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    Discourse analysis: strengths and shortcomings
    (Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, 2019) Aydın-Düzgit, Senem; Department of International Relations; Rumelili, Bahar; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 51356
    Discourse analysis is a much-favoured textual analysis method among constructivist and critically minded International Relations scholars interested in the impact of identity, meaning, and discourse on world politics. The aim of this article is to guide students of Turkish IR in their choice and use of this method. Written by two Turkish IR scholars who have employed discourse analysis in their past and present research, this article also includes a personal reflection on its strengths and shortcomings. The first section of the article presents an overview of the conceptual and epistemological underpinnings of discourse analysis, while charting the evolution of discourse analysis in IR since the late 1980s in three phases. The second section offers insight into the personal history of the researchers in employing discourse analysis in their previous and ongoing research, while the third section provides a how-to manual by performing discourse analysis of an actual text. The concluding section focuses on the challenges faced in the conduct of discourse analysis and the potential ways to overcome them, also drawing from the researchers'own experiences in the field.
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    Temporal horizons in the study of Turkish politics: prevalence of non-causal description and seemingly global warming type of causality
    (Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, 2019) Department of International Relations; Aktürk, Şener; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 110043
    In this article, I critically evaluate the causal and temporal dimension of social scientific studies focusing on Turkish politics. A very important and yet often neglected aspect of social scientific analysis involves the temporal dimension of causal processes. The temporal dimension of causal processes has direct consequences for operationalization and measurement, and hence it is an essential component of research design. Does the dependent variable (outcome) of interest unfold over the short term or the long term? Do the hypothesized independent variables (causes) unfold over the short term or the long term? Paul Pierson (2004) provided a classification of four types causality based an the temporal dimension of causes and outcomes using metaphors of natural disasters: tornado, earthquake, meteorite, and global warming. Operationalization and measurement of long term causes and outcomes pose a major challenge, compounded by the challenges of periodization of causes and effects. Unfortunately, a large proportion of the studies of Turkish politics do not have a clearly discernible independent variable (cause) to begin with, and they are thus better characterized as works of "non-causal description." Moreover; many of the studies of Turkish politics tend to imply, but rarely state explicitly, a global warming type of causality (long term cause and long term outcome), which necessitates focusing even more intensively on such challenges of measurement and periodization. Yet the operationalization of the key (dependent and independent) variables is Oen missing even in articles published in reputable academic pumas of Turkish politics and society. In the spirit of constructive criticism, I suggest a number of guidelines for research design in order to address the problems of causality and temporality discussed in this article, including awareness of multi-temporal equifinality.
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    The impact of the ukraine crisis on the kuril islands dispute between russia and japan
    (International Relations Council of Turkey (IRCT), 2016) İsmayilov, Elnur; Faculty Member; The Center for Research on Globalization, Peace, and Democratic Governance (GLODEM) / Küreselleşme, Barış ve Demokratik Yönetişim Araştırma Merkezi (GLODEM)
    The Kuril islands/Northern Territories dispute between Russia and Japan which represents one of the longest standing territorial disputes in the Asia-Pacific region, is also one of the main reasons for the inability to sign a peace treaty since the end of World War II. Despite the conduct of many negotiations between two parties after the collapse of the USSR, a consensus has not been achieved so far. The efforts of Shinzo Abe who took office in December 2012 to solve the dispute and to develop friendly relations began to bear fruits. However, the 2014 Ukraine crisis has seriously disrupt this positive development. The aim of this study is to investigate the systemic and domestic factors which pushed Moscow and Tokyo for a political solution of this dispute, despite the existence of some provocative steps within the context of the Ukraine crisis. / Asya-Pasifik bölgesindeki en uzun süreli toprak anlaşmazlıklarından biri olan Japonya ile Rusya arasındaki Kuril Adaları/Kuzey Toprakları sorunu, iki ülke arasında İkinci Dünya Savaşı sonrasında bir barış antlaşması imzalanamamış olmasının temel nedenlerindendir. Taraflar arasında SSCB’nin yıkılmasından sonra da pek çok görüşme gerçekleştirilmiş olmasına rağmen bir mutabakat sağlanamamıştır. Son dönemde, Aralık 2012’de göreve gelen Japonya Başbakanı Şinzo Abe’nin sorunun çözümü ve ilişkilerin geliştirilmesi için sarf ettiği çabalar tam meyve vermeye başladığı sırada yaşanan 2014 Ukrayna krizi olumlu gelişmeleri ciddi biçimde sekteye uğratmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, zaman zaman karşılıklı provokatif nitelikli gelişmelere yol açan Ukrayna krizine rağmen Moskova ve Tokyo’yu ihtilaflı adalar sorunun çözümüne iten sistemsel ve iç etmenleri ortaya koymaktır.
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    Large-N analysis in the study of conflict
    (Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, 2019) Department of International Relations; Akça, Belgin San; Faculty Member; Department of International Relations; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 107754
    In this paper, I examine the generation and use of large-N datasets and issues related to perationalization and measurement in the quantitative study of inter-state and intra-state conflict. Specifically, I critically evaluate the work on transnational dimensions of internal conflict and talk about my own journey related to my research on interactions between states and nonstate armed groups. I address the gaps in existing research, the use of proxy measures in large-N data analysis, and talk in detail about observational data collection and coding. I argue that future research should bridge the gap between studies of conflict across the fields of Comparative Politics and International Relations. I make suggestions laying the standards of academic scholarship in collecting data and increasing transparency in research.