Insight Turkey
Insight Turkey
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On Turkish politics and International affairs

Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation

Overall, this book presents a holistic and comprehensive perspective of armed orders in South Asia from a historical perspective. The book has a...

Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance

Tareq Baconi focuses on Hamas as one of the major actors and most active ones in military resistance against occupation in the Palestinian case in...

Russia after 2020: Looking ahead after Two Decades of Putin

As an editorial work, which makes it difficult for the book to be discussed as a whole, it can be emphasized, in some parts of the book, that the...

Humanitarian and Military Intervention in Libya and Syria: Parliamentary Debate and Policy Failure

The book sheds light on the political, strategic, and historical factors shaping the international response to interventions. Thus, it clearly...

Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech

The book covers human rights violations, which the author describes as genocide, experienced by the Rohingya people; the Myanmar ruler’s view of...

The European Union as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor

The book meets most of the arguments mentioned in the title, except the EU actorness. Lack of military power in action, unwillingness of some...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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