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The Betrayal of Dissent

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk As Robert Fisk has written, ‘The real and frightening story starts now.’[i] It may be the only occasion where he is in accord with neo-conservatives...

Americas

Enduring “America”: Making the Preponderant Universal?

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk In October 2001 Charlotte Beers, formerly the head of the Madison Avenue advertising firms Oglivy and Mather and J. Walter Thompson, joined the George W....

Americas

Prof. Scott Lucas www.libertas.bham.ac.uk Five years ago, the freelance historian Frances Stonor Saunders caused a flurry of press comment with the publication of her Who Paid the Piper?, published...

Turkey and Neighbourhood

Enduring Freedom: Public Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy

CESRAN Int.31 March 201416 October 2014

By Prof. Scott Lucas On 14 October 2001, President George W. Bush complained to a prime-time press conference, “I’m amazed that there is such misunderstanding of what our country is...

Americas

Selected Bibliography Turkish-American Relations in the Context of Northern Iraq

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Ali Onur Özçelik Abramowitz, Morton. (2000) “The Complexities of American Policy Making on Turkey” in Abromowitz, Morton (ed) Turkey’s...

Genel

Americas Programme

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

The study of politics of the Americas requires a redefinition of how one defines what region, regionness, and regional area studies mean. By region, we are not speaking of clear,...

Europe

Why We Need the Council of Europe

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Strasbourg, the seat of many European institutions, will host the first World Forum for Democracy from 5 to 11 October. Unlike the EU, the European Council — a co-organiser of the...

Europe

Has The European Commission Acquired More Power Due To The Euro Area Debt Crisis

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

The European Commission has always been the object of debates and analyses as to what extent the European Union (EU) political structure is democratic, since the structure of the Commission...

Europe

Security Policy in the European Union and the United States through the Issue of Their Defence Expenditures

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Security policy is a very important factor of a nation’s strength as it determines considerably its political independence and social stability. Security policy is not just the implementation of a...

Europe

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

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

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

Europe

Culture, Religion, EU-Turkey and Cyprus: Dilemma

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Cultural differences have become, in the eyes of some, an impediment to Turkish accession to the EU. French sociologist Amaury de Riencourt makes a clear distinction between culture and civilization....

Europe

Sacking Sarkozy won’t be enough

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

The new French president will have to make a decision about a European treaty that would demand still greater austerity. The choice will affect the future of France, and of...

Europe

Cameron’s Munich?

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Is this David Cameron’s Munich? It is not without historical irony that the only other country to stand with Britain over the Fiscal Compact at yesterday's EU Summit was the Czech Republic which Chamberlain...

Europe

2011, Lessons of Hubris

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

The Arab uprisings expose the self-delusion of the powerful - from the region itself to Turkey, Germany and the rest of Europe. This is a moment to register and build...

Europe

Stiffen the Sinews, Prime Minister

CESRAN Int.31 March 2014

Written by PROF. JULIAN LINDLEY-FRENCH Dear Prime Minister Cameron, We are both off to Brussels today. You are going to attend some minor event at which you are expected by...