The Russia Opportunity
Bill Bradley barack Obama has an opportunity to establish a new relationship with Russia that will make the world a safer place. With ties between the two countries being...
An Analysis of Azeri Energy Market and Its Future
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...
Central Asia and Turkish Foreign Policy
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...
Türkiye – Azerbaycan İlişkileri : Büyük Umutlar – Talihsiz Gelişmeler Ve Yapılması Gerekenler
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...
Social, Political and Economic Problems Central Asian Republics Face and The Role Of Turkey in The Central Asian Region
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...
Classical Eurasianism and the Geopolitics of Russian Identity
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,...
Eurasianism Classical and Neo The Lines of Continuity
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...
CENTRAL ASIAN, RUSSIAN, AND CAUCASUS STUDIES (CARCS)
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...
Why Did Algeria Not Know Its Own Arab Spring? The Islamic Hypothesis
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...
Are Local Government Authorities Sleeping Over Chinese Involvement In Small Scale Mining In Ghana?
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...
Entrepreneurship Insecurity, Smuggling And Cross-Border Dynamics In Central Africa
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...
French Intervention In Mali: Implications And Consequences
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...
Turkey and Peacebuilding in Africa: leadership, youth and conflict transformation
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...
The Dynamics and the Roots of the France’s Security Policy Towards Africa
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...
How Turkey is Emerging as a Development Partner in Africa
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...