Asserting Statehood: Kazakhstan's Role in International Organizations
The EU, Central Asia, and the Development of Continental Transport and Trade
By S. Frederick Starr, Svante E. Cornell, and Nicklas Norling
Silk Road Paper, December 2015.
Turkey Transformed: The Origins and Evolution of Authoritarianism and Islamization under the AKP
Turkey Transformed: The Origins and Evolution of Authoritarianism and Islamization Under the AKP
This study’s excavation of the ideological and political origins of the AKP sheds light both on Turkey’s current situation and its future trajectory. In the process, however, it also yields insights about some of the myopic or unwarranted assumptions underlying policy thinking about Turkey that have implications for policymakers going forward.
How Georgia Stamped Out Corruption on Campus
Turkey's Military Rulers
September 11, 2015
Turkey's Military Rulers
By Halil M. Karaveli
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Many commentators have interpreted the decision of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to restart the war against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., as designed to undo the results of the June 7 general election. The ruling Justice and Development Party, also known as the A.K.P., was deprived of its majority in Parliament when the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or H.D.P., surged at the polls.
