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THE 13th METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MULTIPLE PARADIGMS MULTIPLE WORLDS
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
JUNE 25-27, 2014
ANKARA
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ORGANISATION COMMITTEE
A.Nuri Yurdusev
Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 20 42 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83
e-mail: [email protected]
Faruk Yalvaç
Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 30 67 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail: [email protected]
Işık Kuşcu
Department of International Relations,Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 36 09 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail: [email protected]
Burak Erdinç
Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 30 99 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail: [email protected]
Çağdaş Özeniş
Department of International Relations,Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 70 56 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail: [email protected]
Metin Yücekaya
Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 30 56 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail:[email protected]
Murat Demirel
Department of International Relations,Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 70 56 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail:[email protected]
Tekin Baykız
Department of International Relations,Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 30 56 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail: [email protected]
Yelda Erçandırlı
Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara TurkeyTel: (90 312) 210 30 56 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83e-mail: [email protected]
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Conference Programme
25 June , Wednesday
13.00 – 18.00 Registration Place: FEAS-B Building 14.00 – 14.30 Opening Ceremony Place: G-110 Ahmet Acar, President, METU Eyüp Özveren, Dean of FEAS, METU
Hüseyin Bağcı, Head of Department of International Relations, METU A. Nuri Yurdusev, On Behalf of Organisation Committee,
METU 14.30 – 16.00 Plenary Session Place: G-110
“Multiple Paradigms in IR: Chinese, English and Turkish Perspectives” Chair: A. Nuri Yurdusev, METU Barry Buzan, London School of Economics and Political Science Ersel Aydınlı, Bilkent University Yongjin Zhang, University of Bristol
16.00-16.30 Coffee/Tea Break
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16.30 -18.00
Session 1 The Nature and Dynamics of Public Opinion in and on Turkey
Place: G-101 Chair: Ebru Canan Sokullu, Bahcesehir University
Stefano Braghiroli, University of Tartu “Measuring Rome's Support for Ankara's EU Bid: Growing Disconnections between Elites and Public Opinion”
Ali Çarkoğlu, Koç University
Yusuf Mağiya, Koç University “Explaining Ethnic Voting: Reflections of Ethnic Cleavages in Turkey” Çiğdem Kentmen, İzmir University of Economics Zeynep Taydaş, Clemson University
“What Explains Attitudes Towards Candidates' Entries? Comparing European Attitudes towards Turkey and Other Non-Member States”
Ebru Canan Sokullu,Bahçeşehir University Pierangelo Isernia, University of Siena
“FuorituttigliImmigrati? Göçmenler Evinize? Comparative Study of Italian and Turkish Public Opinion on Immigration” Özgehan Şenyuva, METU
“Turkish Foreign Policy and Public Opinion: The Case of NATO”
Session 2 International Relations of Islamic Republic of Iran
Place: G-102 Chair: Pınar Arıkan, METU Mahtab Dadarsefatmahboob, Hamburg & Akdeniz University “EU as a Normative Power or a Realist Player? The Case of Human Rights Policies in Iran-EU Relation” Bayram Sinkaya, Yıldırım Beyazıt University “Iran and International Relations of the Middle East after the Arab Spring: Challenges Ahead for the RouhaniAdministration” Saeed Shokoohi, Allameh Tabataba’yee University,
“Iran-centrism: An Iranian Approach to International Relations”
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Session 3 Critical Perspectives in IR Place: G-104 Chair: Yelda Erçandırlı, METU Birgül Demirtaş, TOBB ETU “How far could the Constructivists Deconstruct Global Politics? Constructivism and Its Limits” Yelda Erçandırlı, METU “Bringing a Green Approach to Turkish Foreign Policy” Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Yaşar University “Is it ‘Post’ or Still ‘Colonial?’ Looking at the World through Postcolonial
Lenses” Ion Josan, Babes-Bolyai University “Culture and power – Politics as “possibility” Cem Savaş, Galatasaray University “Geopolitics and Postcolonial Studies: the case of French School of Geopolitics”
Session 4 New Conceptualizations in the Discipline of IR Place: G-106 Chair: Çağdaş Özenis, METU Murat Ağdemir, Ministry of National Defense “Neoclassical Realism: A New or a Degenerative Approach?”
