Global Context of Trump’s Tariff Shock
Bulent Gokay* President Trump’s tariff offensive shook global markets by raising tariffs to levels not seen since the Great Depression of 1929-1930. These sweeping tariffs imposed on the entire world,...
The Disintegration of Euro-Atlanticism
Bulent Gokay* In the wake of Trump's victory in the recent 2024 US Presidential elections, there has been a noticeable rise in discussions surrounding the concept of multipolarity and the...
What will a Trump presidency mean for the war in Ukraine?
Bulent Gokay* As the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches, the military and diplomatic situation for Ukraine appears increasingly fragile. Moscow's forces are making rapid territorial gains in...
The Old West and The Wild East: Cultural Biases in Contemporary U.S. Afghan Policy
Morwari Zafar* Georgetown University “I have never been of the view that we should be sacrificing American lives to try to establish a democratic government in Afghanistan — a country...
Book Review: The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment
Julian A. Zelizer The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9780691160283, 368 pp., $ 21.05) The calendar showed 10th of...
US Sanctions on Turkey’s Defense Industry Might Backfire, Here is Why!
Dr Ali Bakir* abakir@qu.edu.qa On December 14, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on NATO ally Turkey with the pretext of buying Russia's most advanced air defense system, the S-400. This...
Interview with Professor Scott Lucas
Dr Ali Onur Özçelik alionur.ozcelik@gmail.com Question: Prof. Scott Lucas, thank you so much for accepting our interview request for the Political Reflection Magazine. It is a privilege for me to...
Interview with Professor Katharyne Mitchell
Dr Ozgur Tufekci & Dr Rahman Dag oztufekci@cesran.org & rahman.dag@cesran.org Published in Political Reflection Magazine | Vol. 6 | No 4 | Issue 25 Question: Before moving on to substantive...
The Jungle Grows Back How can We Redefine the Future World Order in the Tension of Power and Ideas?
Marco Marsili* info@marcomarsili.it Published in Political Reflection Magazine | Vol. 6 | No 4 | Issue 25 Introduction Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, peace and stability...
All the President’s Tweets: Trump’s Twiplomacy amidst the Coronavirus Crisis and the Way Ahead for the American Foreign Policy
by Maria (Mary) Papageorgiou* The coronavirus crisis, except for its various implications in the economy, healthcare and various aspects of everyday life, has highlighted the role of social media in...
While the UN was Talking About Climate Change Mitigation Oil Companies Were Launching a Kickstarter Campaign
This was the week that the United Nations asked signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement to up their game. Yesterday I wrote about some of the initiatives promised in my posting...
THE 18TH ISSUE OF THE REST: JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT IS OUT NOW.
The 18th issue of the rest: journal of politics and development is out now. Download the issue here... TABLE OF CONTENTS Research Articles The Foreign Policy Decision Making Approaches and Their...
Evaluating the Explanatory Power of Social Identity Theory, …
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The Foreign Policy Decision Making Approaches and Their Applications
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A Specter is Haunting the West (?): The BRICS and the Future of Global Governance
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