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Security Aspect of the Integration in Turkic World under the

Security Aspect of the Integration in Turkic World under the Organization of Turkic States

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The Turkic states began their collaboration in 1992. Over time, this cooperation has grown deeper, resulting in the establishment of the...

Potential of Organization of Turkic States in the International System

Potential of Organization of Turkic States in the International System: Promises and Vulnerabilities

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This article examines the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in the context of the complex geopolitical landscape of Central Asia and the...

The Organization of Turkic States and Postcolonialism in Central Asia

The Organization of Turkic States and Postcolonialism in Central Asia: Possible Contributions, Prospects, and Limitations

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This paper explores the Organization of Turkic States’ (OTS) support in aiding Central Asian republics to address their historical legacies,...

Kazakhstan s Strategic Priorities in the Turkic World

Kazakhstan’s Strategic Priorities in the Turkic World

Commentaries

With its unwavering focus on institutionalizing cooperation within the Turkic World, Kazakhstan has successfully achieved to improve institutional...

Azerbaijan and the Rise of Turkic Unity The Journey of

Azerbaijan and the Rise of Turkic Unity: The Journey of the Organization of Turkic States

Commentaries

This commentary delves into the evolution of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), highlighting its transformation from a consultative mechanism...

The Cyprus Conflict A Case for Joint Decision Trap

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

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

Is a New Opening Possible in Türkiye-EU Relations

Is a New Opening Possible in Türkiye-EU Relations?

Commentaries

Türkiye’s positive relations with the European Union (EU) in the early 2000s and its enthusiasm for the membership process started to weaken after...

The Political and Economic History of North Cyprus A Discordant

The Political and Economic History of North Cyprus: A Discordant Polity

Book Reviews

The Political and Economic History of North Cyprus: A Discordant Polity provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of the “discordant”...

The Legal and Political Dimensions of the Eastern Mediterranean Crisis

The Legal and Political Dimensions of the Eastern Mediterranean Crisis: What Is at Stake?

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The main challenge in relation to Mediterranean gas is the distribution of potential gas reserves which inevitably entails delimitation of maritime...

Key Challenges Facing the Eastern Mediterranean The Future of Regional

Key Challenges Facing the Eastern Mediterranean: The Future of Regional Energy Development

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This article provides a critical overview of the key commercial, technical, legal, and political challenges the Eastern Mediterranean region faces...

Turkey s Legal Approach to Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the

Turkey’s Legal Approach to Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

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For more than a decade, the states bordering the Eastern Mediterranean Sea have been in disagreement over the delineation of their maritime...

Root Causes of the Eastern Mediterranean Dispute Approaches of the

Root Causes of the Eastern Mediterranean Dispute: Approaches of the Main Actors

Commentaries

The Eastern Mediterranean region is said to host five percent of the world’s known natural gas reserves. That stimulates tension when coupled with...

Editor's Note Winter 2021

Editor's Note | Winter 2021

Editor's Notes

While the importance of the region certainly is going to increase in the following years as more regional and global actors will be included in the...

Not Too Far: The Cyprus Crises of 1963-74 and Lessons for Present Day Iraq

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The Cyprus tragedy of the past and the Iraq predicament of our times bear striking similarities. Cyprus of the 1960s and 1970s is not too far from...

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