Turkey's Rising Soft Power
Editor's Notes
Editor's Note
In its new issue Insight Turkey explores the potentials and limits of Turkey's soft power.
Commentaries
This article discusses the limits of the freedom of political parties in Turkey. 'The political...
This article analyzes relations between Turkey and the European Union (EU) in the aftermath of...
The recent closure case brought against the ruling Justice and Development Party is a direct...
Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, should be expected to broadly continue his predecessor...
Articles
The Cyprus tragedy of the past and the Iraq predicament of our times bear striking similarities....
This article examines the December 2, 2007 State Duma elections in Russia in terms of their...
This article discusses Kosovo’s independence from a framework of political and legal perspectives...
The article reviews the relevance of soft power for the case of Turkey, and assesses whether...
Turkey has been traditionally viewed mostly as a hard power in the Middle East, due to its...
Soft power is based on attraction and the ability to persuade others to further one's goals. The...
This article builds on the insights of critical approaches to the study of power and seeks to lay...
Book Reviews
This book was a Festschrift in honor of Professor John C. Alexandropoulos, prepared by four of...
İsmet Inonu, the second president of the Republic of Turkey (1938-1950), is often neglected by...
İsmet Inonu, the second president of the Republic of Turkey (1938-1950), is often neglected by...
In his latest monograph on Turkey, veteran RAND foreign policy analyst Stephen Larrabee strikes...
Books for Review
Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement
İn the aftermath of 9/11 the relations between İslam and the secular have increasingly become a matter of scholarly interest.
Reviews
The Importance of Being European: Turkey, the EU and the Middle East
The Hebrew University and the European Commission are to be congratulated on the publication of these trenchant conference papers presented in Berlin in May 2006. In the words of Shlomo Avineri (p. 17), "Just as most European societies have now learned .... to view Jews as an integral part of European history and legacy, so Islam - and Muslims - has to be seen as one of the constitutive elements of Europe- both historically as well as regarding the future':