Towards a "New World Order" (?)

The Canadian company that produces drones for unmanned aerial vehicles has announced that it will not sell engines to the Turkish company Bayraktar. The simple reason for this is the same: "the use of civilian UAVs in military operations." Specifically, the presence of UAVs produced by the Turkish company Bayraktar in the inventory of the Azerbaijani army in the operations to clean its lands from occupiers, terrorists, and those who carried out the genocide.

Exactly one year ago, Canada stopped selling many spare parts to Turkey in the field of the arms industry, under the pretext of its fight against terrorism in northern Syria.

In fact, Turkey has long been responded to these embargoes on arms imports coldbloodedly. Because starting from the aviation operation carried out on the island of Cyprus in 1964, although Turkey has been subjected to heavy embargoes not only on arms but also on the economic sphere, it has never given up its firm position. Because the states always have mechanisms to defend their rights, and in this regard, Turkey has managed to use even the smallest cards in its hand in its favor.

How has it managed to do it? First of all, Turkey is well aware that no matter how many sanctions are imposed, from companies to countries, the West will never give up on Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army.

Ankara can always use this skillfully to resolve disputes and minimize the damage that may occur. There are many facts that show that military embargoes have played a positive role in the development of Turkey's arms industry.

Sanctions in the economic sphere have strengthened industry through the production of new goods, as well as sharpened the sense of solidarity in society. Therefore, it should not be considered unreasonable to expect that Canada's ban on the export of UAV engines will accelerate Turkey's production of those engines in the first place.

Given the rapid development of military cooperation between Turkey and Azerbaijan since the end of July, it is possible that such embargoes could also be applied to Azerbaijan, which is conducting successful operations to liberate its lands from occupation, and it is possible to say that by responding to this coldbloodedly, the two countries will need to accelerate the process of focusing on joint arms production.

So, if the measures to be taken against the sanctions that are applied or are likely to be applied unjustly are directed from the strategic point of view, while one country was stronger from those sanctions, now both countries can get stronger.

It became clear from the address of the President of Azerbaijan to the nation on October 26 that the military operation launched on September 27 is a candidate for a new break in the world order, and Baku is already determined not only to resist the paradigm shift but also to turn it to its advantage. This will manifest itself, first of all, in the arms industry and Baku will not shy away from turning the process into a strategic bond.

The situation is, again and again, reminiscent of June 1964: When one of the heroes of the war of independence, Prime Minister İsmet İnönü (President between 1938-1950) organized an air operation to protect the Turks on the island of Cyprus from the attacks of the Greeks there, US President Johnson wrote a letter to the Turkish Prime Minister and warned him not to use American weapons. The response from İnönü, who was 80 years old at that time, was included in the political literature as a very important example of Turkey's independence and geostrategic maneuverability: "A new world order will emerge and Turkey will find itself a place in the new world."

The operation, which began on September 27, appears to be a candidate for "creating a new world order". Turkey has never hesitated to take part in any order that suits its interests. There is no doubt that before the start of the operation, Azerbaijan also seriously analyzed all the possibilities and prepared alternative counter-attacks, including the mechanism of "placement in the New World Order" against possible restrictions from abroad.

Let no one doubt that we have passed through historical days.

Mayis Alizade