Erdem Özlük,Selçuk University Duygu Özlük, Selçuk University “What Kind of IR Do you Prefer? Anarchical, Hierarchical, Heteronomic, Hegemonic!” Gülriz Şen, METU “Historical Sociology and International Relations: Of Bridges and Boundaries”
19.00 - Reception
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26 June , Thursday 08.30 – 17.00 Registration Place: FEAS-B Building
09.00 – 10.30
Session 5 Humanitarian Issues and Humanitarian Law in the Middle East and Africa Place: G-101 Chair: Büşra Barın, METU Uzay Yaşar Aysev, The Special Tribunal for Lebanon “Tailoring the Court’s Jurisdiction: Palestine and the International Criminal Court”
Aşkın İnci Sökmen, İstanbul Esenyurt University “Military Responses to Refugee Disasters and Syria case”
Sevim Varlıklar, “Turkish Development Aid in Somalia: A Humanitarian Showcase of a Middle-Power”
Şafak Beren Yıldırım, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “Enforcement of ICC in Current Syrian Conflict”
Session 6 Turkey – US Relations within the Trans-Atlantic
Context Place: G-102 Chair: Zana Çitak, METU
Kubilay Arın “The US, the EU and Turkey, a New "Special Relationship"
Özgür Çalışkan, Ankara University; Halit Harput, METU
“Tripping over T-TIP: Some Reflections of Turkey’s Awkward Position on US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) Negotiations”
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Session 7 Critical Security Studies Place: G-104 Chair: Birgül Demirtaş, TOBB ETU Başar Baysal, Bilkent University
“Coercion by Fear; Securitization of Iraq Prior to 2003 War”
Uluç Karakaş, Bilkent University “Reconstructive Critique of Human Security toward a New Human Security Perspective” Burcu Togral, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “The Securitization Practices: The Border between the EU/Spain and North Africa”
Session 8 Theoretical Approaches to European Integration
Place: G-106 Chair: Burcu Özdemir, METU Sedef Eylemer, Izmir Katip Çelebi University “Reinvigorating the Theoretical Debates on Model of Integration for the Post-Crisis Europe: Towards a Political Union or More Differentiation?” Burcu Kaleoğlu, METU
“Can European identity be an alternative to national identity in Europe?” Ozlem Okuyucu, Ministry of EU Affairs & METU
“Flexibility in the European Union: Implications for Future”
Gözde Yılmaz, Atılım University “The End of Europeanization Studies? A Critical Evaluation of the Literature”
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee/Tea Break 11.00 – 12.30 Session 9 Turkey and European Union Relations
Place: G-101 Chair: Gökçe Yiğit, METU
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Nihal Kırkpınar, İzmir Katip Celebi University “The Analysis of Turkish Integration within the EU in the Framework of Social Constructivist Theory” Elvan Eda Karaismailoğlu, London School of Economics “The Effect of the Issue of Illegal Migration on the Process of Turkey’s Accession to the European Union”
Hikmet Kırık, Istanbul University
Pelin Sönmez “Turkish-EU Readmission Agreement under the Terms of External Governance and Human Security” Metin Koca “Revisiting the Role of Culture in the Expansion of International Society: Turkey and the EU as Norm-diffusers in the Middle East” Miguel Santos Neves, Autonoma University “Water in EU-Turkey Relations: Challenges and Opportunities”
Session 10 Central Asia & Caucasia: Global Actors, Regional Rivalries Place: G-102 Chair: Günseli Durmaz, METU
BambangCipto, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta “China and the Muslim World: The Case of Central Asia”
Seymur Huseynli, Dokuz Eylül University “Otherness as a Domestic Policy Tool in Azerbaijan and Armenia: Conflict over Nagorno Karabakh” Samaya Orujova, Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Kursad Aslan, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “Rentier States in post-Soviet Turkic world: Is there a significant difference among these countries?” Yasar Sarı, Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, “Dichotomy of Collective Identity and Conflict in Osh”
Session 11 English School: From Anarchical Society to World Society Place: G-104
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Nihal Kırkpınar, İzmir Katip Celebi University “The Analysis of Turkish Integration within the EU in the Framework of Social Constructivist Theory” Elvan Eda Karaismailoğlu, London School of Economics “The Effect of the Issue of Illegal Migration on the Process of Turkey’s Accession to the European Union”
Hikmet Kırık, Istanbul University
Pelin Sönmez “Turkish-EU Readmission Agreement under the Terms of External Governance and Human Security” Metin Koca “Revisiting the Role of Culture in the Expansion of International Society: Turkey and the EU as Norm-diffusers in the Middle East” Miguel Santos Neves, Autonoma University “Water in EU-Turkey Relations: Challenges and Opportunities”
Session 10 Central Asia & Caucasia: Global Actors, Regional Rivalries Place: G-102 Chair: Günseli Durmaz, METU
BambangCipto, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta “China and the Muslim World: The Case of Central Asia”
