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Broken lines of Il/Legality and the reproduction of state sovereignty: the impact of visa policies on immigrants to Turkey from Bulgaria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
After the granting of citizenship to the 300,000 Turkish migrants from Bulgaria in 1989, the Turkish state has proceeded to enact a series of visa regime changes concerning more recent migrants from Bulgaria, who, according to the most recent ...
Kasli, Zeynep Ulker   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Irak’ta Yaşanan Savaşlar ve Türkiye’ye Etkileri

open access: yesGüvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi, 2019
Turkey’s interest in Iraq is an intense pursuit of the strategic interests of the forces in the international arena and the future of the region is determined by forces trying to dominate the world. The future of the peoples of Iraq, whose map is redrawn
Cihat Yaycı
semanticscholar   +1 more source

China's Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan: Bureaucratic Coordination and Chinese State‐led Development Abroad

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines China's bureaucratic approach to international development cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, focusing on bureaucratically structured policy coordination as a core mechanism. It highlights the central role of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) — China's top economic planning agency — in ...
Hong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal risk factors for oral clefts: A case-control study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Introduction: A cleft lip with or without a cleft palate is one of the major congenital anomalies observed in newborns. This study explored the risk factors for oral clefts in Gorgan, Northern Iran. Materials and Methods: This hospital-based case-control
Golalipour, M.J.   +3 more
core  

Does Political Connection Mitigate the Sanctions for Corruptions? Evidence From the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

open access: yesJournal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of political connection on sanctions for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Using a sample of revealed FCPA sanctions and two alternative proxies for US firms’ political connections, we find a negative association between political connection and the severity of sanctions, an effect that ...
Kaishu Wu, Wenjia Yan
wiley   +1 more source

Iraq : a deeply divided polity and challenges to democracy-building [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In the post-2003 Iraq, democratization and state building have contradictorily overlapped with dramatic consequences. The major constraint to Iraq’s statebuilding project is the misfit between identity and sovereignty of the state in a multi-ethnic and ...
Bapir, Mohammed Ali
core  

Geopolitics on a Shoestring? Unpacking the EU'S Geopolitical External Assistance to Central Asia

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines how the European Union's (EU) increasingly emphasised geopolitical ambitions are reflected in the practice of its external assistance policy. An analysis of EU documents around various policy initiatives and funding instruments reveals that in the Commission's understanding, geopolitical external assistance increases EU ...
Balázs Szent‐Iványi, Dóra Piroska
wiley   +1 more source

Türkmen Revolts in the Türkiye Saldjūḳ State During the Reign of Rukn al-Dīn Ḳilidj Arslan IV

open access: yesŞarkiyat Mecmuası
The defeat of the Türkiye Saldjūḳ State (The State of Rūm/Anatolian Saldjūḳs) by the Mongols at Köse Dagh mobilised some elements such as Türkmens and Armenians, who were under the Saldjūḳs, and led to independence activities.
Aybüke Özcan
doaj   +1 more source

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