ABSTRACT This article examines prospects for Russian-Turkish cooperation in a number of areas, in... more ABSTRACT This article examines prospects for Russian-Turkish cooperation in a number of areas, including energy, security, and in Syria. It argues that possibilities for a Russian-Turkish partnership have significantly expanded since 2016, while at the same time Turkey’s relations with the West have deteriorated. It suggests that both Russia and Turkey are revisionist states, seeking changes to the existing global order. While some aspects of their ties are clearly pragmatic, this article also probes how similar developments in their domestic political systems might also advance their relationship. While noting that tensions remain and much remains unsettled, especially with respect to Syria, it suggests that there is far greater possibility for a Russian-Turkish partnership than in the recent past.
Turkish Politics and ‘The People’ enhances our understanding of ‘the popular’ in the study of pol... more Turkish Politics and ‘The People’ enhances our understanding of ‘the popular’ in the study of politics through a critical examination of the uses and constructions of ‘the people’ from the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923, to the present. It proposes ways of reading the insertion and operationalisation of the notion of ‘the people’ as a concept, a political subject, the object of policy and politics over the past century. It assesses the ways ‘the people’ have been shaped by the history of the republic, and, in turn, have informed ways of visualising society, the country’s political culture, institutional architecture and framed the parameters and repertoires of political action. Drawing on extensive archival research and contributions from historical sociology and social movement research, Spyros A. Sofos enriches the ways of approaching the ‘popular’ by proposing ways of integrating identity, discourse, strategy, organisation and leadership in the articulation of ‘the people’ in political discourse and action.
The European continent has now been at peace for more than 50 years. Economic cooperation and tra... more The European continent has now been at peace for more than 50 years. Economic cooperation and tranquility have transformed the West and Central European landscapes, which for centuries had been dominated by competition and war. As we will argue, this ...
... point to a comprehensive role for Turkish civil society, although, as noted earlier, on some ... more ... point to a comprehensive role for Turkish civil society, although, as noted earlier, on some issues (eg women's rights), groups ... in Turkey was more an endogenous process than one driven by the EU, see Tocci, 'Europeanization in Turkey'. ... Göksel and Güneş, 'The Role of NGOs'. ...
The European Union and Democratization Over the last decade, the European Union (EU), through its... more The European Union and Democratization Over the last decade, the European Union (EU), through its example of political and economic success and through its external activities, has attempted to promote democracy in neighboring states. In some cases, there has been apparent ...
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... Its more assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Balkans described by some as &... more ... Its more assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Balkans described by some as 'neo-Ottomanism' is popular and gives Turks a sense that their country is an important regional power in its own right, not simply a country that follows the bidding of the United States. ...
ABSTRACT This article examines prospects for Russian-Turkish cooperation in a number of areas, in... more ABSTRACT This article examines prospects for Russian-Turkish cooperation in a number of areas, including energy, security, and in Syria. It argues that possibilities for a Russian-Turkish partnership have significantly expanded since 2016, while at the same time Turkey’s relations with the West have deteriorated. It suggests that both Russia and Turkey are revisionist states, seeking changes to the existing global order. While some aspects of their ties are clearly pragmatic, this article also probes how similar developments in their domestic political systems might also advance their relationship. While noting that tensions remain and much remains unsettled, especially with respect to Syria, it suggests that there is far greater possibility for a Russian-Turkish partnership than in the recent past.
Turkish Politics and ‘The People’ enhances our understanding of ‘the popular’ in the study of pol... more Turkish Politics and ‘The People’ enhances our understanding of ‘the popular’ in the study of politics through a critical examination of the uses and constructions of ‘the people’ from the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923, to the present. It proposes ways of reading the insertion and operationalisation of the notion of ‘the people’ as a concept, a political subject, the object of policy and politics over the past century. It assesses the ways ‘the people’ have been shaped by the history of the republic, and, in turn, have informed ways of visualising society, the country’s political culture, institutional architecture and framed the parameters and repertoires of political action. Drawing on extensive archival research and contributions from historical sociology and social movement research, Spyros A. Sofos enriches the ways of approaching the ‘popular’ by proposing ways of integrating identity, discourse, strategy, organisation and leadership in the articulation of ‘the people’ in political discourse and action.
The European continent has now been at peace for more than 50 years. Economic cooperation and tra... more The European continent has now been at peace for more than 50 years. Economic cooperation and tranquility have transformed the West and Central European landscapes, which for centuries had been dominated by competition and war. As we will argue, this ...
... point to a comprehensive role for Turkish civil society, although, as noted earlier, on some ... more ... point to a comprehensive role for Turkish civil society, although, as noted earlier, on some issues (eg women's rights), groups ... in Turkey was more an endogenous process than one driven by the EU, see Tocci, 'Europeanization in Turkey'. ... Göksel and Güneş, 'The Role of NGOs'. ...
The European Union and Democratization Over the last decade, the European Union (EU), through its... more The European Union and Democratization Over the last decade, the European Union (EU), through its example of political and economic success and through its external activities, has attempted to promote democracy in neighboring states. In some cases, there has been apparent ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 13629395 2011 613679, Oct 26, 2011
... Its more assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Balkans described by some as &... more ... Its more assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Balkans described by some as 'neo-Ottomanism' is popular and gives Turks a sense that their country is an important regional power in its own right, not simply a country that follows the bidding of the United States. ...
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