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THE JANUARY 20 TRAGEDY IN AZERBAIJAN
In the highest part of Baku, in the capital city of Azerbaijan, there is a place named Mountain Park and now it is called Martyrs Alley. Citizens who died for the independence and the
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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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UPA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS DERGİSİNİN İLK SAYISI YAYIMLANDI
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) ekibince hazırlanan ve yayın hayatına yeni başlayan UPA Strategic Affairs adlı uluslararası hakemli akademik e-derginin ilk sayısı yayımlandı. Birçok Türk ve yabancı akademisyenin editör, hakem ve yazar olarak katkı sunacağı
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NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN THE CAUCASUS
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh remains to be one of the most controversial issues of the twentieth century. Although the Versailles Peace Conference recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the Azerbaijan Democratic
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WHY THE WORLD IS BIGGER THAN FIVE?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan began to use the slogan “The world is bigger than five” (Dünya beşten büyüktür) in his international speeches in the last few years. The slogan was first used by
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THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT IN AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN POLICY
After WW II, a number of important changes occurred in the new world order. It became more difficult to have nations accept an identity as colonies during this period and anti-colonial movements put an
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR BİROL YEŞİLADA
Birol Yesilada (Ph.D. 1984, University of Michigan) is Professor of Political Science and International Studies, holds an endowed chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, and is Director of the Center for Turkish Studies in Portland
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AZERBAIJAN AND TURKEY: COMMITTED TO “ONE NATION, TWO STATES” DOCTRINE
Azerbaijan and Turkey maintain a special relationship defined by a long history of events and cultural and ethnic connections. Azerbaijanis and Turks belong to the same Turkic identity and share a common ancestor –
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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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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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