Seymur Huseynli, Dokuz Eylül University “Otherness as a Domestic Policy Tool in Azerbaijan and Armenia: Conflict over Nagorno Karabakh” Samaya Orujova, Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Kursad Aslan, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “Rentier States in post-Soviet Turkic world: Is there a significant difference among these countries?” Yasar Sarı, Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, “Dichotomy of Collective Identity and Conflict in Osh”
Session 11 English School: From Anarchical Society to World Society Place: G-104
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Nihal Kırkpınar, İzmir Katip Celebi University “The Analysis of Turkish Integration within the EU in the Framework of Social Constructivist Theory” Elvan Eda Karaismailoğlu, London School of Economics “The Effect of the Issue of Illegal Migration on the Process of Turkey’s Accession to the European Union”
Hikmet Kırık, Istanbul University
Pelin Sönmez “Turkish-EU Readmission Agreement under the Terms of External Governance and Human Security” Metin Koca “Revisiting the Role of Culture in the Expansion of International Society: Turkey and the EU as Norm-diffusers in the Middle East” Miguel Santos Neves, Autonoma University “Water in EU-Turkey Relations: Challenges and Opportunities”
Session 10 Central Asia & Caucasia: Global Actors, Regional Rivalries Place: G-102 Chair: Günseli Durmaz, METU
BambangCipto, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta “China and the Muslim World: The Case of Central Asia”
Seymur Huseynli, Dokuz Eylül University “Otherness as a Domestic Policy Tool in Azerbaijan and Armenia: Conflict over Nagorno Karabakh” Samaya Orujova, Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Kursad Aslan, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “Rentier States in post-Soviet Turkic world: Is there a significant difference among these countries?” Yasar Sarı, Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, “Dichotomy of Collective Identity and Conflict in Osh”
Session 11 English School: From Anarchical Society to World Society Place: G-104
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Chair: A.Nuri Yurdusev, METU Cemal Alpgiray Bölücek, Adnan Menderes University “U.S. - U.K. "Special Relationship" through Hedley Bull's Concept of the Anarchical Society”
Murat Demirel, METU “Analyzing Bilateral State Relations through Hedley Bull's Institutions”
Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Ege University “World Society. Modern or Pre Modern?”
Session 12 Historical Materialism and IR I Place: G-106 Chair & Discussant: Faruk Yalvaç, METU Çağlar Oyman, METU “Capitalist Geopolitics or Geopolitical Capitalism?”
Çağdaş Özeniş, METU “UCD: Is it an Alternative to Balance of Power?”
Emre Soran, Hacettepe University “Securitized Materialism or Materialized Security : What is the difference?” Engin Sune, Hacettepe University “Is IR Nothing but Imperialism?”
14.00 – 15.30 Keynote Speech
Place: G-110 Chair:FarukYalvaç, METU Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University Social Standards of Self-Restraint in International Society: Reflections on the ‘Civilizing Process’ and World Politics”
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee/Tea Break
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Chair: A.Nuri Yurdusev, METU Cemal Alpgiray Bölücek, Adnan Menderes University “U.S. - U.K. "Special Relationship" through Hedley Bull's Concept of the Anarchical Society”
Murat Demirel, METU “Analyzing Bilateral State Relations through Hedley Bull's Institutions”
Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Ege University “World Society. Modern or Pre Modern?”
Session 12 Historical Materialism and IR I Place: G-106 Chair & Discussant: Faruk Yalvaç, METU Çağlar Oyman, METU “Capitalist Geopolitics or Geopolitical Capitalism?”
Çağdaş Özeniş, METU “UCD: Is it an Alternative to Balance of Power?”
Emre Soran, Hacettepe University “Securitized Materialism or Materialized Security : What is the difference?” Engin Sune, Hacettepe University “Is IR Nothing but Imperialism?”
14.00 – 15.30 Keynote Speech
Place: G-110 Chair:FarukYalvaç, METU Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University Social Standards of Self-Restraint in International Society: Reflections on the ‘Civilizing Process’ and World Politics”
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee/Tea Break
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Chair: A.Nuri Yurdusev, METU Cemal Alpgiray Bölücek, Adnan Menderes University “U.S. - U.K. "Special Relationship" through Hedley Bull's Concept of the Anarchical Society”
Murat Demirel, METU “Analyzing Bilateral State Relations through Hedley Bull's Institutions”
Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Ege University “World Society. Modern or Pre Modern?”
Session 12 Historical Materialism and IR I Place: G-106 Chair & Discussant: Faruk Yalvaç, METU Çağlar Oyman, METU “Capitalist Geopolitics or Geopolitical Capitalism?”
Çağdaş Özeniş, METU “UCD: Is it an Alternative to Balance of Power?”
Emre Soran, Hacettepe University “Securitized Materialism or Materialized Security : What is the difference?” Engin Sune, Hacettepe University “Is IR Nothing but Imperialism?”
