Publications

by on October 8, 2021

Books

  • Energy, Environment and Geopolitics in Eurasia, (co-author: Norman Graham), Routledge: London, forthcoming, 2023.
    • Abstract: The world is on the edge of a precipice. We posit that the unprecedented levels of uncertainty and change in the global and regional context compels us to reformulate the existing paradigms linking energy politics and environmental concerns to geopolitics and international and human security. The uncertainty for all actors is compounded with the detrimental impacts of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential variants, and international conflict. On the one hand, there are transformative global challenges and technological advances which is driving change, yet on the other hand they are also accompanied by significant constraints regarding the allocation of strained economic resources and geopolitical factors. Considering these drastic developments, it is critical to develop more comprehensive theoretical frameworks, as well as domestic and foreign policy strategies that advance energy, water, and food security in a sustainable way. This book advances our understanding of security and its intricate interactions with geopolitics and the environment by elucidating the role of natural resources in shaping political, economic, and foreign policy dynamics. In this context, the study centers on Eurasia, where energy-water-food nexus has emerged as a vital aspect of political economy and broader security concerns and increasingly as a decisive factor for human security. As clearly revealed during the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, this nexus rests on a precarious balance and could be seriously undermined. Hence, this book analyzes the political, socio-economic, and environmental impacts of domestic and transnational utilization and governance of these strategic resources. We argue that Central Eurasia is currently “Running on Empty,” since energy resource exports while maintaining their significance are less reliable due to regional conflicts; and there are important environmental challenges particularly regarding water quantity and quality, as well as food security. Moreover, extensive engagement of external actors, especially Russia and China, but also the EU, US and Turkey present complex geopolitical dynamics given a backdrop of rising needs for energy security and alarming levels of environmental degradation.
  • Turkish-American Relations (1800-1952): Between the Stars, Stripes and the Crescent, Routledge, International Relations Series, New York and London, April 2015.
    • Abstract:This book aims to take the reader on a journey along the intricate web of Turkish-American relations. It critically examines the process, during which the relations evolved from those of strangers into an occasionally troubled, yet resilient alliance. Through the extensive use of Turkish, American and British archival documents and numerous private paper and manuscript collections, the book examines Turkish-American relations from 1800 to 1952, starting with the earliest contacts and ending with the institutionalization of the alliance after Turkey’s entry into NATO. Its purpose is to provide a better understanding of the significant issues pertaining to Turkish-American relations such as the impact of international developments on foreign policy decisions, the role of key figures and organizations in shaping the relations, the interaction of political, economic, cultural and military factors in policy formation and the importance of mutual perceptions in shaping actual relations. The analysis also situates Turkish-American relations in the larger context of diplomatic history, through an evaluation of how the United States’ relations with Turkey fit into the general framework of American foreign policy and also through an examination of the conduct and changing priorities of Turkish foreign policy in this era. Such a study not only enhances our knowledge of Turkish-American relations for the period of 1800-1952, but also provides further insight into the relations during the Cold War and its aftermath.
  • A Proposal for a National Deposit Insurance Scheme for Turkey, (co-author Rıza Kadılar) Istanbul: Publications of Banks Association of Turkey, 1996

Articles

  • “Facing New Security Threats in an Era of Global Transformations: Turkey’s Challenges of Energy Security, Climate Change and Sustainability,” Turkish Studies, Special Centenary Issue: Reflections on the Centenary of the Republic of Turkey, vol.24,4, February 2023, pp. 714-738, (doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2023.2179918)
    • Abstract: Turkey’s geopolitical position at the intersection of numerous conflict-ladenregions has compelled Ankara to prioritize hard security concerns in definingits foreign and domestic policies. While these concerns will maintain theirsignificance, new global threats and opportunities, particularly in energysecurity, climate change, and sustainability, necessitate a reconceptualizationof security. This study posits that this new conceptualization must be morecomprehensive by integrating these new challenges into conceptionssecurity. After presenting pressing transformations in the energy security andclimate change realm, the critical puzzle that the article will explore isTurkey’s main challenges and opportunities in meeting its rapidly increasingenergy needs on the one hand and facing mounting climate change andsustainability-related risks on the other. Moreover, the study will examine thedomestic and foreign policy implications of these transformations in times ofglobal changes and uncertainties.
