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SINO-AMERICAN NORMALIZATION
Introduction Since Sino-American relations seem to have entered into a tense new period in recent years due to growing Chinese enthusiasm in political and economic leadership in the world politics, it might be a
Read More »TÜRKİYE VE İRAN’IN İŞBİRLİĞİ İMKANLARI
Küresel ve bölgesel dinamiklerin hızla değiştiği bir dönemde, ülkeler, kendi ulusal menfaatlerini düşünürken, aynı zamanda rakip veya işbirliği içinde olduğu devletlerinde çıkarlarını da hesaba katmak zorundadır. 1979 yılında gerçekleşen İran İslam Devrimi’nden bu yana
Read More »INTERVIEW WITH MS. MONIKA SCHMUTZ KIRGOZ
PREAMBLE Retrospectively, there is a country which is quite imperative for Turkey, that its cities are well known and frequently pronounced by Turkish students in primary school almost for a century due to the
Read More »LANDMARK MEETING IN BRUSSELS: STEP FORWARD?
Cold winds were blowing in the relations between Turkey and the European Union until very recently. According to some forecasts, chances of Turkey becoming the EU member state were next to zero. Yet again,
Read More »DIVISIONS IN ISLAM AND CURRENT SECTARIAN TENSIONS
Following the execution of Shiite Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia, sectarian conflicts and tensions in Islam are now more widely spoken. Recent Saudi Arabia-Islamic Republic of Iran rivalry and the power struggles between
Read More »İNSANLIĞA EN BÜYÜK TEHLİKE: KUZEY KORE VE HİDROJEN BOMBASI
Tarihin bunalımlı dönemlerinde her daim görüldüğü üzere, siyasi, sosyal ve ekonomik etkenler başrolde olmuştur. Bu etkenlerin doğurmuş olduğu sonuçlar, onlarca yıl, hatta belki de yüzlerce yıl devam edecek istikrarsızlıkların başlangıcı niteliğindedir. Hidrojen bombası mı,
Read More »ARMENIA IS NOT PREPARED FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE OR AFTERWORD TO OSCE SUMMIT
For many years, almost since the very day of occupation of Azerbaijan’s territory, the leading world powers on different international levels have expressed their concern about the fact that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict remains
Read More »THE IMPLICATIONS OF TANAP AND TURKISH STREAM ON THE EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY AFTER THE RECENT UKRAINE CRISIS
Abstract: For any state, whether they are developed or developing, ensuring energy security for the sustainability of their systems is very critical issue. European states cannot be independently considered from this phenomenon as they have
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