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First Nationalism then Identity On Bosnian Muslims and Their Bosniak

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

Book Reviews

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

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

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

Book Reviews

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

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

Book Reviews

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

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

Book Reviews

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

The Cyprus Conflict A Case for Joint Decision Trap

The Cyprus Conflict: A Case for ‘Joint Decision Trap’

Articles

This paper is about the current stage of the Cyprus conflict in the context of the recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. The energy...

Right-Wing Populist Discourse in the European Parliament on Turkish Foreign

Right-Wing Populist Discourse in the European Parliament on Turkish Foreign Policy

Articles

Right-wing populism is on the rise all over the world and has led to profound effects and changes in the international system. The European...

From Geopolitical Anxiety to Assertive Stance The Historical Construction and

From Geopolitical Anxiety to Assertive Stance: The Historical Construction and Transformation of Turkish Naval Strategy

Articles

This article traces the evolution of Türkiye’s naval strategy from a defensive coastal-based concept to an assertive one within a broader...

The Century of Türkiye A New Foreign Policy Vision for

The Century of Türkiye: A New Foreign Policy Vision for Building the Türkiye Axis

Articles

On the centenary of the Turkish Republic, President Erdoğan, who has been ruling Türkiye for the last two decades, has announced a new perspective...

Italian-Turkish Relations Before and After the War in Ukraine From

Italian-Turkish Relations Before and After the War in Ukraine: From NATO Membership to Food Diplomacy

Commentaries

This paper explores Italy-Türkiye relations and food diplomacy’s role in shaping international relations, drawing parallels between Harry S....

Türkiye-Africa Relations A Case Study of Somalia Nigeria and Libya

Türkiye-Africa Relations: A Case Study of Somalia, Nigeria and Libya from Humanitarian and Security Perspectives

Commentaries

This paper explores Türkiye’s relations with Africa, focusing on Somalia, Nigeria and Libya from both humanitarian and security perspectives. To do...

Post-Ottoman Legacy in the Middle East A Compendium of 100

Post-Ottoman Legacy in the Middle East: A Compendium of 100 Years of Turkish Foreign Policy

Commentaries

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire set the stage for Türkiye’s evolving foreign policy in the Middle East, a region deeply intertwined with its...

Re-Defining Türkiye s International Relations Two Decades of 360

Re-Defining Türkiye’s International Relations: Two Decades of 360° Foreign Policies

Commentaries

Analyzing modern Türkiye’s foreign policy is the perfect case study of how, over time, a nation-state can completely restructure its approach to...

Turks Vote in Favor of Continuing the Erdoğan Era

Turks Vote in Favor of Continuing the Erdoğan Era

Commentaries

The political landscape in Türkiye has changed since the 2010s, setting the stage for the elections in 2023. The Nation Alliance and the People's...

Strategic Communication and Policies of Türkiye

Strategic Communication and Policies of Türkiye

Commentaries

Since the establishment of the Republic, Türkiye has systematically conducted communication activities to proclaim its own theses to the national...

Exploring the Traits of a Grand Strategy for Turkey Resilience

Exploring the Traits of a Grand Strategy for Turkey: Resilience, Protean Power, and Connectography

Articles

The international system is experiencing profound changes and has taken on an uncertain character as a result. The concept of strategy and its...

The Evolutionary Feature of Turkey s Soft Power in the

The Evolutionary Feature of Turkey’s Soft Power in the Middle East, 2011-2020

Commentaries

Today, soft power plays an important role in advancing states’ foreign policy goals. As one of the world’s emerging economic powers, Turkey pays...

Questioning the Compass of the Western Media Early Perceptions of

Questioning the Compass of the Western Media: Early Perceptions of the July 15 Coup Attempt in Turkey

Articles

This study investigates how the western media reacted immediately after the July 15, 2016 coup attempt in Turkey. To this end, 91 news reports and...

Peace Negotiations Cannot Be Held Forever Breaking the Deadlock in

Peace Negotiations Cannot Be Held Forever: Breaking the Deadlock in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

Commentaries

The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict resolution process had experienced insurmountable deadlock due to the failure of the peace negotiations brokered by...

Turkey s Role in the Reconstruction of Libya

Turkey’s Role in the Reconstruction of Libya

Commentaries

The relationship between Turkey and Libya is deeply rooted in common history and culture which provides strong foundations for a strategic...

Turkey s Libya Policy Achievements and Challenges

Turkey’s Libya Policy: Achievements and Challenges

Commentaries

Libya has been witnessing a long and destructive civil war since the fall of Qaddafi in 2011. While countries like the United Arab Emirates, Egypt...

Guest Editor's Note Summer 2020

Guest Editor's Note | Summer 2020

Editor's Notes

Through a wide range of articles and commentaries, this issue aims to bring to its readers a comprehensive framework on the transformation of...

Turkey s Military Spending Trends A Reflection of Changes in

Turkey’s Military Spending Trends: A Reflection of Changes in Defense Policy

Articles

The existing body of research on defense spending contains two main theses that appear in the much-debated discourse of “guns versus butter.” The...

The Future of Turkey s Airpower The Fifth Generation Challenge

The Future of Turkey’s Airpower: The Fifth Generation Challenge

Articles

Rapid advances in technology enable incremental developments in the aerospace and defense sector, the most well-known example of which is the...

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