14.00 – 15.30 Keynote Speech
Place: G-110 Chair:FarukYalvaç, METU Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University Social Standards of Self-Restraint in International Society: Reflections on the ‘Civilizing Process’ and World Politics”
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee/Tea Break
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Chair: A.Nuri Yurdusev, METU Cemal Alpgiray Bölücek, Adnan Menderes University “U.S. - U.K. "Special Relationship" through Hedley Bull's Concept of the Anarchical Society”
Murat Demirel, METU “Analyzing Bilateral State Relations through Hedley Bull's Institutions”
Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Ege University “World Society. Modern or Pre Modern?”
Session 12 Historical Materialism and IR I Place: G-106 Chair & Discussant: Faruk Yalvaç, METU Çağlar Oyman, METU “Capitalist Geopolitics or Geopolitical Capitalism?”
Çağdaş Özeniş, METU “UCD: Is it an Alternative to Balance of Power?”
Emre Soran, Hacettepe University “Securitized Materialism or Materialized Security : What is the difference?” Engin Sune, Hacettepe University “Is IR Nothing but Imperialism?”
14.00 – 15.30 Keynote Speech
Place: G-110 Chair:FarukYalvaç, METU Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University Social Standards of Self-Restraint in International Society: Reflections on the ‘Civilizing Process’ and World Politics”
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee/Tea Break
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Nihal Kırkpınar, İzmir Katip Celebi University “The Analysis of Turkish Integration within the EU in the Framework of Social Constructivist Theory” Elvan Eda Karaismailoğlu, London School of Economics “The Effect of the Issue of Illegal Migration on the Process of Turkey’s Accession to the European Union”
Hikmet Kırık, Istanbul University
Pelin Sönmez “Turkish-EU Readmission Agreement under the Terms of External Governance and Human Security” Metin Koca “Revisiting the Role of Culture in the Expansion of International Society: Turkey and the EU as Norm-diffusers in the Middle East” Miguel Santos Neves, Autonoma University “Water in EU-Turkey Relations: Challenges and Opportunities”
Session 10 Central Asia & Caucasia: Global Actors, Regional Rivalries Place: G-102 Chair: Günseli Durmaz, METU
BambangCipto, University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta “China and the Muslim World: The Case of Central Asia”
Seymur Huseynli, Dokuz Eylül University “Otherness as a Domestic Policy Tool in Azerbaijan and Armenia: Conflict over Nagorno Karabakh” Samaya Orujova, Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Kursad Aslan, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “Rentier States in post-Soviet Turkic world: Is there a significant difference among these countries?” Yasar Sarı, Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, “Dichotomy of Collective Identity and Conflict in Osh”
Session 11 English School: From Anarchical Society to World Society Place: G-104
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16.00 - 17.30
Session 13 International Politics of Asia Place: G-101 Chair: Veysel Tekdal, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Gürol Baba,ÇanakkaleOnsekiz Mart University “Is it enough to be in disguise? Understanding Australia’s successful interactions in the “Asian International System”
Imran Iqbal, University of Leeds Faisal Majeed, University of Leeds “The Future of South Asian Geopolitics: What New-Regionalists have to Say?”
Nabarun Roy, South Asian University, “India and SEATO’s Failure: Why Non-Great Powers Matter in ‘High Politics’
Session 14 Non-Western Approaches to IR I
Place: G-102 Chair: Metin Yücekaya, METU Dinmukhammed Ametbek, METU
“Turkic perspective on International Relations”
Zeynep Gulsah Capan, University of Erfurt “Whose Non-West?” Mehmet Zeki Günay, METU
“IR Studies in Post-Soviet Russia”
Session 15 Continuity and Change in American Foreign Policy Place: G-104
Chair: Coşkun Musluk, METU
Chen Jie, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics “An Analysis of the U.S. First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review”
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Session 13 International Politics of Asia Place: G-101 Chair: Veysel Tekdal, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Gürol Baba,ÇanakkaleOnsekiz Mart University “Is it enough to be in disguise? Understanding Australia’s successful interactions in the “Asian International System”
Imran Iqbal, University of Leeds Faisal Majeed, University of Leeds “The Future of South Asian Geopolitics: What New-Regionalists have to Say?”
