Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou shares what she learned at Turkey’s SAHA defense expo.
The global geopolitical landscape, coupled with advancements in defense technology, is prompting nations to develop indigenous capabilities and seek new export markets.
This indicates a growing trend of regional powers building advanced defense industries, leveraging autonomy, and competing for influence in critical markets like the Middle East.
Turkey is actively positioning itself as a significant player in defense autonomy and drone technology, challenging established arms suppliers and fostering new regional strategic alignments.
- · Turkish defense industry
- · Middle Eastern states diversifying defense suppliers
- · Autonomous defense technology developers
- · Traditional Western defense exporters in the Middle East
- · Nations dependent on single defense suppliers
Turkey increases its share of the Middle Eastern defense market through autonomous systems sales.
Increased competition and proliferation of advanced autonomous defense capabilities in volatile regions could escalate regional conflicts.
This could lead to a shift in military power balances and necessitate new international arms control frameworks for autonomous weapons.
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