  • “Strategic Alignments and Balancing of Threats: Military and Political Alliances in the South Caucasus (1991-2021),” (co-author: Elnur Ismayil), Central Asian Survey, 2022, 41:3, 533-552, (doi:10.1080/02634937.2021.2000940)
  • “Rethinking strategic alignment: the great powers’ wedging and Turkey’s balancing strategies,” (co-author: Dilek Barlas) Turkish Studies, June 2022, 23:3, 430-449, (doi: 1080/14683849.2022.2026219)
  • “Does Natural Gas Fuel Civil War? Rethinking energy security, international relations, and fossil-fuel conflict” (co-authors: Belgin San Akça, Duygu Sever), Energy Research and Social Science, vol. 70, December 2020, 101690, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101690)
    • Abstract:This article advances theoretical and empirical knowledge at the nexus of energy politics and conflict intervention by analyzing the complex dynamics connecting energy resources, civil war, and outside state support of rebel groups. It focuses on the role of global energy supply competition in states’ decision to support armed groups that are involved in conflicts in other states. Further, this study enhances the extant research that focuses primarily on the resource wealth of conflict-ridden states by analyzing the effect of the interveners’ resource wealth on their sponsorship of foreign non-state armed groups. This study identifies two causal paths linking energy resources, specifically natural gas, to state support of rebels by building on outside state supporters’ motives for: (1) competition over supply to global markets; and (2) secure access to resources and supply routes. 
  • “Revisiting the British-US-Turkey triangle during the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana,” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, (co-authors: Dilek Barlas, Serhat Güvenç), December 2020, 20:4, 641-659.
    • Abstract:This article analyses the triangular relations between Britain, the United States and Turkey in the volatile Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region at the advent of the Cold War. It examines the political, economic and military strategies that enabled Turkey to adapt to the transitional period from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana (1947–1957) in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. By focusing on this turbulent decade extending from the Truman Doctrine (1947) to the Eisenhower Doctrine (1957), this study posits that the transition from the waning influence of Britain to the coalitional hegemony of the United States was protracted and multi-layered. In this context, Turkey had to walk a diplomatic tightrope while managing certain aspects of continuity and change in a volatile region.
  • “The transformation of Britain-Turkey-United States relations at the advent of the Cold War (1945-1952)”, Middle Eastern Studies, vol.56, issue.5, September 2020, 56: 5, 714-729.
    • Abstract: This article explores the intricate dynamics of Turkey’s relations with Britain and the United States at a critical juncture during the early Cold War era (1946–1952). The article analyses the implications of a dual transformation of triangular relations in the aftermath of the Second World War. This transformation was on the one hand marked by an ongoing hegemonic transition from Pax-Britannica to Pax-Americana, and on the other hand a systemic transformation resulting in a bi-polar global order. This article utilises levels of analysis framework for a more systematic analysis of the complex web of triangular relations. While focusing on a comprehensive analysis at the international level, the implication of factors at the decision-maker and domestic levels are also examined.
  • “The Precarious Role of Emerging Powers in a Transforming International Order: Brazilian and Turkish Initiative for a Nuclear Deal with Iran,” (co-author: Ariel Gonzalez Levaggi), International Politics (2019) 56: 457-476.
    • Abstract:This article analyzes the complex dynamics of international hierarchy and functional delegation among established and emerging powers, by focusing on one of the most pressing and highly debated issues of the global security agenda, nuclear non-proliferation. While the established powers delegate some responsibilities in mediation efforts to enhance the legitimacy of the liberal international order, this delegation of a mediator role has challenges and limitations, as well. Therefore, this article examines the Joint Declaration by Iran, Turkey and Brazil (Tehran Declaration) on nuclear fuel in May 2010 as an empirical case that reveals the challenging quest of emerging powers to elevate their position in the hierarchical pyramid of the international order. 
  • “Middle Powers and Regional Powers.” In Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations. Ed. Patrick James. New York: Oxford University Press, September 2017. (invited annotated bibliographic article)
  • “Energy Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy: Asset or Liability?” (co-author: Duygu Sever-Mehmetoglu), Uluslararası İlişkiler/ International Relations, vol. 13, issue 52, 2016, pp.105-128.
