While Kobani is Falling, Politics or Humanity?
The negligence and the reluctance of the international community to become involved in the Democratic Union Party (PYD) conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Kobani...
Brazil’s Presidential Election: Impacts on Relations with Turkey
Millions of Brazilians went to the polls on Oct. 5 to elect the new president of Brazil. There were three frontrunner candidates: Dilma Rousseff, the incumbent and the leader of...
The Consequences of Scottish Independence
Scotland will decide in a referendum to be held on Sept.18 whether or not to end its 307 year union with England. It seems that it is a much closer...
Turkey bombs Kurdish forces as new wave of violence threatens to spill across borders
The ongoing humanitarian tragedy of Kobanê has raised serious questions about the future of the Kurds. The unstoppable advance of Islamic State (IS) over the last few months has already...
Turkey stuck at a crossroads as Islamic State terrorises Kobanê
Kobanê, a small Kurdish town on the Syrian-Turkish border, has now become the ultimate test of Turkey’s ambivalence on how to engage the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the rapidly...
The Urban Regeneration Experience of the United Kingdom: Lessons for Turkey
by Dr. Fatih EREN Introduction The United Kingdom (UK) is the most experienced country regarding the theories, policies, strategies and practices of urban regenerations in the world. This study firstly...
The South Caucasus: Obama’s Russia ‘Reset’ And Putin’s Doctrine
by Mahir Khalifazadeh, Ph.D,* ABSTRACT The article reviews the key priorities of President Obama's 'reset' policy with Russia. The author analyzes the impact of the 'reset' policy on the South...
After European Parliament Elections
Dr. Dilek YİGİT Elections to the European Parliament which is one of two wings of European Union legislative power, in other words, using European Union’s legislative competences with the Council...
In Syria: Towards The Elections
Dr. Dilek YİGİT Being a result of both internal and external factors and these factors’s mutual interactions, a three-year-lasting civil war has come to a dead end in Syria. On...
Who is Eurasia? The Advent of Politics into Geography
One of the very first things I have learned after starting the school was “Turkey is a bridge between Europe and Asia.” This metaphor of “bridge” has been one of...
Changing Equations In The Middle East
Dr. Dilek YİĞİT It is known that there are certain opinions about 2013 not been a good year in terms of Turkey’s foreign policy. Based on the developments in the...
Japanese Foreign Policy and Human Security in the Context of an Emerging New Global Order
After two periods of transition in the distribution of power in the international system - bipolarity after 1945 and unipolarity after the Cold War - today we are facing a...
The Kalchakra Pooja at Bodh Gaya: Spiritualism and Nationalism
The Kalchakra Pooja is supposed to be the most advanced form of Vajrayana practice and is one of the most complex systems in Tantric Buddhism. The present Dalai Lama, the...
A Case Study of China’s Membership of the World Trade Organization: Implications on Sovereignty
Widely called mainland China, The Peoples Republic of China is the oldest civilization, and the largest country in the world in terms of population.[1] Since 1980, China has become the...
Japan’s December 2012 General Election: Some Notes And Observations
Japan’s 47th General Election, held on 16 December 2012, was a landslide victory for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), triumphantly returned from three years in the political wilderness of Opposition, and...