As its name suggests, this is a book that attempts to answer one of the greatest historical puzzles of all times: Why did a couple of Western...

The Shape of the New consists of two parts, seven chapters and a conclusion. The subtitle, “Four Big Ideas and How they Made the Modern World”...

The book is a compilation of lectures Bourdieu delivered at the Collège de France between the years 1989 and 1992. Running the risk of missing out...

Furthermore, while Central Asia’s urban centers were, as Starr illustrates, already occupied with science to a certain degree, it was not until...

The book analyzes environmental issues under three main chapters. The first chapter discusses the issues of global climate, environment and energy...

The author starts by giving important clues about how hospitality should be structured for victims escaping from massacre, and ethical ways of...

When we look at important aspects of the book, Gambetta and Hertog’s contribution to the theorization and conceptualization of radicalization...

The author begins by analyzing the deep state, which as a term originates from near Turkish political history and is usually composed of high-level...

The Circassian is a successful attempt in two ways. Firstly, Fortna’s chronological design of the account allows the reader to follow Eşref’s...

One of Viroli’s aims is to refute the common perception that Machiavelli was a ‘teacher of evil’ who knew nothing about democracy or liberty. The...

Hüseyin Işıksal and Ozan Örmeci’s edited volume Turkish Foreign Policy in the New Millennium constitutes an insightful analysis of how Turkey’s...

Peace in Turkey 2023, published in 2013, adds to the discussions on conflict transformation and human security by focusing on the case of the...

Since the end of World War II, good relations between Turkey and the U.S. have been thought to be a de facto situation, and indeed for the most...

Edited by Dane Kennedy, Reinterpreting Exploration: The West in the World sets out to provide readers with multifaceted narratives on exploration...

The notable rising of a select group of developing countries paves the way for new multilateral structures in global governance, like BRICS...

When the words sea, ocean or maritime are considered, one must notice the 70, 80, 90 rule: “Over 70 percent of the world’s surface is composed of...

Much has been written on the Crusades – one of the most astounding events the medieval world ever witnessed. However, what has been written on the...

The governmental experience of Islamic-oriented parties in Tunisia and Egypt drew attention to the trajectory of political Islam by the time of the...

Does the presence of Muslim immigrants in Europe change Islam? How is their identity shaped by the European context and do the social, political...

While international administrations are imposed in conflict or post-conflict countries/regions in order to stop violence, prevent further...

In Stratejik İstihbarat ve Ulusal Güvenlik (Strategic Intelligence and National Security), Merve Seren scrutinizes intelligence by its ‘own’...

Non-state violence by rebel groups, including terrorists, has become a major headache for policy makers across the world. San-Akca’s book comes at...

In Investigating Terrorism: Current Political, Legal and Psychological Issues, the contributors investigate the relationship between terrorism and...

At best an honorable spy, at worst an insipid appeaser, and presumed by some to be a relic of the past, professional diplomats are often the target...