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NOTES ON NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
Introduction The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military organization consisting of 30 member countries. NATO has a plan known as Membership Action Plan. This plan helps aspiring members prepare for membership
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THE KASHMIR UNREST AND THE CLASH OF MEDIA PORTRAYALS
Introduction Media has always been an important parameter in conflicts of every intensity. This essay aims to analyze the Kashmir Dispute based on how it is represented in Indian, Pakistani, and Western media. This
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İNGİLTERE’NİN AFRİKA SİYASETİ
Giriş Afrika, dünyanın en büyük ikincisi kıtasıdır ve Akdeniz’den Ümit Burnu’na kadar coğrafya ve iklim açısından içerisinde birçok çeşitliliğe sahiptir. Afrika kıtası devletleri, son yıllarda dış ilişkiler ve yatırımlar bağlamında hızlı bir çeşitlenmeyi yaşamaktadır.
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TURKEY: A MODERN HISTORY BY ERIK-JAN ZÜRCHER
Author: Erik Jan Zürcher Professor Erik-Jan Zürcher (1953-) is the Academic Director and Professor of Area Studies in Leiden University. Zürcher was awarded his MA in Middle East Studies at Leiden University in 1977 and
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THE MILITARY INTERVENTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CAUSAL MECHANISMS AND ANALOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS
Abstract: This paper outlines a research that seeks to explore the resembling and differing points of the military interventions that occurred in Turkey, Pakistan, and Greece. This paper is prepared aiming to be a guide
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IŞİD: KÜRESEL BİR TERÖR ÖRGÜTÜNÜN ANATOMİSİ
Giriş Irak Şam İslam Devleti (IŞİD), 2003’de Amerika’nın işgali sonrası çıkan Sünni isyanlar ile elverişli bir zemin bulmuş ve Suriye’de yaşanan iç savaşta tüm dünyanın tanıdığı bir örgüt haline gelmiştir. Dünyada tek bir Müslüman
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MEDIA AS A STIMULATING FORCE IN NATION-BUILDING PROCESS
In my previous articles, I have covered interrelated topics. I wrote about the issues of state formation, nationalism theories, nation-building and citizenship relationship and nation-building and identity formation. My current article is the last
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This essay aims to discuss the relationship between nation-formation and citizenship development in a descriptive way. The main points regarding these concepts will be covered both historically and theoretically. Literature on ‘nation-building’ tended to
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There is a strong relationship between nation-building process and identity formation. The dynamic link between nation-builders (elites) and the way national identity is shaped can be analyzed within the framework of some main theoretical
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LIBERALISM AS AN AMORPHOUS IDEOLOGY
An ideology is a set of ideas by which people posit, explain, and justify the ends and means of organized social action, irrespective of whether such action aims to preserve, amend, uproot or rebuild
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