  • Managing the Transition from Pax-Britannica to Pax-Americana: Turkey’s Relations with Britain and the US in a Turbulent Era (1929-1947),” (co-author: Dilek Barlas), Turkish Studies, Vol.16, issue 3, 2016, pp. 449-473.
    • Abstract: By analyzing Turkey’s relations with Great Britain and the US in a period of drastic change (1929–47), this article argues that the origins of the shift in the orientation of Turkish foreign policy from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana not only affected the perceptions and strategies of relevant powers, but also entailed a dynamic interactive process. It asserts that the transition featured aspects of significant change, as well as continuity for the region. It demonstrates that while attempting to bandwagon with the relatively stronger naval, military, and economic partner, Turkey also endeavored to pursue a more autonomous foreign policy at various stages of this transition.
  • The Quest for Energy Security and Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for Turkey,” Oxford Round Table, Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table, 2016.
  • “Turkey and Russia in a Shifting Global Order: Co-operation, Conflict and Asymmetric Interdependence in a Turbulent Region,” (co-author Ziya Öniş), Third World Quarterly, Volume 37, Issue 1, January 2016, pp.71-95.
    • Abstract: The current global political economy is characterised by the intensifying economic interaction of BRICS and ‘near BRICS’ economies, with emerging powers increasing their influence in neighbouring regions. The growing partnership between Turkey and Russia constitutes a useful case study for examining this transformation, in which Western supremacy and US hegemony are under increasing challenge. Turkish–Russian relations shed light on broader themes in global political economy. First, significant economic interdependence may be generated among states with different political outlooks, in the form of loose regional integration schemes driven by bilateral relations between key states and supporting private actors or interests. Second, growing economic interdependence may coexist with continued political conflict and geopolitical rivalry, as indicated by the Syrian and Ukrainian crises. 
  • “Turkey–USA Relations in an Age of Regional and Global Turmoil: Challenges and Prospects” (co-author Ziya Öniş), Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 2013.
    • Abstract: This special issue on Turkish–American relations with a specific focus on the Middle East aims to analyse a complex web of relations at a critical regional and global juncture, with important implications well beyond bilateral relations. The idea for this special issue emerged during the ‘Turkish–American Alliance in a Volatile Region: Challenges and Opportunities’ Conference organized by the Center for Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM) at Koç University, Istanbul, on 29 March 2012. The insightful and well-rounded nature of the presentations and the extensive interest they received from the academic community compelled us to examine several important points and intriguing questions which were raised during the conference in a much more comprehensive and systematic manner. 
  • “Turkey’s Quest for NATO Membership: Institutionalization of the Turkish-American Alliance,” Special issue: Greece and Turkey in NATO, Dimitrios Triantaphyllou and Evanthis
    • Abstract: This article aims to analyze the institutionalization of the Turkish–American alliance through the Turkish pursuit of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership. It examines the external as well as some of the internal factors that shaped this transformation during the period of 1945–1952, starting with the end of the Second World War and lasting until Turkey’s accession to NATO. The main argument of this paper is that Turkey’s NATO membership has institutionalized three important transformations. The first one is the culmination of Turkey’s long-lasting search for security. The second one is Turkey’s quest for Westernization and an acknowledgement of its identity and role as an integral part of the West and its institutions. Finally, the third and more specific one is the institutionalization of the Turkish–American alliance through Turkey’s NATO membership.
  • Hatzivassiliou, eds., Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, vol. 12, no. 4, November 2012.
  • “Gunboat Diplomacy: Turkey, USA and the Advent of the Cold War” (co-author Gül İnanç), Middle Eastern Studies, vol.48, no.3, May 2012
    • Abstract: This article aims to re-evaluate the visit of the battleship USS Missouri to Turkey on 5–6 April 1946, to ascertain whether or not it might be considered an early attempt on the part of the United States to challenge the Soviet Union. Greater historical clarity than previously possible has been achieved through the use of hitherto unreleased documents from the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic. Moreover, this article aims to achieve a more balanced and comprehensive analysis by integrating the systemic factors with the actions of crucial actors at the individual level based on new archival evidence. By doing this, the main argument emerges whereby the United States displayed its power against the Soviets via the visit of the USS Missouri only in hindsight..