Nabarun Roy, South Asian University, “India and SEATO’s Failure: Why Non-Great Powers Matter in ‘High Politics’
Session 14 Non-Western Approaches to IR I
Place: G-102 Chair: Metin Yücekaya, METU Dinmukhammed Ametbek, METU
“Turkic perspective on International Relations”
Zeynep Gulsah Capan, University of Erfurt “Whose Non-West?” Mehmet Zeki Günay, METU
“IR Studies in Post-Soviet Russia”
Session 15 Continuity and Change in American Foreign Policy Place: G-104
Chair: Coşkun Musluk, METU
Chen Jie, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics “An Analysis of the U.S. First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review”
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Chair: A.Nuri Yurdusev, METU Cemal Alpgiray Bölücek, Adnan Menderes University “U.S. - U.K. "Special Relationship" through Hedley Bull's Concept of the Anarchical Society”
Murat Demirel, METU “Analyzing Bilateral State Relations through Hedley Bull's Institutions”
Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Ege University “World Society. Modern or Pre Modern?”
Session 12 Historical Materialism and IR I Place: G-106 Chair & Discussant: Faruk Yalvaç, METU Çağlar Oyman, METU “Capitalist Geopolitics or Geopolitical Capitalism?”
Çağdaş Özeniş, METU “UCD: Is it an Alternative to Balance of Power?”
Emre Soran, Hacettepe University “Securitized Materialism or Materialized Security : What is the difference?” Engin Sune, Hacettepe University “Is IR Nothing but Imperialism?”
14.00 – 15.30 Keynote Speech
Place: G-110 Chair:FarukYalvaç, METU Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University Social Standards of Self-Restraint in International Society: Reflections on the ‘Civilizing Process’ and World Politics”
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee/Tea Break
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Burak Küntay, Bahçeşehir University “2016 Presidential Election and American Foreign Policy: Continuity or Change?”
Gürhan Ünal, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “US Foreign Policy under Obama Administration: What Type of Multilateralism on Global Governance?”
Session 16 Warfare and Conflict Resolution Place: G-106 Chair: Engin Sune, Hacettepe University Gökhan Akşemsettinoğlu,Çankaya University “Reviewing Conflicts and Conflict Resolutions in Multipolarity” Betül Özyılmaz, Gazi University “War, Peace and Security in the Classical Islamic Thought: A Comparative Analysis” Itır Toksöz, Doğuş University “Violence and Nonviolence in Turkey: From the Lens of Peace Studies and Evolutionary Theory”
19.30 - Conference Dinner
27 June , Friday 08.30 – 12.00 Registration Place: FEAS-B Building
09.00 – 10.30
Session 17 Turkish Foreign Policy towards Middle East Place: G-101 Chair: Mehmet Can Palancı, METU
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Burak Küntay, Bahçeşehir University “2016 Presidential Election and American Foreign Policy: Continuity or Change?”
Gürhan Ünal, Eskişehir Osmangazi University “US Foreign Policy under Obama Administration: What Type of Multilateralism on Global Governance?”
Session 16 Warfare and Conflict Resolution Place: G-106 Chair: Engin Sune, Hacettepe University Gökhan Akşemsettinoğlu,Çankaya University “Reviewing Conflicts and Conflict Resolutions in Multipolarity” Betül Özyılmaz, Gazi University “War, Peace and Security in the Classical Islamic Thought: A Comparative Analysis” Itır Toksöz, Doğuş University “Violence and Nonviolence in Turkey: From the Lens of Peace Studies and Evolutionary Theory”
19.30 - Conference Dinner
27 June , Friday 08.30 – 12.00 Registration Place: FEAS-B Building
09.00 – 10.30
Session 17 Turkish Foreign Policy towards Middle East Place: G-101 Chair: Mehmet Can Palancı, METU
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Selen Akan, Istanbul Bilgi University “Nusayris of Hatay Beyond the Syrian Foreign Policy of Turkey” Ibrahim Natil, Society Voice Foundation “Turkish NGOs and the Arab Spring” Emel Parlar Dal, Marmara University “The Rise of Cosmopolitanist Discourse in Turkish Foreign Policy in the Arab spring Era”
Session 18 Historical Materialism and IR II Place: G-102 Chair& Discussant: Faruk Yalvaç, METU Burak Erdinç, METU Gender or Class? Gürsan Şenalp, Atılım University “Social Classes: From Classical to Global Political Economy” Veysel Tekdal, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Neo-Gramscianism - Did it fail as a Project?
Hasan Yükselen, METU Complexity Theory: Is it Dialectical?
