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WHICH ROLE FOR GERMANY: A RETICENT HEGEMON OR A HIDDEN FEDERATOR?
Abstract: Parallel crises in Europe and in the international system have forced Germany to become more active in the foreign and security policy of the EU and to become Europe. In this essay, the basis
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A REVIEW ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN 2017 AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2018?
Last year around this time I wrote a summary of what to expect in 2017 on the case of climate change, and I felt that it is necessary to continue on this year. The
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EUROPE, SEMI-CHAINED BY RUSSIAN GAS DEPENDENCY AND VULNERABILITY
Preface Gazprom is increasing the volume of its deliveries to the European Union. European countries rely on Russian energy and exports to the country. In the meantime, there is an enduring debate if it
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YRD. DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ BİLDİRİ: “CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRST-CLASS DEMOCRACIES: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS”
Beykent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi (İngilizce) bölümü öğretim üyesi ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, 10 Mayıs 2017 tarihinde Irak’ın Kürdistan Bölgesel Yönetimi’ne bağlı Erbil şehrinde
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JOSEPH CONRAD’S ‘HEART OF DARKNESS’
Introduction Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)[1], born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his
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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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TURKEY: NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY
Pro-Kurdish parliamentarians being dragged into police cars[1], assassination attempts[2] and police raids[3] are taking place towards critical journalists, death-penalty is prepared to be introduced to the legal system[4] and a purge against moderate Islamist
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WEST-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP: CRISIS DEEPENING
The number of processes testifying to the aggravation of geopolitical tensions on the global scale is on the rise. The big nations of the West (mainly the U.S.) more frequently accuse Russia of taking
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TURKISH SOLDIER IN SYRIA: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO HEAVY OFFENSIVE AGAINST TERRORISM
The Syrian crisis is full of surprises. Big nations of the world and the region actively interfere with the situation in that country. Truth be told, today Syria resembles a quagmire. This country has
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BREXIT: DIVORCE ENGLISH STYLE
Great Britain’s official exit from the European Union has underlined some lingering problems that the West faces. It became clear that this was no coincidence. Undoubtedly, the big nations of Europe would do anything
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