  • “Between Europeanization and Euro-Asianism: Foreign Policy Activism During the AKP Era,” (co-author Ziya Öniş), Turkish Studies, vol.10, no.1, (Spring 2009): 7-24.
    • Abstract: Focusing on Turkish foreign policy in the post‐Cold War era, this paper argues that the period can be divided into three distinct phases: an initial wave of foreign policy activism in the immediate post‐Cold War context; a new or second wave of foreign policy activism during the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) government era with a strong emphasis on Europeanization; and the more recent tension between Europeanization and Euro‐Asianism. This paper argues that during the AKP era Turkey maintained considerable continuity in terms of foreign policy activism and a multilateral approach to policymaking. 
  • “Fighting the Specters of the Past: Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East,” (co-author Ipek Yosmaoglu), Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 44, no.5, (September 2008): 677-693.
    • Abstract: ‘Ottoman legacy’is not a term that invokes a positive image in the countries that remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and the Middle East for varying periods of time. Even the mundane elements of life that people share across this vast geography, which might hint at a common cultural denominator or a shared mode of sociability, such as coffee, are now presented and consumed in a way that ensures any ties with the imperial past are severed once and for all. A nineteenth-century traveller in the Ottoman Empire would be welcomed with the same little serving of a dense and rejuvenating concoction whether s/he be in Monastir or Damascus: a cup of coffee–not a beverage simply imbibed in order to fuel a caffeine addiction, but a ritual of friendship and hospitality, and a symbol of social capital in the Balkans and the Middle East.
  • “Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Rhetoric or Reality?” (co-author Ziya Öniş), Political Science Quarterly, vol. 123, no.1, (Spring 2008): 123-149.
    • Abstract: The Greek–Turkish rapprochement of recent years has been a remarkable achievement. The process has been facilitated by the Europeanization of both countries and is now largely irreversible. At the same time, the process has lost some of its early momentum. Core issues of conflict relating to Cyprus and the Aegean remain unresolved. It will not be possible to deepen the rapprochement process without resolving these core issues of conflict. This will require considerable political will and leadership as well as determination on both sides. Furthermore, a favorable European Union (EU) context is critical in terms of consolidating the rapprochement process and turning it into a durable partnership.
  • “In Pursuit of Elusive Glory: Enver Pasha’s Role in the Pan-Islamic and Basmachi Movements,” International Journal of Turkish Studies, vol.13, no.1-2, (July 2007): 185-202.
    • Abstract: Enver Pasha is one of the most controversial figures in Turkish history. This unknown graduate of the Imperial War College was only in his mid-twenties when he became the “hero of freedom” after the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. Thus started his rapid rise within the military ranks. His eventual transformation from a young and ambitious hero of freedom into a virtual autocrat as a member of the ruling triumvirate of the Committee of Union and Progress, also including Talat and Cemal, was completed in 1913. Leading the troops that recaptured Edirne during the Second Balkan War, Enver greatly increased his power and popularity, and within a year, he enhanced his prestige further, when he joined the royal family as the son-in-law of Sultan-Caliph Mehmed Reshad (r. 1909-18) by marrying the Ottoman princess Naciye Sultan. Enver became the Minister of War on the eve of the First World War and had a decisive influence in leading the Ottoman Empire into the war as an ally of Germany. Consequently, as one of the most important Ottoman political and military leaders, he played a key role in determining the fate of a truncated empire, which, in turn, shaped his own destiny.
  • “Challenging the Stereotypes: Turkish-American Relations in the Interwar Era,” Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 42, no.2, (March 2006): 223-237.
    • Abstract: Turkish–American diplomatic relations experienced a decade-long hiatus at the time of the Great War and its immediate aftermath, until the ties were eventually restored in 1927. Subsequently, the United States discovered that there had been a radical change between the Ottoman Empire which Ambassador Elkus had left in 1917, and the Turkish Republic when Ambassador Grew arrived, a decade later. This significant transformation had been expedited by the progressive, secularist and nationalist path set by Mustafa Kemal, by sweeping political, social and economic reforms. The main argument of this article is that these changes, combined with the efforts of prominent individuals, not only had a favourable impact on the course of Turkish–American relations which resulted in a rapprochement, but also significantly challenged the prevailing ‘Terrible Turk’stereotype commonly held in the United States.
