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The limits of conditionality and Europeanization: Turkey’s dilemmas in adopting the EU acquis on asylum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
[From the introduction]. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of “uncertainty over ultimate membership” on Schimmelfening and Sedelmeier model of conditionality as a factor that explains Europeanization.
Kirisci, Kemal.
core  

A “Tech First” Approach to Foreign Policy? The Three Meanings of Tech Diplomacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars have recently argued that international politics is plagued by instability as the world rapidly transitions from one crisis to another. This state of “Permacrisis,” or permanent crises between states, is driven by technological innovations which create new kinds of crises and drive competitions between adversarial states.
Ilan Manor
wiley   +1 more source

An Ontological Security Interpretation of Global South Middle Powers' Non‐Alignment in the Ukrainian War

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores why a group of Global South middle powers has adopted stances on the Ukrainian war that diverged from the positions of the United States under President Joe Biden, the European Union and the broader NATO/Western alliance. I claim that these disparities are partially explained by the affiliation these states have with the ...
Marco Vieira
wiley   +1 more source

Layered Incoherence in Middle Power Foreign Policy: Indonesia and the U.S.‐China Rivalry

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid the intensifying U.S.‐China rivalry, middle powers, especially those from the global south, are often portrayed in IR literature as strategic hedgers, expected to balance between major powers to preserve regional autonomy and stability. Yet many, like Indonesia, display contradictory foreign policy behaviour by rhetorically championing ...
Moch Faisal Karim
wiley   +1 more source

Proficiency exams in teaching Turkish as a foreign language in TÖMER (Turkish and foreign languages research and application centers)

open access: yesDil ve Dilbilimi Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2020
Turkish and Foreign Languages Research and Application Center (TOMER) is one of the important institutions for learning Turkish as a foreign language. In these institutions, proficiency tests are applied at the end of each level. However, test applications in TOMERs vary between each center as there is no shared program in teaching Turkish as a foreign
openaire   +4 more sources

Brokering Peace: Emerging Middle Powers, Agency and Mediation

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the role of mediation in emerging middle power conduct in an increasingly fragmented world. It asks why and how emerging middle powers seek mediator roles in international conflicts, focusing on Turkey and Indonesia's responses to the Russia–Ukraine war.
Buğra Süsler, Chris Alden
wiley   +1 more source

Lowest Common Denominator: Explaining Multilateral Bargaining Over Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Regulation

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) have the potential to dramatically alter modern warfare and reshape global power differentials. Despite the strong rationale for negotiating global rules, consensus on whether and how to regulate LAWS has yet to be reached.
Johannes Geith
wiley   +1 more source

Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

Presenting complex ideas using simple syntax in fiction for low-literate immigrant adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Manuscript based on this conference presentation Vainikka, A. and M. Young-Scholten. 2012. Presenting complex ideas using simple syntax in fiction for low-literate immigrant adults. Presentation a the Second Language Research Forum, Pittsburgh. October.
Vainikka, Anne Marjatta
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Private Network Realignment: State Strategies Versus Market‐Driven Globalization in the Subsea Cable Network

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the subsea cable network, which carries the vast majority of global internet traffic, is developed, owned, and operated by private corporations. In an era of growing global tensions, states have come to view these cables as critical to their interests. The article addresses the disconnect between statecraft‐centric explanations and the
Joscha Abels
wiley   +1 more source

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