Uncertainty about the state of the new global order and the dynamics that govern it permeate academic literature and policy inquiries. In this new...

In a curious and hitherto largely overlooked episode, the revisionist “neo-Ottomanist” ambitions of King Hussein of Jordan and Turgut Özal of...

As a concept, identity and security are deeply intertwined on many different levels. The relationship between identity and security evokes...

The Crisis of the Uyghur problem has transformed into a key element of China’s overall national politics, identity politics, international image,...

This article analyzes the two general elections in 2015 that followed the local and presidential elections a year earlier. These elections...

The results of Turkey’s June and November 2015 parliamentary elections are put in perspective in light of economic voting literature and observed...

Identity politics was one of the major dynamics in shaping the results of both the June 7 and November 1, 2015 general elections in Turkey. The...

This article argues that the economic context of June 7th and November 1st general elections differed to a great extent. First, while the economy...

The paper explores the understanding of external voting in the context of the 2014 Turkish presidential election in which migrants from Turkey were...

The Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) more than 13 years rule has ushered in a debate as to whether the AK Party has become a “dominant...

The electoral will reflected at the ballot box on November 1 confirmed the hegemony of the AK Party in Turkey’s party system and raised numerous...

The November 2015 snap elections mark a lost opportunity for Turkey to form a coalition government between the AK Party and other potential...

This paper aims to provide an analysis of the ‘new’ in ‘the new Middle East.’ We argue that what is ‘new’ is the revolt against the West currently...

This paper conceives of the Arab Spring as a leap forward that has relegated the established order to the status of a ‘walking dead.’ The ‘old’...

The Arab Uprisings and their transformational impact across MENA have generated immense debate about the future of the region’s countries during a...

This article explores Turkey’s changing regional security and Ankara’s pursuit of a missile defense shield. We assess three options available to...

This paper draws on the ‘moral’ dimensions of Turkey’s ‘new’ foreign policy as it became manifest after the Justice and Development Party rose to...

The IHH delivers relief aid to 140 countries worldwide. Quite recently, as a novel humanitarian practice, the IHH has begun acting as a mediator in...

This article analyzes Turkey’s official energy strategy to indicate how it responds to actual challenges by striking a compromise between market...

Modern international relations are a reflection of the successful coordination of various factors, including close cooperation and a strategic...

Since 2003, by instituting a multidimensional foreign policy, Turkey has aimed to reach new geographies and regions by creating and using her soft...

The exportation of groundbreaking Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) gas resources will only be possible as a result of full regional stabilization...

This article presents an analysis method for oil price movements that tries to combine different factors such as technology, economics, fear, and...

Asian values discourse has focused on the Confucian cultural peculiarities of East Asia as the motorforce behind the East Asian “miracle”, which is...