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EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Introduction Before I start with penning the topic of “European integration”, I would like to structure my essay in three categories. First category is the introduction part that sheds light on the basis and
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım recently announced that the US-backed Raqqa Operation started on Friday night and the United States informed Turkey regarding the operation before it was initiated. Yıldırım also criticized American policy
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CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Introduction Various terms have been employed in order to define developing countries.[1] Using Alfred Sauvy’s terminology, “Third World” (tiers monde)[2] was a very popular term in defining developing countries during the Cold War. “Non-alignment”
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GEORGE ORWELL’S ‘ANIMAL FARM’
Introduction George Orwell (1903-1950)[1] was a British writer who lived in the first half of 20th century and believed in socialist ideology. Orwell was later disappointed of the transformation of Soviet socialism into an authoritarian and
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UPA YAZARLARI SİNA KISACIK VE FURKAN KAYA’NIN HARVARD ÜNİVERSİTESİ’NDEKİ SUNUMLARI
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi’nin yazarlarından Sina Kısacık ve Furkan Kaya, 22-29 Mayıs 2016 tarihleri arasında International Journal of Arts and Sciences tarafından Boston-Massachusetts’deki Harvard Medical School’da düzenlenen “International Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities” adlı
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SOME PRINCIPLES OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY ACCORDING TO ORAL SANDER
Professor Oral Sander (1949-1995) was a distinguished Turkish academic who contributed a lot to the development of International Relations studies in Turkey. Sander wrote important books on European Political History and Turkish Foreign Policy.
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THE FAILED “TURKISH COUP ATTEMPT” AND TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS AFTERMATH: THE CHINESE PERSPECTIVE
Turkey’s geographical location is unique and important. It serves as a bridge between Europe and Asia along the shores of the Black and Mediterranean Seas. It is also neighbouring the Central Asia and Caucasus
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JAZZ AND POLITICS
“Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.” – Dave Brubeck[1]
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AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
Introduction American exceptionalism is an important term in analyzing American foreign policy. According to many observers, exceptionalism feeling led to a Janus-faced identity for American foreign policy; isolationalist vs. interventionist-internationalist foreign policy traditions. However,
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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
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