  • “Turkey-EU-US Triangle in Perspective: Transformation or Continuity?” (co-author Ziya Öniş), Middle East Journal, vol. 59, no.2, (Spring 2005): 265-284.
    • Abstract:This article examines the delicate dynamics of the triangle of Turkey-EU-US relations. While acknowledging the role of the United States in promoting close links between Turkey and the EU, this study underlines the limits of American influence on EU decision-making on issues concerning “deep integration.” In this context, the future of this triangular relation depends on the interplay of contending forces in Turkey’s domestic political arena as well as the dynamics of trans-Atlantic relations in the international scene.
  • “The Thorny Path: Turkey-EU Relations in Perspective,” Journal of Cyprus Studies, vol. 8/9, no. 22/25, (December 2003): 126-135.
  • “İki Dünya Savaşı Arasında Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri: “Korkunç Türk” imajı ile mücadele”, Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Toplumsal Tarih, Aralık 2003.
  • “Aftermath of the War: The Iraq Policy of the US and Turkey,” (in Turkish, “Savasin Ardindan: Amerika’nin Irak Politikasi ve Turkiye’nin Konumu”), (co-author Gul Barkay), Foreign Policy, (May/June 2003): 32-37.
  • “Implications of the War in Iraq for Turkey,” (in Portuguese, “Implicações da guerra no Iraque para a Turquia”) O Mundo em Portugues, 43 (4), (April 2003): 12-13.
  • “At the Gates of Europe,” World Today, 59 (1), (January 2003): 9-12.
    • Abstract:Elation and disappointment are the moods of the moment in Turkey. Turks are elated because of the clearing of the political decks and the choice of a government committed to change but disappointed because of the country’s reversal in the headlong rush to negotiate an early date for entry talks to the European Union.
  • “Implications of the Political Changes in Turkey,” (in Portuguese, “Implicações da mudança política na Turquia”) O Mundo em Portugues, 39 (4), (December 2002): 10-14.
  • “Newly Emerging European Security Architecture: Implications for Transatlantic Relations,” Insight Turkey, 3 (2), (April-June 2001): 141-152.
    • Abstract: It is essential tor Europe to develop its own military capability. The US has been rather suspicious of this process and remains reluctant to diminish its influence in transatlantic security arrangements and decision-making. The major US con cern is over the development of an independent European security system, as envisaged by France, which could seriously undermine NATO. In December 2000, US Defence Sec retary William Cohen warned his European allies that,” if the EU did not consider more care fully its defence aspirations, NATO could become’a relic of the past.’
  • “An Ottoman Warrior Abroad: Enver Pasha as an Expatriate,” Middle Eastern Studies (October 1999): 40-70.
    • Abstract: There are few characters in Turkish history whose rise and fall have been as rapid and as dramatic as those of Enver Pasa. Starting out as an unknown graduate of the Imperial War College, he was only in his mid-twenties when he became the’hero of freedom’after the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. Thus started his meteoric rise from the ranks of a lieutenant-colonel to a virtual dictator during the rule of the Triumvirate in 1913. Within a year, when he married an Ottoman princess, he also joined the royal family as the son-in-law of the Sultan. Rapidly achieving the power and titles he sought, Enver became the Minister of War as battle clouds were gathering over Europe. Hence, at the outset of the First World War, he emerged as one of the most important Ottoman political and military leaders who determined the fate of a crumbling empire, which in return shaped his own destiny.
  • “Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Hydropolitics of the Tigris and Euphrates Dispute,” Istanbul University Journal of Social Sciences, 2 (1), (January,1995): 12-22.

Edited Volumes for Academic Journals

  • Special Issue: Turkey–US Relations, eds. (co-editor Ziya Öniş), Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 2013.

Policy Reports and Policy Papers

  •  “To Tango with the Bear: Turkey-Russia Relations in a Turbulent Region” PONARS Policy Memo, Washington D.C., August 2021.
  • “Turkey-EU Relations,” Turkey’s Transformation Map (co-authors: Selva Demiralp and Seda Demiralp), World Economic Forum (WEF), July 2019. (invited contribution)
  • The Future of EU-Turkey Relations: Mapping Dynamics and Testing Scenarios, FEUTURE Project, Final Technical Report submitted to EU Commission, (co-Author: Project partners), March 2019.
