The historical solution to the security problem in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, that is, the active military protection of a super power, is no longer...

Our analysis will discuss Turkey’s changing direction, if any, in terms of its trade orientation. This paper argues that Turkey’s trade sector has...

Research on state-business relations has traditionally focused on business associations’ lobbying activities. However, as these organizations...

In this paper, I argue that a fuller understanding of the recent activism in Turkish foreign policy, and in particular the changing nature of...

Turkish foreign policy activism during the last decade has attracted widespread international attention. As a result, scholarly literature on the...

The “axis-shift” discussions on Turkish foreign policy activism over the last couple of years have attracted remarkable international attention....

This paper hypothesizes that analyzing the geo-economic and energy security characteristics of gas supplies to Europe may help in understanding the...

Kosovo is one of the last states in the Balkan puzzle to gain its independence. The disputed region that declared independence on February 17, 2008...

The effectiveness of the Muslim world in finding a solution to the Darfur conflict is open to debate. While many Muslim countries denied the...

The past six decades have witnessed Turkey’s evolution from an aid recipient to an emerging donor country. Turkey’s aid volume now far surpasses...

Many actors have been interested in probing the approach that enabled Turkey to transform the country into a model of success within a few years....

This article aims to explore one of the critical and relatively understudied dimensions of Turkish politics: the complex characteristics of...

This paper argues that the Turkish Constitutional Court acts within a set of limitations which significantly affect its final judgments. The...

Turkey is moving toward achieving an ever-greater level of democracy by removing the remnants of restrictive and paternalistic administrative...

Turkey has become an important east-west and north-south gas and oil transit route and an energy hub, thanks to the Turkish straits, and the...

Turkey is still highly dependent on foreign energy resources and the supply of electricity is still not sufficient to meet current demand....

In recent decades, the conventional energy paradigm has rapidly lost ground in comparison to the concept of sustainable development, as it is based...

With its young population, dynamic private sector, and pivotal geographic location, Turkey is simultaneously a large energy consumer, an energy...

Tectonic changes are not occurring only in the world financial system, trading and investment, geopolitics, and technology; a fundamental...

Today, energy security is an important domestic and foreign policy matter and states are looking for alternative energy sources more vigorously...

This article aims to outline the history of Turkey’s relations with Russia in the energy sector. The energy relationship between these two...

Turkey’s energy policy is shaped by issues of energy security, and is based on two aims: avoiding reliance on imported energy sources and supplying...

Exerting influence in the wider Black and Caspian Seas region is becoming a crucial element in Russia’s current geopolitical strategy. Energy and...

Energy security has become an important international issue amid concerns about supply and transportation security from the Caspian region to...