Hamas Charter has sparked a lot of controversy, both inside and outside the organization. This paper offers a critical analysis of the original...

This article tests Mancur Olson’s theory of distributional coalitions against the case of the Turkish “deep state.” Olson’s theory holds that...

Conventional models developed through the conceptual lenses of modernization theory dating back to the 1960s, are no longer applicable to Turkish...

The recent emergence of Muslim democratic parties such as AKP in Turkey and PJD in Morocco draws attention to the perennial question on the...

Islam and democracy are said to be in a relationship fraught with problems as the former, allegedly, does not allow secular law to be put above...

While the question of the relationship between Islam and democracy continues to attract significant attention from scholars and policy-makers,...

This essay examines the validity of the argument that the alleged theological lack of state-religion separation in Islam is the reason for...

The Turkish proposal of a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform (CSCP), and its impact on existing EU initiatives covering the same region,...

The international community is worried about the security implications of Iran’s nuclear activities. Although it has been argued that Iran is very...

Barack Obama’s inauguration as America’s new president has been welcomed as opening a ‘new era’ in Turkey’s relations with the United States. May...

Ahmet Davutoğlu was appointed Turkish foreign minister on May 1, 2009. Chief advisor to the Turkish prime minister since 2002, Davutoglu is known...

This article examines how the Turks’ views of the European Union align with notions of a center-periphery cleavage in Turkish politics....

The Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) initiative emerged from debates around the “clash of civilizations.” Based on this I will argue that the...

This study examines the possible contributions of the critical perspectives and conceptual frameworks of the Conflict Resolution field to address...

This article asks why Turkey recently adopted the emerging international norm of inter-civilizational dialogue as one of its foreign policy...

The purpose of this essay is to examine the emergence and rise of a new “social group,” or what I call a “conservative elite” in Turkey. By using...

Partial and limited opening of authoritarian political systems in Turkey and Egypt created new democratic opportunities for Islamists to...

Nicolas Sarkozy’s election as France’s president in May 2007 has marked a rhetorical change in the foreign policy of Paris and has made the French...

Bilateral relations between Turkey and Israel nosedived after the recent Israeli operation in Gaza, and both countries tested each other’s red...

This essay analyzes the relationship between Turkey and Israel against the background of the AKP ascent to power in Turkey in 2002 and the invasion...

Despite the negative atmosphere it created for both sides, the Davos case should be seen as an opportunity to revisit the various aspects of...

The Cyprus tragedy of the past and the Iraq predicament of our times bear striking similarities. Cyprus of the 1960s and 1970s is not too far from...

This article examines the December 2, 2007 State Duma elections in Russia in terms of their significance and implications for Russian politics. The...

This article discusses Kosovo’s independence from a framework of political and legal perspectives and assesses regional and global responses to the...