February 2015 – CESRAN International

Islamic State, Afghanistan and Pakistan!!

CESRAN Int.25 February 201527 February 2015

The Baqiya wa Tatamaddad (remaining and expanding) strategic motivations of the Islamic State have created a commotion that needs to be examined objectively, particularly reports related to the terror organization’s recruitment...

Defense & Security Turkey and Neighbourhood

Gendered (In)Securities: Refugee Camps in Southeastern Turkey

CESRAN Int.24 February 201524 February 2015

By Dr. Selin Akyüz* and Dr. Bezen Balamir Coşkun** Abstract Academic literature on security and securitization has been criticized for neglecting the significance of gender as a dimension of security....

Genel

Russia’s Shadow in the Middle East: Riyadh – Moscow Nuclear Agreement

CESRAN Int.23 February 201516 February 2017

During his official visit to Russian Federation, deputy of crown prince and minister of defense of Saudi Arabia - prince Muhammad Bin Salman, held a long negotiation with Russian president...

Book Reviews

Book Review: Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding

CESRAN Int.22 February 201522 February 2015

Roger Mac Ginty (Ed) Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0 415 69019 5, 394 p. Policies, practices and debates about peacebuilding and how to approach...

Book Reviews

Book Review: Human Security in East Asia: Challenges for Collaborative Action

CESRAN Int.22 February 201522 February 2015

Sorpong Peou (ed.) Human Security in East Asia: Challenges for Collaborative Action 2009, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, Routledge, ISBN: 978 0 41546 796 4, 208 p., £95.00 Though human security...

Book Reviews

Book Review: Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo

CESRAN Int.22 February 201522 February 2015

Zoe Marriage Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0415641333, 192 p. As the title suggests, the book is centred around the paradox...

Book Reviews

Book Review: The Identity Politics of Peacebuilding – Civil Society In War-Torn Sri Lanka

CESRAN Int.22 February 201522 February 2015

Camila Orjuela The Identity Politics of Peacebuilding – Civil Society In War-Torn Sri Lanka London: SAGE Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-0761936589, 292 p. The common understanding of civil society engaged in...

Book Reviews

Book Review: Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Overcoming Intractability in Divided Societies, Transitional Justice

CESRAN Int.22 February 201522 February 2015

Nevin T. Aiken, Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Overcoming Intractability in Divided Societies, Transitional Justice Routledge, Oxon: 2013. ISBN: 978-0415628334, 280 p. Considering the disparate and interdisciplinary wealth of literature...

Book Reviews

Book Review: Building a People-oriented Security Community the ASEAN Way

CESRAN Int.22 February 201522 February 2015

Alan Collins Building a People-oriented Security Community the ASEAN Way Abingdon: Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0415608688, 208 p. With the possible emergence of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015,...

CESRAN Blog China and Neighbourhood

China Inherits Obama’s Nightmare

CESRAN Int.13 February 201513 February 2015

As NATO withdraws from Afghanistan, the continuing terrorism emanating from there and Pakistan has become a security threat to China Two weeks before Barack Obama took his ﬁrst oath of ofﬁce...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Ukraine Analysis: A Deal Which Is “Neither Breakthrough Nor Disaster”

CESRAN Int.13 February 201524 August 2017

After all night talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk, the outcomes of the four party talks in the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany) have neither brought a major breakthrough or a...

CESRAN Blog Europe

Syriza’s Spinning, but Nobody’s Buying

CESRAN Int.13 February 201513 February 2015

The Greek crisis is accelerating more rapidly than many anticipated. As CNN reports: Greek markets are tumbling after the European Central Bank raised the pressure on the country’s new anti-austerity...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Russia and Eurasia

Has China Made Its First Big Military Sale In Central Asia?

CESRAN Int.8 February 20158 February 2015

China has reportedly provided both Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan with sophisticated air defense systems, which would represent the largest Chinese military equipment deal thus far in Central Asia. Reportedly, China has...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

Climate Change in the News – Geo-engineering, Agriculture and GHGs and Norway’s Carbon Pledges

CESRAN Int.8 February 20154 October 2015

I write a considerable amount about climate change. Why? Because I consider it and runaway human population growth to be the two most significant negative impactors in the 21st century. This...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

New Georgian Interior Minister Faces Multiple Challenges

CESRAN Int.5 February 20155 February 2015

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has promoted First Deputy Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri to succeed his former boss, Aleksandr Chikaidze, as minister. Chikaidze had submitted his resignation on January 23, citing as...