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An Analysis of Azeri Energy Market and Its Future

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

Duygu Uckun Azerbaijan is an oil rich country and a transition economy. It is witnessing an increasing foreign direct investment and fast economic growth. Mismanagement of this process might...

Russia and Eurasia

Central Asia and Turkish Foreign Policy

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA The emergence of Turkish interest in the Central Asian region began with the geopolitical changes appeared in the former Soviet South geopolitical area following the...

Russia and Eurasia

Türkiye – Azerbaycan İlişkileri : Büyük Umutlar – Talihsiz Gelişmeler Ve Yapılması Gerekenler

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA Sovyetler Birliği’nin dağılmasını takiben Güney Kafkasya bölgesinde yer alan Azerbaycan’ın bağımsızlığına kavuşması bu devleti olumlu yönde olduğu kadar olumsuz yönde de etkilemiştir. Bağımsız devlet, bağımsız...

Russia and Eurasia

Social, Political and Economic Problems Central Asian Republics Face and The Role Of Turkey in The Central Asian Region

CESRAN Int.1 April 20141 April 2014

Dr. Gamze Güngörmüş KONA Along with the emergence of the newly independent Soviet Muslim periphery, the region, has started to be included in Turkish foreign policy agenda, too. Turkey...

Russia and Eurasia

Classical Eurasianism and the Geopolitics of Russian Identity

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

Prof. Mark BASSIN One of the great fascinations of studying nationalist ideologies is to follow the complex process by which foreign notions and perspective are absorbed, rescripted and resignified,...

Russia and Eurasia

Eurasianism Classical and Neo The Lines of Continuity

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

Prof. Mark Bassin Eurasianism, as Stephen Shenfield reminds us, means many things. Indeed, this is if anything an understatement, for the term has emerged as one of the...

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CENTRAL ASIAN, RUSSIAN, AND CAUCASUS STUDIES (CARCS)

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

Central Asian, Russian and Caucasus Studies focuses on a region that has witnessed major political and economic changes in recent decades. Dissolution of the USSR has affected not only this...

Africa

Why Did Algeria Not Know Its Own Arab Spring? The Islamic Hypothesis

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

According to asurvey conductedin 2012 by the ArabBarometer, 84.5% of Algeriansare not interestedin politics and 52% donot have faith in the political system. Such lack of confidencemight suggestthat Algeria isready...

Africa

Are Local Government Authorities Sleeping Over Chinese Involvement In Small Scale Mining In Ghana?

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

The upsurge of China’s economic supremacy is being monitored carefully in many parts of the worldlargely because the impact of this new ‘economic power house’ would have significant implications for...

Africa

Entrepreneurship Insecurity, Smuggling And Cross-Border Dynamics In Central Africa

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Central Africa, as a geopolitical complex and security complex, is plagued since independences to the dynamics of insecurity and border smuggling, structured around the mechanic of networks and the entrepreneurship...

Africa

French Intervention In Mali: Implications And Consequences

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

After pressure on the Provisional Government of Mali and the United Nations for a military intervention, France has a started a military operation called Operation Serval in the north of...

Africa

Turkey and Peacebuilding in Africa: leadership, youth and conflict transformation

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Turkey’s position bridging Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and its growing economic and political power, make it an increasingly important regional and international actor in terms of security, leadership...

Africa

The Dynamics and the Roots of the France’s Security Policy Towards Africa

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

France has “special” economic and political relations with Francophone African countries, dating back to the 19th century, and retains its military bases in Gabon, Senegal, the Ivory Coast, Djibouti, and the...

Africa

How Turkey is Emerging as a Development Partner in Africa

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Turkey provides assistance for relief aid and reconstruction, but also works as a business partner and invests in youth education. BY PROFESSOR ALPASLAN OZERDEM | APRIL 13, 2013 Turkey has...

Africa

Sudan and South Sudan’s Unresolved Post-Independence Issues

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

BY PROFESSOR STEFAN WOLFF | AUGUST 18, 2012 On 2 August 2012, a deadline set by the African Union and endorsed by the Un Security Council for Sudan and...