The vigor which has characterized the Turkish approach to the Western Balkans since the end of the Cold War has transformed the country into an...

Following the Turkish Chairmanship-in-Office of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), 2009 represented the year of Turkey’s return...

Recent uprisings and unrests across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have brought new leadership to Egypt and Tunisia, and could possibly...

Throughout the first seven months of the Arab Spring, starting with the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid on...

Syria became the latest Middle Eastern country to join the chain of protests sweeping across the Middle East. The protests have since spread to...

The growth of new capitalist classes since the 1980s has transformed social stratification, multi-party politics and the international political...

Since 2002, the Turkish electoral environment and the party system have been undergoing a significant transformation. The Justice and Development...

Since the early 1970s, member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have been pursuing the goal of enhancing economic and...

This article examines the current state of affairs in the Black Sea region by examining Ukrainian foreign policy and its implications on regional...

This article focuses on Turkey’s process of transition from a country of emigration to a country of immigration and transit. The paper is organized...

Turkey’s Middle East policy has witnessed revolutionary changes since 1999. The changes in the attitude of Turkey towards the region can be easily...

Turkey’s Middle East policy has witnessed revolutionary changes since 1999. The changes in the attitude of Turkey towards the region can be easily...

It is unlikely that the Egyptian revolution will have a major impact on the political and strategic landscape in the Middle East in the short and...

A string of uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt followed by those in other countries have rekindled the issue of Turkey constituting a model for reform...

The regional geographical entity known as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been at the epicenter of global power struggles over the...

The historical solution to the security problem in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, that is, the active military protection of a super power, is no longer...

Our analysis will discuss Turkey’s changing direction, if any, in terms of its trade orientation. This paper argues that Turkey’s trade sector has...

Research on state-business relations has traditionally focused on business associations’ lobbying activities. However, as these organizations...

In this paper, I argue that a fuller understanding of the recent activism in Turkish foreign policy, and in particular the changing nature of...

Turkish foreign policy activism during the last decade has attracted widespread international attention. As a result, scholarly literature on the...

The “axis-shift” discussions on Turkish foreign policy activism over the last couple of years have attracted remarkable international attention....

This paper hypothesizes that analyzing the geo-economic and energy security characteristics of gas supplies to Europe may help in understanding the...

Kosovo is one of the last states in the Balkan puzzle to gain its independence. The disputed region that declared independence on February 17, 2008...

The effectiveness of the Muslim world in finding a solution to the Darfur conflict is open to debate. While many Muslim countries denied the...