  • Energy and Climate Security Priorities and Challenges in the Changing Global Energy Order (co-authors: Lorenzo Colantoni, Duygu Sever) FEUTURE Policy Paper, No.5.2, EU Horizon 2020 Project, September 2017.
    • Abstract: Global energy markets are facing an era of extensive change through a radical process of transformation known as the “energy transition”, which ranges from the unprecedented growth of renewables and the success of the Paris Agreement to the still unpredictable future of gas and oil prices. Europe and Turkey are heavily influenced by these phenomena, and so are their relations. A more climate-friendly position by Turkey would increase chances for cooperation with the EU-still the de facto global climate leader. A greater role for gas would boost the EU and Turkey’s need for diversification, and thus possibly for cooperation. Turkey’s significant focus on coal could, however, move the country instead closer to the anti-climate stance opened up by President Donald Trump’s exit from the Paris Agreement, thus leading to a conflict scenario with the EU. The energy transition could provide a robust framework for the EU’s and Turkey’s future energy and climate relations, and one that might possibly be open to a new role for platforms such as the G20. However, its final impact will be a result of the evolution of its individual components.
  • Energy and Climate Strategies, Interests, and Priorities of EU and Turkey, FEUTURE Policy Paper, No.5.2, EU Horizon 2020 Project, March 2017. http://www.feuture.uni-koeln.de/sites/feuture/user_upload/FEUTURE_5.2_Energy_and_Climate_Strategies.pdf.
    • Abstract: Energy is one of the sectors in which EU–Turkey cooperation could be most fruitful, possibly leading overall convergence through the common achievement of mutual interests in key areas–in particular, natural gas imports and diversification. Yet, this collaboration is undermined by the uncertainty over Turkey’s position vis-à-vis these policies and its undefined commitment to others, such as renewables and nuclear power; by doubts over the ability of the EU to balance security of supply, sustainability and competitiveness; and by the unclear growth trends of both regions. This situation is partially balanced by Turkey’s and the EU’s participation in several–sometimes successful–platforms for energy cooperation on the bilateral and multilateral levels (ie ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity and Med-TSO, the Association of the Mediterranean Transmission System Operators), which are aimed at the integration of the two polities’ energy markets. Nonetheless, the overall energy framework still needs a strong policy boost to set it on a common path towards convergence.
  • “Turkey: On Fault Lines,” World Policy Journal, Spring 2015. (Invited ISI-Opinion Piece)
  • Türkiye’nin Enerji Verimliliği Haritası ve Hedefler (Mapping Energy Efficiency of Turkey and Targets), (co-author Metin Türkay, Belgin San Akça), KÜTEM Report, May 2012.
  • “Restoring Brotherly Bonds: Turkey-Azerbaijani Energy Relations (co-author M. Tahir Kılavuz), PONARS Eurasia Policy Papers, Policy Memo No. 240, Washington D.C., September 2012.
  • Turkish-American Relations for a New Era: A Turkish Perspective, (co-author Soli Özel), TÜSİAD Report, Istanbul: April 2009.
  • Hydropolitics of the Tigris and Euphrates Basin,” in Voice of Water, Hague: World Wide “Water Awareness Council Publication, 2000.

Book Chapters and Invited Encyclopedic Contributions

  • “Kuşak ve Yol Girişimi,” TÜBİTAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi, TÜBİTAK Yayınları, forthcoming 2021.
  • “Diplomasi Tarihi” TÜBİTAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi, TÜBİTAK Yayınları, forthcoming 2021.
  • “Monroe Doktrini” TÜBİTAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi, TÜBİTAK Yayınları, forthcoming 2021.
  • “Revisiting Networks and Narratives: Enver Pasha’s Pan-Islamic and Pan-Turkic Quest,” Individuals and Social Change in the Muslim World: Trajectories of Subversives and Mavericks, Texas: Texas University Press, 2016, pp. 143-166.
    • Abstract:As profound changes are currently taking place in the Muslim world, intersecting trajectories of numerous subversives and mavericks once again transform the social and political landscape of the Mediterranean. The rise of Enver started a century ago in the Balkans and along the shores of Tripoli, and his fall, which mirrored the fate of the Ottoman Empire, ended with his death fighting along the Basmachi tribes in Bukhara. He often had to navigate in uncharted waters at a time of drastic political change and turmoil, and the intricate networks he operated in often facilitated this arduous journey. While Enver’s activities as a part of the triumvirate of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) or his role during World War I is much better known, the earlier period gave way to his rapid rise. However, his struggles after the war and the fall of the Ottoman Empire have received very little attention.