Session 19 Ethnic Violence, Terrorism & Sub-state Conflicts Place: G-104 Chair: Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Yasar University Ini Dele-Adedeji, SOAS “Iterations of the Shari’a ideal within Islamist movements in Northern Nigeria” Yiğit Anıl Güzelipek, ÇankırıKaratekin University “20 Years after Rwanda Genocide”
Jafar Haghpanah, Tehran University “Omnibalancing:AnAnalitical Pattern For Explaining The Role Of Ethnicity in Foreign Policy”
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Çağla Kılıç,Durhem University Kenan Alper Kök, Kings College “Ethnic Terrorism in Sri Lanka”
Session 20 Islamic Perspectives on Theory in International Relations Place: G-101 Chair:Nassef Manabilang Adiong, METU Waleed Ali, University of Bradford
“Islam and Democracy are they Compatible?” Abdalhadi M. Alijla, State University of Milan “Islam and International Relations: A Comparative Study on Sovereignty” Mohibul Haque, Aligarh Muslim University
“Beyond the Paradigm of Nation-State System: Perspectives on Islam and International Relations”
Yusuf Sayın, Selçuk University “Foreign Policy Analysis in Islam and International Relations” Tareq Sharawi, Alliance of Civilizations Institute “Comparative Analogy of War between Classical Islamists and Headley Bull”
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee/Tea Break 11.00 – 12.30
Session 21 Paradigmatic Debates in IR Theory Place: G-101 Chair: Murat Demirel, METU Kemal Ciftci, Ufuk University “Construction of International Politics Upon "Second Nature" Mehmet Akif Kumral, Gaziosmanpaşa University “Intra-Paradigmatic Discursive Divisions in IR: Reexamining Reasons and Implications”
Giresun University
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Buğra Sarı,Gazi University “The Significance of the Argument "Theory is always for Someone and for some Purpose" for the Study of International Relations”
Session 22 Energy Factor in International Relations
Place: G-102 Chair: Bayram Sinkaya, Yıldırım Beyazıt University
Rupakjyoti Borah, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, “India-China Relations and the Struggle for Energy Resources: Can It Lead to War?”
Omid Shokri Kalehsar, Yalova University “Iran Energy Policy under Ahmadinezhad Era” Mahmood Monshipouri, San Francisco State University “Potential for the Expansion of Iranian Natural Gas Exports: Exploring Some Implications for Iran-Turkey Relations”
Session 23 Crisis in Ukraine: Impact of Actors and Limits of
International Law Place: G-104 Chair:Levent Kızılbağlı, METU
Evanthia Balla, University of Lisbon
“Ukraine Crisis: Lessons to the European Union”
Helin Sarı Ertem, Yıldız Teknik University Berivan Gökçenay,Yıldız Teknik University “Crimean Pendulum and the Limits of the International Law” Alter Kahraman, METU “Crimean Tatars, collective memory and narratives”
Session 24 Non-Western Approaches to IR II Place: G-106 Chair:Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Ege University Nurzhanat Ametbek, Ankara University “China's Search for International Relations Theory”
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Asena Demirer, Yeditepe University “Barriers on the Way of Multidimensional and Non-Western IR Theory with special reference to Qing China’s and Ottoman Empire’s experience of Informal Empire” Abdul Gaffar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India “The Case of the 'Other India' and Indian IR Scholarship”
14.00 – 15.30
Session 25 Islamic Perspectives on Praxis in IR Place: G-101
Chair:Nassef Manabilang Adiong, METU
Benjamin Maiangwa, United Nations University “Between Political Islam and Religious Radicalization: Towards a Nuanced Understanding of Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria” Mehmet Ali Mert, Hacettepe University
Cenay Babaoğlu, Hacettepe University “The Impact of Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) to Turkish Foreign Policy as an International Political Actor” Setareh Sadeqi Mohammadi, Islamic Azad University of Shahreza, Iran “Revival of Muslim Identity, Key to More Unity and Stability in the Middle East” Fadi Zatari, Alliance of Civilizations Institute “The Utilization of 'Jihad' and 'Hudna' as Tools of Foreign Policy by Hamas towards Israel”
Session 26 Issues in Turkish Foreign Policy Place: G-102 Chair: Burak Erdinç, METU Berna Aksoy Özcan, Nişantaşı University “The Principle of National Security in Turkish Foreign Policy at the Era of Ataturk "Peace at Home, Peace in the World" Shatlyk Amanov,Melikşah University “Multilateralism in Turkish Foreign Policy under AK Party Rule: A Bid for Regional Leadership without Any Outreach?”
