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Publication Restricted Building collective identity in Africa(Koç University, 2017) Oduro, Alfred; Rumelili, Bahar; 0000-0002-9974-5074; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 51356Publication Restricted Crisis management operations of EU and NATO Alone or together? Lessons learned and future prospects(Koç University, 2009) Eseroğlu, Esra; Bakır, Caner; 0000-0001-8166-4623; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 108141Publication Open Access Debating the dual citizenship- integration nexus in Turkey(International Relations Council of Turkey (IRCT) / Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği, 2019) Şenol Sert, Deniz; N/A; Korfalı, Deniz Karcı; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and HumanitiesThis article explores the institution of dual citizenship outside of the West and focuses on Turkey to assess the possible relationship between dual citizenship and the integration of migrants, drawing on Kymlicka and Norman's (2000) dimensions of citizenship framework, with its tripartite focus on formal status, activity and identity. The research incorporates the perspectives of the three key groups of actors involved in international migration: the host state, the major sending states, and the migrants themselves. Our findings indicate that dual citizenship is neither a barrier to, nor facilitator of, integration in the citizenship dimension of activity in Turkey. Rather, integration - perceived as economic participation by the great majority of the actors - is linked not to dual citizenship per se, but to the acquisition of citizenship in the host country.Publication Restricted Deviations in foreign policies of revolutionary states: A comparative case study of Iran and China(Koç University, 2010) Tekin, Şermin; Bayer, Reşat; 0000-0002-6566-1622; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 51395Publication Open Access Discourse analysis: strengths and shortcomings(Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, 2019) Aydın-Düzgit, Senem; Department of International Relations; Department of International Relations; Rumelili, Bahar; Faculty Member; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 51356Discourse 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.Publication Open Access Failures of the discourse of ethnicity: Turkey, Kurds, and the emerging Iraq(Sage, 2005) Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemistry; Somer, Murat; Faculty Member; College of Sciences; 110135This article analyzes the discursive-ideational barriers restricting regional cooperation by examining Turkey's relations with Iraqi Kurds from a critical, theoretical perspective in the context of Turkey's domestic reforms and its relations with the USA and the EU. It is argued that the ethnicity discourse undermines cooperation, insofar as it feeds the perception of rival groups with zero-sum interests. Presenting a simple model, the article argues that replacing the ethnicity discourse with alternative, post-ethnic discourses requires combining alternative discourses with policies that produce positive-sum interests, coordination between groups, and opportunities for joint collective actions. Hence, state capacity to formulate and implement such policies is crucial. Predictions and policy implications are generated accordingly. First, further reconciliation of Turkey's domestic Kurdish conflict through democratic and administrative reforms, EU integration, and the promotion of national-identity models that are more flexible and more reflective of diversity will facilitate cooperation with Iraqi Kurds. Second, prosperity and democratic stability in Iraq will help achieve a lasting resolution in Turkey. Third, regional cooperation requires that domestic and external actors promote the positive-sum perception of Turkish and Kurdish interests. Fourth, research can help by developing linguistic-analytical categories that transcend the narrow discourse of ethnicity in favor of discourses that reflect multiple and compatible group belongings.Publication Restricted Foreign policy behavior of emerging middle powers toward sub-saharan Africa in the context of niche diplomacy(Koç University, 2016) Zengin, Hüseyin; Öniş, Ziya; 0000-0002-0129-2944; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 7715Publication Open Access Forum: conflict delegation in civil wars(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021) Karlen, N.; Rauta, V.; Salehyan, I.; Mumford, A.; Stark, A.; Wyss, M.; Moghadam, A.; Duursama, A.; Tamm, H.; Jenne, Erin K.; Popovic, M.; Department of International Relations; Department of International Relations; Akça, Belgin San; Faculty Member; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 107754This forum provides an outlet for an assessment of research on the delegation of war to non-state armed groups in civil wars. Given the significant growth of studies concerned with this phenomenon over the last decade, this forum critically engages with the present state of the field. First, we canvass some of the most important theoretical developments to demonstrate the heterogeneity of the debate. Second, we expand on the theme of complexity and investigate its multiple facets as a window into pushing the debate forward. Third, we draw the contours of a future research agenda by highlighting some contemporary problems, puzzles, and challenges to empirical data collection. In essence, we seek to connect two main literatures that have been talking past each other: external support in civil wars and proxy warfare. The forum bridges this gap at a critical juncture in this new and emerging scholarship by offering space for scholarly dialogue across conceptual labels.Publication Open Access Global inequality: the current debate, it's importance and policy recommendations(Uluslararasi İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği (UIK), 2009) Department of International Relations; Department of International Relations; Aytaç, Selim Erdem; Faculty Member; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 224278Despite the recent popularity of the subject of global inequality in the literature, most studies focus only on the debate about the direction and magnitude of change of global inequality during the last few decades, without deliberating, about the different policy recommendations needed to address it. This article aims to fill this gap in the literature by reviewing the contemporary research on global inequality with an emphasis on different policy recommendations. In order to introduce the bigger picture, the study also presents a discussion on the latest findings oil the level of global inequality and why it should be considered as a significant problem for humanity.Publication Restricted Inclusiveness, contestation and conflict processes(Koç University, 2015) Örsün, Ömer Faruk; Bayer, Reşat; 0000-0002-6566-1622; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 51395