The shifts in U.S. foreign policy toward the Palestinian cause reveal the fact that this policy varies from one period to another, and from one...

Recent studies of diversionary theory focus on domestic determinants of conflict between interstate rivals as well as the strategic behavior of...

When Iran’s nuclear agreement was signed, critics raised questions about the terms of the agreement, its duration and especially about whether the...

The literature about factors that promote growth and change presents models of diffusion that are based on societies’ attempts to learn from the...

This article analyzes China’s foreign policy within the framework of debates on the rise of China in the international relations literature by...

Since the late 1990s, the public representation of the Muslim minority of Rakhine State (Myanmar), widely known as Rohingyas after the 2012...

Like most Muslim nation-states, Islamic ideals inspired Indian Muslims during their struggle against colonialism and potential prejudiced Hindu...

The OSCE Minsk Group was created by the Conference on Security and Cooperation for finding a political and peaceful resolution to the...

Ayatollah Khomeini after the 1979 Revolution contemplated the promotion of Shia core doctrinal values in the Muslim world. A strategy to instill...

Turkish secularism called laiklik which derived from the French laïc term, was transferred from Frances’ laïcité in the late Ottoman period via the...

As far as the discussions on the Muslim world have been concerned with the process of secularization, a major focus has been the question of...

Moscow is extremely interested in keeping Iran in the sphere of its influence. First of all, Iran’s geostrategic position allows it to influence...

There seems to be a consensus within both Russian and European analytic communities as to the ultimate reason behind the dramatic deterioration of...

Turkey and Russia developed very close relations throughout the 2000s. Yet, their growing differences about the Syrian civil war dragged the two...

Following the fallout between Russia and the West, Moscow embarked on a strategy to make its energy industry a foreign policy tool. In this...

This work examines Russia’s security narratives on Islam. Using a social constructivist framework and employing securitization theory, this paper...

Among regional integration theories that have evolved since the 1960s, neo-functionalism remains one of the essential tools to understand why...

While controversies and debates proliferate about Trump's Presidency, there is little analysis of the context and factors leading to his rise and...

The often-used description in the American mainstream media and geopolitical literature of “North Korea’s nuclear aggression” is misleading. I...

In drafting its Middle East policy, the Trump administration appears to depart from the soft power rhetoric of the Obama years, seemingly favoring...

In Libya high hopes for change, experienced in 2012 and 2013 after Muammar Qaddafi was overthrown in 2011 by a civil rebellion following a 42-year...

Utilizing Gramsci’s conceptualization of hegemonic struggles through both coercive means of the state and also the production of consent in civil...

The main aim of this paper is to prove that religious communities can play a vital role in building peace and trust among conflict-divided...

Turkey has suffered from interventions and enforcements against its elected governments, on the average, in every decade. Against this background,...