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Fırat Bayar, Office of the Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President “Cyprus Issue in Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP): A Global Governance
“”””””””Perspective” Ertan Beşe, Turkish National Police Academy Merve Seren, Turkish National Police Academy “Examining the Evolving Role of Think Tanks in the Making of Turkey’s Security Policy and Their Influence on Strategic Decision-Making Processes”
Session 27 Security Analysis Place: G-104
Chair: Emre Soran, Hacettepe University Ersin İçöz, Marmara University Okan Gülbak, Istanbul Commerce University Tuncer Beyribey,Marmara University “Just One Click Away: Searching for the Enemy through National Security Agency Surveillance System” Mihriban Tağ, Ministry of Development “Macroeconomics of Security” Şebnem Udum, Hacettepe University “Nuclear Security: The Changing Nature of Nuclear Threat and Response”
Session 28 International Political Economy in Practice Place: G-106 Chair: Pınar Bedirhanoğlu, METU
Erman Aksüt, London School of Economics & METU “The International Political Economy of Central Bank Independence in Turkey” Kursad Aslan, Eskişehir Osmangazi University
“Evaluation of Uzbekistan’s Political Economy after the Soviet Union”
Ume Laila, KDI School of Public Policy and Management Asif Zaheer Shaikh, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
“Impact Of Foreign Direct Investment Over Economic Growth Of Pakistan”
Gonca Oğuz Gök, Marmara University Emel Parlar Dal, Marmara University
“Understanding Turkey's Emerging "Civilian" Foreign Policy Role in the African Region through Development Cooperation”
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Session 29 Not So Great Powers Place: G-106 Chair: Şengül Yıldız, METU Ikboljon Qoraboyev, Turgut Özal University “Regionalism and Grand Strategy of Rising Powers: China and Russia in Global Normative Rivalry”
Abdullah Yuvacı, Melikşah University “Small States and Foreign Policy”
Session 30 International Dimensions of Socio-Political Issues Place: G-102 Chair: Onur Bahçecik, METU Elif Davutoğlu, Erzincan University “Relationship between Development and Culture from the Perspective of Dependency and Modernization Theories” Elçin Doruk, Ege University “Migration Fact and Border Management in Turkey” Can Zeyrek, University of Marburg “Consequences of Co-optation of Modern Neofundamentalism in Democratic Parliamentary Systems - Obstacles to Democratic Consolidation in Turkey”
Session 31 Energy Security Place: G-104 Chair: Çağlar Oyman, METU Farkhad Alimukhamedov, Turgut Özal University
“Waterstress as a Source of Political Conflict in Contemporary Central Asia”
Fadıl Ersözer, University of Manchester George Kyris, University of Warwick, Tomas Maltby, University of Manchester “Energy and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Cyprus”
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Zehra Wellman, University of Tübingen “Securitization of Energy and the Securitization of climate change - Competing and complementing discourses in Germany and Turkey”
Session 32 Multiple Approaches in Multifaceted Foreign Policy of Turkey Place: G-110 Chair: Seyfi Taşhan, Foreign Policy Institute
Oktay Aksoy, Foreign Policy Institute “Basics of Turkey's Evolving Policy towards Russia” Onur Erpul, Florida International University “Strategic Culture” Numan Hazar, Foreign Policy Institute “The Opening towards Africa and Latin America” Seyfi Taşhan, Foreign Policy Institute
“Shifts and Stability Factors in Turkey's Relations with the West”
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List of Participants
Abdalhadi M. Alijla, State University of MilanAbdul Gaffar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IndiaAbdullah Yuvacı, Melikşah UniversityAli Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Ege UniversityAlter Kahraman, METUAndrew Linklater, Aberystwyth UniversityAsena Demirer, Yeditepe UniversityAsif Zaheer Shaikh,KDI School of Public Policy and Management Aşkın İnci Sökmen, İstanbul Esenyurt UniversityBambang Cipto, University of Muhammadiyah YogyakartaBarry Buzan, London School of Economics and Political ScienceBaşar Baysal, Bilkent UniversityBayram Sinkaya, Yıldırım Beyazıt UniversityBenjamin Maiangwa, United Nations UniversityBerivan Gökçenay,YıldızTeknik UniversityBerna Aksoy Özcan, Nişantaşı UniversityBetül Özyılmaz, Gazi University Birgül Demirtaş, TOBB ETUBuğra Sarı,Gazi UniversityBurak Erdinç, METUBurak Küntay, Bahçeşehir UniversityBurcu Özdemir, METUBurcu Kaleoğlu, METUBurcu Togral, EskişehirOsmangazi UniversityBüşra Barın, METUCan Zeyrek, University of MarburgCemal Alpgiray Bölücek, Adnan Menderes UniversityCem Savaş, Galatasaray UniversityCenay Babaoğlu, Hacettepe UniversityChen Jie, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCoşkun Musluk, METU
