "Iraq Lessons Heighten IED Toll in Turkey" on the subject of the proliferation of improvised explosive device technology and know-how, appeared in the April 30, 2007 issue of DefenseNews.

Ali Koknar was interviewed by Reuters on the latest developments in Turkish demining efforts.

An interview with Ali Koknar appears in a November 13 Voice of America report, "Iran's Repressed Minorities".

Ali Koknar appeared in the two-hour documentary special "Return of the Pirates" first aired on the History Channel on Sunday, July 16.

Iranian Azeris: A Giant Minority: Ali Koknar's analysis of unrest among the largest ethnic group in Iran was published by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on June 6, 2006.

Protecting Turkey's airspace from Iran: Due to political, economic and technological reasons, Turkey may be able to better boost her air defense forces by cooperating with her two close allies, United States and Israel.

Ali Koknar spoke about the "Deployment of Pseudo Terrorists" at the Intelligence Summit February 17-20, in Washington, DC.

Ali Koknar contributed a chapter on the "Deployment of Pseudo Terrorists" to a new book titled "The Faces of Intelligence Reform: Perspectives on Direction and Form" by CENSA.

Ali Koknar is interviewed on maritime piracy in an article titled "Troubled Waters" in the January 2006 issue of Conde Nast Traveler magazine pages 80 and 85.

Ali Koknar's latest article on weapons proliferation "21st Century Darra" is now online at Terrorism Reserach Center website. This article follows up on a 1999 article titled "The Trade in Materials for WMD" by Ali Koknar which appeared in the International Police Review.

Ali Koknar has contributed a chapter called "Turkey's Security Relations in Central Asia", to a new book by Ashgate Publishing, titled "Eurasia in Balance: US and the Regional Power Shift" The book was launched at the Heritage Foundation on June 29, 2005. Visit:http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ev062905b.cfm and click: "View Event" for the video of the launch.

Ali Koknar's article "Turkey Moves Forward to Demine Upper Mesopotamia�, appears in the December 2004 issue 8.2 of the Journal of Mine Action.

Ali Koknar contributed a chapter called "Turkey and the Caucasus: Security and Military Challanges" to "Dangerous Neighborhood: Contemporary Issues in Turkey's Foreign Relations", a book edited by Michael Radu and published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, PA. Review of this book

Ali Koknar contributed the Turkish chapter to this book, called "Combating Terrorism: Strategies of Ten Countries". Published by the Potomac Institute of Policy Studies and the University of Michigan Press.

Ali Koknar takes readers to the hidden hills of Chechnya inside the background and execution of an ambush against Russian forces in the region. en Francais Suomi