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Environmentalism and the Enhancement of the Public Sphere

CESRAN Int.14 August 201716 September 2017

The argument that politics, or democracy more specifically, has been bolstered by the rise of environmental concerns from the 1960s onwards, is not novel herein. Although most commentators place the...

Energy & Environment

Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice Requires Democratic Food Systems

CESRAN Int.14 August 201720 September 2017

There is a strong sense of déjà vu in the late Northern summer of 2012. The worst droughts in living memory have devastated corn and soybean crops in the United...

Energy & Environment

Environment and Democracy

CESRAN Int.14 August 201720 September 2017

Freedom to choose is the basis for current democratic systems and here exists two uncertainties: 1) whose freedom? And 2) whose choice? If it were my freedom and my choice,...

Middle East

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring

CESRAN Int.10 August 201724 August 2017

As the uncertainty of the Arab Spring continues, the debate on the future of the movement and the U.S. role in it grows into a colorful debate. As a part...

Middle East

Staging the Motions of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ in Syria?

CESRAN Int.10 August 201724 August 2017

Organised by the Arab League and attended by around 70 countries, the Friends of Syria Conference in Tunis on 24 February 2012 was probably one of the last chances for...

Russia and Eurasia

Russian Government’s “Selective” Anti-corruption Campaign in the Energy Sector

CESRAN Int.10 August 201724 August 2017

At a session of the Russian Governmental Commission on the Electric Energy Development, Putin has attacked upon management of the state-run energy companies, with affiliated private firms, as a rule,...

Russia and Eurasia

Perfect Nuclear Storm Waiting to Happen in Russia’s Northwest Region

CESRAN Int.10 August 201724 August 2017

The large-scale nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has acted as a wakeup call for the international community, engendering deep reflection on the consequences of using nuclear...

Film Reviews

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

CESRAN Int.10 August 201724 August 2017

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s last movie Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) is a story of a murder and the officers’ efforts to find the place...

Russia and Eurasia

From “Dublin to Baku”: Future Scenarios on EU’s Policies towards Black Sea Region

CESRAN Int.10 August 201724 August 2017

The Black Sea region (BS) — geographically defined as the land and seascape between the Balkans and the Caucasus and current politically located within the Wider Europe strategy from “Dublin...

Turkey and Neighbourhood

Cypriot Natural Gas and the Eastern Mediterranean: Between Crisis and Cooperation

CESRAN Int.10 August 201724 August 2017

Natural resources have long been the cause of both development and conflict. Of course, in resourceabundant countries natural resources have, more often than not, caused conflict rather than development. However,...

China and Neighbourhood

BEIJING: “Humanistic City”

CESRAN Int.10 August 201722 August 2017

In this volume, Beijing which is the capital city of the most populous country of the world has been examined in detail from a globalisation perspective. Beijing is located at...

Russia and Eurasia

Azerbaijan and the Iran Crisis: Stuck in the Middle

CESRAN Int.10 August 201722 August 2017

The crisis between Iran and the Western powers continues to escalate. Sanctions, wargames, and the ‘covert war’ being conducted against the Iranian nuclear programme has heightened tensions and raised the...

Interviews

An Interview with Dr. Nicholas Osbaldiston

CESRAN Int.10 August 201720 August 2017

Jean-Paul Gagnon: What is ‘seachange’ and where in the world is this happening? Nicholas Osbaldiston: This is an important question and one that deserves teasing out. For one, the phenomenon...

Middle East

A “WMD-Free” Middle East is a Disarmed Israel even Desirable for the Region?

CESRAN Int.10 August 201720 August 2017

While the preparations for next year’s UN conference on a Middle East Nuclear & WMD Free Zone are underway, commentators are already expressing pessimism as to the possibility of such...

China and Neighbourhood

The Impact of Renminbi (RMB) Appreciation on the Hong Kong Property Market

CESRAN Int.6 August 20178 August 2017

In this article, I will point out and discuss the effect of the reform of exchange rate institution on the real estate market, and the discussion suggests that the appreciation...