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Recognizing Grand Strategy The Case of Vladimir Putin 2000-2023

Recognizing Grand Strategy: The Case of Vladimir Putin (2000-2023)

Articles

This research explores the trends in Moscow’s diplomacy in relation to its overall strategy. In this context, it aims to investigate the evolution...

Recognizing Grand Strategy The Case of Vladimir Putin 2000-2023

Recognizing Grand Strategy: The Case of Vladimir Putin (2000-2023)

Articles

This research explores the trends in Moscow’s diplomacy in relation to its overall strategy. In this context, it aims to investigate the evolution...

Opportunities and Anxieties of Homecoming The Role of Education in

Opportunities and Anxieties of Homecoming: The Role of Education in Syrian Refugees’ Return Decisions

Articles

After over a decade of conflict and displacement in Syria, renewed discussions on post-war return have highlighted the conditions under which...

Syria after Assad Between American Conditionality and Russian Recalibration

Syria after Assad: Between American Conditionality and Russian Recalibration

Commentaries

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 forced a fundamental recalibration of Syria’s external relationships, particularly with...

Syria after Assad Between American Conditionality and Russian Recalibration

Syria after Assad: Between American Conditionality and Russian Recalibration

Commentaries

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 forced a fundamental recalibration of Syria’s external relationships, particularly with...

The Geopolitics of Connectivity and the Development Road Project

The Geopolitics of Connectivity and the Development Road Project

Commentaries

This article explores the growing significance of connectivity in contemporary geopolitics, using the Development Road Project led by Türkiye and...

The Türkiye Model An Original Paradigm for Resolving Conflicts Involving

The ‘Türkiye Model:’ An Original Paradigm for Resolving Conflicts Involving Armed Non-State Actors

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This article examines the dissolution of terrorist organizations in a comparative perspective through the examples of the IRA, ETA, LTTE, FARC, and...

Editor's Note Fall 2025

Editor's Note | Fall 2025

Editor's Note

Taken together, the contributions in this issue situate the idea of a “Terror-Free Türkiye” within a broader intellectual and geopolitical context,...

Editor's Note Fall 2025

Editor's Note | Fall 2025

Editor's Note

Taken together, the contributions in this issue situate the idea of a “Terror-Free Türkiye” within a broader intellectual and geopolitical context,...

A Türkiye-Specific Model for Ending Terrorism Terror-Free Türkiye

A Türkiye-Specific Model for Ending Terrorism: “Terror-Free Türkiye”

Commentaries

This commentary explains the basis on which the Turkish authorities launched a new political initiative, called Terror-Free Türkiye, which aims...

Power of Bonding and Non-Western Soft Power Strategy in Iran

Power of Bonding and Non-Western Soft Power Strategy in Iran: Comparing China and India’s Engagement

Book Reviews

In an era where Western-centric soft power strategies dominate global politics, the soft power practices of non-Western countries are often...

Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey Perspective from Actors

Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey: Perspective from Actors

Book Reviews

The book Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey: Perspective from Actors by Emrah Atar, a scholar with expertise in migration and urban...

Current Modalities of the Foreign Policy Decision-Making of Uzbekistan from

Current Modalities of the Foreign Policy Decision-Making of Uzbekistan from an IR Theoretical Perspective

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This article explores the complex landscape of decision-making in the foreign policy of Uzbekistan. By analyzing the prominent actors and...

Current Modalities of the Foreign Policy Decision-Making of Uzbekistan from

Current Modalities of the Foreign Policy Decision-Making of Uzbekistan from an IR Theoretical Perspective

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This article explores the complex landscape of decision-making in the foreign policy of Uzbekistan. By analyzing the prominent actors and...

Türkiye s World and International Law Convergence with the Rest

Türkiye’s World and International Law: Convergence with the Rest

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Celal Nuri (1882-1936) asserts that “international law is defective.” Through Celal Nuri’s critique of international law in the early 1900’s, I...

Path to Peace Principled Negotiation for Azerbaijan and Armenia

Path to Peace: “Principled Negotiation” for Azerbaijan and Armenia

Commentaries

This commentary examines the application of basic provisions of the principled negotiation method in the ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks....

Path to Peace Principled Negotiation for Azerbaijan and Armenia

Path to Peace: “Principled Negotiation” for Azerbaijan and Armenia

Commentaries

This commentary examines the application of basic provisions of the principled negotiation method in the ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks....

Technological Extensions of the Offense-Defense Balance Turkish Navy in the

Technological Extensions of the Offense-Defense Balance: Turkish Navy in the Eastern Mediterranean

Articles

The Eastern Mediterranean is one of the important points in the international arena where maritime competition is deepening. Although strategic...

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States A Strategic Partnership

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States: A Strategic Partnership for Regional Integration

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This study explores Türkiye’s role in fostering political, economic, and infrastructural integration among Turkic states, particularly within the...

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States A Strategic Partnership

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States: A Strategic Partnership for Regional Integration

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This study explores Türkiye’s role in fostering political, economic, and infrastructural integration among Turkic states, particularly within the...

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States A Strategic Partnership

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States: A Strategic Partnership for Regional Integration

Articles

This study explores Türkiye’s role in fostering political, economic, and infrastructural integration among Turkic states, particularly within the...

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States A Strategic Partnership

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States: A Strategic Partnership for Regional Integration

Articles

This study explores Türkiye’s role in fostering political, economic, and infrastructural integration among Turkic states, particularly within the...

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States A Strategic Partnership

Türkiye and the Organization of Turkic States: A Strategic Partnership for Regional Integration

Articles

This study explores Türkiye’s role in fostering political, economic, and infrastructural integration among Turkic states, particularly within the...

BRICS and the Challenges of the International System Ahead

BRICS and the Challenges of the International System Ahead

Commentaries

The evolving international system is undergoing significant structural transformations, marked by shifting economic power, geopolitical...

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