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Social Media and International Relations

In today’s world where the world axis has shifted almost entirely to technology, social media can be used as a great marketing tool for the...

First Nationalism then Identity: On Bosnian Muslims and Their Bosniak Identity

First Nationalism then Identity is an important work providing a refreshing view of the interaction between nationalism and identity by focusing on...

Re-Globalization New Frontiers of Political, Economic, and Social Globalization

This timely book informs us that the world has entered the re-globalization process. This process, which is known as the ‘new normal’ among the...

Turkey-Russia Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Cooperation and Competition amid Systemic Turbulence

The book is an important reference for any researcher looking into the relations between Türkiye and Russia, and also to understand both countries’...

Turkey’s Foreign Policy Narratives: Implications of Global Power Shifts

The book is addressed to anyone interested and working in International Relations, Middle East politics, Turkish history, and politics. It deserves...

Turkey in the Global Economy: Neoliberalism, Global Shift, and the Making of a Rising Power

The establishment of the Turkic Council and ambitious calls for closer economic and cultural cooperation with Azerbaijan and Turkic states of...

Iran, Revolution, and Proxy Wars

The book could be enriched further if a few additional points had been addressed. While the book focuses on asymmetrical warfare strategy and proxy...

The Nation Form in the Global Age: Ethnographic Perspectives

The Nation Form in the Global Age: Ethnographic Perspectives propels us to imagine ourselves without nation-states or think beyond them. The volume...

Informal Politics in the Middle East

Informal Politics in the Middle East is a significant contribution to the literature on Middle Eastern politics and provides valuable insights into...

Energy Politics in the MENA Region: From Hydrocarbons to Renewables?

Energy Politics in the MENA Region: From Hydrocarbons to Renewables? could be a good resource for scholars, students, and even politicians...

The American Passport in Turkey: National Citizenship in the Age of Transnationalism

The American Passport in Turkey offers readers an in-depth analysis regarding American citizenship’s transnational meanings and ideals which are...

The Grand Design: The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture

Richmond brings together the realist, liberal, and even critical paradigms that the IR theory literature puts in opposing camps. With its intense...

Military Innovation in Türkiye: An Overview of the Post-Cold War Era

This book will contribute to readers in various ways. The students of international relations who will read this book will eventually realize that...

Water Resources of Turkey

This publication is suitable for all members of the country’s water communities, including authorities, institutions, water users, academics, and...

The Social Lives of Numbers: Statistics, Reform and the Remaking of Rural Life in Turkey

In terms of narration, the book is written simply and understandably. A comparative approach with official documents and statements and a more...

Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security

There are some criticisms, which should be considered, about the book. The most important shortcoming is about the imperial legacy that Türkiye has...

The Rise of Blockchains: Disrupting Economies and Transforming Societies

Blockchain is a relatively new technology and has its own weaknesses. DeFi, or decentralized finance, is one such area where there are numerous...

Russia’s 2022 War against Ukraine and the Foreign Policy Reaction of the EU: Context, Diplomacy, and Law

The most interesting aspect of the book is that it was published a short time after the start of the war in February 2022. This is a normal case...

Everyday Boundaries, Borders, and Post-Conflict Societies

Throughout the book, Summa demonstrates a healthy contrarian streak. She tries to make a less ‘statist’ and territorialized analysis....

How ISIS Fights?: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Egypt

How ISIS Fights provides a satisfying explanation for ISIS’ expansion and endurance in different regions by focusing on the Iraq, Syria, Libya, and...

The Middle East from Empire to Sealed Identities

An equally problematic aspect of the book is its mere focus on the 19th century to explore the roots of the present conflicts in the region, which...

Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies

Fraternal Enemies: Israel and The Gulf Monarchies can be a useful book for anyone interested in the ties between the Gulf countries, Iran, the...

Promised Lands: The British and the Ottoman Middle East

Promised Land is an exhaustive work that focuses on the often neglected early British encounter in the Middle East. Though the vast amount of...

Imperial Resilience: The Great War’s End, Ottoman Longevity, and Incidental Nations

One of the ultimate matters the book makes the reader reconsider is that one cannot think of the Anatolian independence struggle independently of...

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