Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Modi’s growth push casts shadow on chances of long-term success
...At the time when India is becoming the rotating presiding country of the BRICS group, the myth that India’s economy has successfully caught up with China’s also resonates. Indeed,...
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Dreams and Nightmares: Turkey’s Unspoken Drift towards Civil War
...The sustained clashes in urban areas that have wracked southeast Turkey in recent months mark a new stage in the decades-old insurgency of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and...
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Fourth Vector: Making Sense of Kazakhstan’s Activism in International Organizations
...Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has developed a track record of being the most proactive and innovative former Soviet republic in the sphere of international cooperation....
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Kazakhstan’s Bid for the UN Security Council
...Since independence, Kazakhstan’s foreign policy – and its multilateral relations in particular – has expressed a clear logic: to develop a role as a respectable international citizen that can...
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Asserting Statehood: Kazakhstan’s Role in International Organizations
...Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has developed a record of being the most proactive and innovative former Soviet republic in the sphere of international cooperation. Kazakhstan’s...
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Central, East Europe’s road to benefits
...The One Belt, One Road initiative needs to be aligned with Central and Eastern European Counties’ development plans, argues Dr. Minru Liu. Coordination and cooperation in this diverse region...
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Turkey’s Future: If not a “Big Finland,” Maybe a “Small China?”
...The AKP regime does not stand out in the history of the Turkish republic because it is authoritarian. Rather, what makes it unique is that its endeavor to establish...
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Erdogan’s Pyrrhic Victory: The Turkish Election and the Prospects for a Presidential System
...use the AKP’s parliamentary majority to try to push ahead with his plans for an autocratic presidential system, the result showed that he has no popular mandate for one....
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Violence Saved AKP’s Power, but the Regime needs Peace with the Kurds
...The combination of military and deep state operations has rescued the power of the AKP, restoring its majority in parliament. Now, it is in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s interest...
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Myanmar’s 2015 General Elections: Structure, Process, and Issues
...The second general elections since the beginning of Myanmar’s political transformation toward a multiparty democracy will take place on November 8. This year’s election will comprise all opposition parties...