Focusing on global warming in its July issue, Armed Forces Periodical warned of declining standards of living, increased death rates, mass health problems, food shortages and “deepening regional disparities.”

In addition to climate-change, Turkey is bedeviled by world powers seeking hegemony in the Middle East and real-estate speculation by Europeans. Israeli’s and Arabs are also reportedly buying fertile lands in Turkey.

To avert this multiplicity of threats, the article suggests forming new alliances that satisfy Turkey’s national interest.