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Çağdaş Özenis, METUÇağla Kılıç,Durhem UniversityÇağlar Oyman, METUÇiğdem Kentmen, İzmir University of EconomicsDinmukhammed Ametbek, METUDuygu Özlük, Selçuk UniversityEbru Canan Sokullu,Bahçeşehir UniversityElçin Doruk, Ege UniversityElem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Yasar UniversityElem Eyrice, Yaşar UniversityElif Davutoğlu, Erzincan UniversityElvan Eda Karaismailoğlu, London School of EconomicsEmel Parlar Dal, Marmara UniversityEmre Soran, Hacettepe UniversityEngin Sune, Hacettepe UniversityErdem Özlük , Selçuk UniversityErman Aksüt, London School of Economics & METUErsel Aydınlı, Bilkent UniversityErsin İçöz, Marmara UniversityErtan Beşe, Turkish National Police AcademyEvanthia Balla, University of LisbonFadıl Ersözer, University of ManchesterFadiZatari, Alliance of Civilizations InstituteFarkhad Alimukhamedov, Turgut Özal UniversityFaruk Yalvaç, METUFırat Bayar, Office of the Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President George Kyris, University of Warwick,Gonca Oğuz Gök, Marmara UniversityGökçe Yiğit, METUGökhan Akşemsettinoğlu,Çankaya UniversityGözde Yılmaz, Atılım UniversityGülriz Şen, METUGünseli Durmaz, METU
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Gürhan Ünal,EskişehirOsmangazi University Gürol Baba,ÇanakkaleOnsekiz Mart UniversityGürsan Şenalp, Atılım UniversityHalit Harput, METUHasan Yükselen, METUHelin Sarı Ertem, YıldızTeknik UniversityHikmet Kırık, Istanbul UniversityIbrahim Natil,Society Voice FoundationIkboljon Qoraboyev, TurgutÖzal UniversityIni Dele-Adedeji, SOASIon Josan, Babes-Bolyai UniversityItır Toksöz, Doğuş UniversityJafar Haghpanah, Tehran UniversityKemal Ciftci, UfukUniversityKenan Alper Kök, Kings CollegeKubilay ArınKursadAslan, EskişehirOsmangazi UniversityLevent Kızılbağlı, METUMahmood Monshipouri, San Francisco State UniversityMahtab Dadarsefatmahboob, Hamburg &Akdeniz UniversityMehmet Akif Kumral, Gaziosmanpaşa UniversityMehmet Ali Mert,Hacettepe UniversityMehmet Can Palancı, METUMehmet Zeki Günay, METUMerveSeren, Turkish National Police AcademyMetin Yücekaya, METUMetin Koca, European University InstituteMiguel Santos Neves, Autonoma UniversityMihriban Tağ, Ministry of DevelopmentMohibul Haque, Aligarh Muslim UniversityMurat Ağdemir, Ministry of National DefenseMurat Demirel, METUNabarun Roy, South Asian University,
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Nassef Manabilang Adiong, METUNihal Kırkpınar, İzmir KatipCelebi UniversityNuman Hazar,Foreign Policy InstituteNuri Yurdusev, METUNurzhanat Ametbek, Ankara UniversityOkan Gülbak, Istanbul Commerce UniversityOktay Aksoy, Foreign Policy InstituteOmid Shokri Kalehsar, Yalova UniversityOnur Bahçecik, METUOnur Erpul, Florida International UniversityOzlem Okuyucu, Ministry of EU Affairs & METUÖzgehan Şenyuva, METUÖzgür Çalışkan, Ankara University;Pelin SönmezPınar Arıkan, METUPınar Bedirhanoğlu, METUPierange loIsernia, University of SienaRupakjyoti Borah, PanditDeendayal Petroleum University,Saeed Shokoohi, AllamehTabataba’yee University, Samaya Orujova,EskişehirOsmangazi UniversitySedef Eylemer, Izmir KatipÇelebi UniversitySetareh Sadeqi Mohammadi, Islamic Azad University of Shahreza, IranSevim Varlıklar, Seyfi Taşhan, Foreign Policy InstituteSeymur Huseynli, DokuzEylül UniversityShatlyk Amanov,Melikşah UniversityStefano Braghiroli, University of TartuŞafak Beren Yıldırım, EskişehirOsmangazi UniversityŞebnem Udum, Hacettepe UniversityTareq Sharawi, Alliance of Civilizations InstituteTomas Maltby, University of ManchesterTuncer Beyribey,Marmara University Uluç Karakaş, Bilkent University
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Ume Laila, KDI School of Public Policy and Management Uzay Yaşar Aysev, The Special Tribunal for LebanonVeysel Tekdal, Eskişehir Osmangazi UniversityWaleed Ali, University of BradfordYasar Sarı, Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University,Yelda Erçandırlı, METUYiğit Anıl Güzelipek, ÇankırıKaratekin UniversityYongjin Zhang, University of BristolYusuf Mağiya,Koç UniversityYusuf Sayın, Selçuk UniversityZana Çitak, METUZehra Wellman, University of TübingenZeynep GulsahCapan, University of ErfurtZeynep Taydaş, Clemson University