  • “Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin Kafkasya Politikaları,” Avrasya Üçlemesi-III: Kafkaslar 1989-2009, Mustafa Aydın ed., Istanbul: Nobel Yayınevi, 2012.
    • Abstract: Ünlü siyaset bilimci Robert Gilpin War and Change in World Politics başlıklı eserinde savaşların, özellikle de hangi ülke ya da ülkelerin egemen güç olacağını belirleyen’hegemonik savaşlar’ın tarih boyunca uluslararası sistemde değişimi tetikleyen başlıca olaylar olduğunu savunmaktadır. 1 Bu durumun en dramatik örneği, kuşkusuz dünyayı kana bulayan Birinci ve İkinci Dünya Savaşları‟ nın sonucunda Amerika ve Sovyetler Birliği‟ nin liderliğinde iki kutuplu dünya düzeninin ortaya çıkması olmuştur. Soğuk Savaş yılları boyunca, siyasi düşünce tarihinin en önemli isimlerinden biri olan Alexis de Tocqueville‟ in neredeyse yüzyıl önce öngördüğü gibi “Rus kamçısı ve Amerikan cüzdanı”, yani Rus askeri ve Amerikan ekonomik gücü tüm dünyanın kaderini belirledi. Buna istisna sayılabilecek bir gelişme ise, Soğuk Savaş‟ ın sona ermesiyle yeni bir dünya düzenine geçilirken yaşandı. Soğuk Savaş‟ ın Sovyetler Birliği‟ nin yıkılmasıyla barışçı bir şekilde sona ermesi ve komünist rejimlerin teker teker yıkılmasıyla, ABD hegemonik savaş yaşamadan tek kutuplu dünyada başat güç haline geldi.
  • “Türkiye-ABD İlişkileri,” XXI. Yüzyılda Türk Dış Politikası’nın Analizi, Faruk Sönmezoğlu, Nurcan Özgür Baklacıoğlu, Özlem Terzi, ed., Istanbul: Der Yayınları, 2012.
  • “Active Diplomatic Engagements and Energy Politics: The Caspian, Azerbaijan, and the Gulf Region,” Russian and CIS Relations with the Gulf Region: Current Trends in Political and Economic Dynamics, Marat Terterov ed., Dubai: Gulf Research Center Publications, 2009.
  • “Turkey and the European Union: A Security Perspective,” Turkey and European Security, Giovanni Gasparini ed., Rome: Instituto Affari Internazionali Publications, 2007, pp. 51-64.
  • “Modernity and Nationalism: Turkey and Iran in Comparative Perspective,” (co-author Fuat Keyman), Gerard Delanty and Krishan Kumar eds., Handbook of Nations and Nationalism, London: Sage Publications Ltd., 2006, pp. 425-437.
    • Abstract: The claims of nationality have come to dominate politics in the last decade of the twentieth century. As the ideological contest between capitalism and communism has abated with the breakup of the Soviet Union and its satellite regions, so questions of national identity and national self-determination have come to the fore. It matters less, it seems, whether the state embraces the free market, or the planned economy, or something in between. It matters more where the boundaries of the state are drawn, who gets included and who gets excluded, what language is used, what religion endorsed, what culture promoted.(Miller 1995: 1)David Miller’s diagnosis has so far been correct and illuminating not only for the 1990s, but also for the first years of the new millennium. Nationalism and nationalist sentiments were unleashed rather than suffered a demise during the last decade of the twentieth century, and dictated the return of culture and authenticity in globalization by bringing about ethnonationalist and religious fundamentalist identity conflicts in different parts of the world. 
  • “Impact of Lobbies on Turkish-American Relations,” in Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present and Future, Mustafa Aydın, Çağrı Erhan (eds.), Routledge: New York, 2004, pp. 181-212.
  • Transboundary Rivers of Turkey,” in Sınıraşan Sularımız, (co-author Rıza Kadılar), Tuna Taner ed., Manisa: Celal Bayar Foundation Publications, 1997, pp. 24-66.