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Religiously Framing Turkey’s Humanitarian and Cultural Diplomacy

CESRAN Int.30 October 201430 October 2014

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, in explaining the rationale behind the presence of multiple institutions in running Turkey's foreign affairs, articulated that "the multi-faceted foreign policy of Turkey could not be...

Alp Ozerdem CESRAN Blog Turkey and Neighbourhood

Turkey is paying for decades of divisive politics as it fights to end its civil war

CESRAN Int.22 October 201422 October 2014

When armed conflict becomes a fact of everyday life, and generations grow up knowing nothing else, imagining life in a state of peace is hard work. The fragile state of...

CESRAN Blog Husrev Tabak

Kosovo’s Sneaky Fight against Moderate Islam: Belated Reflections on Turkey’s Position

CESRAN Int.17 October 201417 October 2014

While the U.S.-led global coalition is running a fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, some states carry out a seemingly just, but...

CESRAN Blog Rahman Dag

While Kobani is Falling, Politics or Humanity?

CESRAN Int.17 October 201415 April 2016

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...

Americas CESRAN Blog Ozgur Tufekci Turkey and Neighbourhood

Brazil’s Presidential Election: Impacts on Relations with Turkey

CESRAN Int.17 October 201430 October 2014

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...

Ozgur Tufekci

The Consequences of Scottish Independence

CESRAN Int.17 October 201417 October 2014

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...

Alp Ozerdem

Turkey bombs Kurdish forces as new wave of violence threatens to spill across borders

CESRAN Int.16 October 201424 November 2016

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...

Alp Ozerdem

Turkey stuck at a crossroads as Islamic State terrorises Kobanê

CESRAN Int.14 October 201424 November 2016

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...

CESRAN Blog

The Urban Regeneration Experience of the United Kingdom: Lessons for Turkey

CESRAN Int.15 September 20147 May 2016

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...

Russia and Eurasia

The South Caucasus: Obama’s Russia ‘Reset’ And Putin’s Doctrine

CESRAN Int.27 July 201417 October 2014

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...

Europe

After European Parliament Elections

CESRAN Int.30 June 201417 October 2014

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...

Middle East

In Syria: Towards The Elections

CESRAN Int.1 May 201417 October 2014

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...

Russia and Eurasia

Who is Eurasia? The Advent of Politics into Geography

CESRAN Int.7 April 201412 May 2016

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...

Middle East

Changing Equations In The Middle East

CESRAN Int.6 April 20147 April 2014

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...

China and Neighbourhood

Japanese Foreign Policy and Human Security in the Context of an Emerging New Global Order

CESRAN Int.1 April 20142 April 2014

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...