The Fragility of Turkish Democracy
Turkey has undergone political decay since 2018. Political institutions have been unable to adapt to changing conditions and have ultimately lost their function and legitimacy.
Interview – Eva Koulouriotis
Political analyst Eva Koulouriotis discusses Turkish foreign policy, Turkey’s role in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as her work with the European Union of Women.
Review – Hotels and Highways
An empirically rich discussion of the negotiations and translations involved in the travels of modernisation theory to Turkey during the Cold War era.
Interview – Zeynep N. Kaya
Zeynep Kaya tackles the repercussions of the Turkish invasion of Northern Syria, the position of women in Iraqi Kurdistan and the recovery of Yazidi communities.
Opinion – Spain’s Request For NATO Coronavirus Aid: Will Turkey Answer?
Ankara has very little room for manoeuvre to support the Turkish economy, let alone give aid to Spain, given that Turkey has limited financial reserves and a large budget deficit.
Alternative Approaches to Self-Determination Applied to the Cyprus Conflict
The UN paradigm has a number of shortcomings and is therefore inadequate to answer modern claims involving self-determination, such as the Cyprus conflict.
Review – The Kurds of Northern Syria
Allsopp and van Wilgenburg draw on interviews to provide a detailed and less romanticized account of the emergence, consolidation and crisis of the DAA in Northern Syria.
Competing Logics of Security toward Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Lebanon
Turkey’s and Lebanon’s high levels of political polarization could engender competing logics of security and increase Syrian refugees’ vulnerability to instability.
Interview – Costas Constantinou
Costas Constantinou discusses the application of IR theory to diplomacy, the gap between scholarship on diplomacy and practice, plus the Cyprus Problem and identity.
Russia and Turkey: An Ambiguous Energy Partnership
Notwithstanding conflicting geopolitical calculations, the relationship between Russia and Turkey is deeply embedded in an energy-based solid economic foundation.
