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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRising Democracies and the Arab Awakening: Implications for Global Democracy and Human Rights

Ted Piccone and Emily Alinikoff, January 09, 2012, The Brookings Institution

Rising Democracies and the Arab Awakening: Implications for Global Democracy and Human RightsTed Piccone and Emily Alinikoff offer an in-depth assessment of international democracy and human rights policy approaches of five rising global powers: Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. Read More

Global Change, Democracy Assistance, BRICs, Global Governance, Globalization

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioSyria Under Growing International Pressure

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Washington, DC

Pro-Assad supporters rally in SyriaWith the death toll in Syria now exceeding 4,000 civilians, Turkey and the Arab League recently joined the U.S. and the EU in imposing wide-ranging sanctions against Syria—a coordinated, international move considered inconceivable just six months ago. On December 13, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings and the Middle East Institute hosted a discussion to examine the impact of growing international pressure on the Assad government and analyzed the domestic and regional implications of a weakening Syrian regime and economy. Read More

Syria, Turkey, The Arab Awakening and Middle East Unrest, Middle East, Sanctions

PAST EVENT

Save to My Portfolio"From Responsibility to Response" Report Launch

Monday, December 05, 2011
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

It is a tenet of international law that states are responsible for protecting the rights of persons within their borders, including the internally displaced. On December 5, 2011, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement held a private launch event for its report, From Responsibility to Response: Assessing National Approaches to Internal Displacement, which examines government response to internal displacement in fifteen of the twenty countries most affected by internal displacement due to conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations. 

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Internal Displacement, Human Rights, Afghanistan, Georgia, Iraq

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRise of the TIMBIs: Turkey, India, Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia

December 02, 2011, Foreign Policy

Contrary to what many believe, Jack Goldstone argues that over the next 50 years, the economic and political story will not be of the United States and China competing for dominance. Instead, Goldstone points to the quiet rise of Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil and India.
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Brazil, Global Change, India, Indonesia, Turkey

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFrom Responsibility to Response: Assessing National Approaches to Internal Displacement

Elizabeth Ferris, Erin Mooney and Chareen Stark, November 01, 2011, The Brookings Institution

It is a tenet of international law that states are responsible for protecting the rights of persons within their borders, including the internally displaced. Elizabeth Ferris, Erin Mooney and Chareen Stark examine government response to internal displacement in fifteen countries affected by internal displacement due to conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations.

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Internal Displacement, Human Rights, Afghanistan, Georgia, Iraq

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDo New Democracies Support Democracy?: The Multilateral Dimension

Ted Piccone, October 2011, Journal of Democracy

Ted Piccone assesses where the world's six most influential rising democracies—Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey—stand on supporting democracy and human rights outside their borders. Read More

Democracy Assistance, Developing Countries, Human Rights, Brazil, India

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioIn the Eye of the Storm: Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Domestic Realignment

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

Reuters/Osman OrsalAfter Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) won an electoral victory in June on domestic issues, several regional challenges have thrust foreign policy back to the top of the agenda. Turkey currently faces deteriorating relations with Syria, worsening dynamics with Iraq over the Kurdish issue, new strains in Turkish-Iranian relations, and new lows in Turkish-Israeli relations. On October 25, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) at Brookings hosted a discussion exploring Turkish foreign policy and assessing the impact of domestic developments and the shifting civilian-military power balance on Turkey’s international relations. Read More

Turkey, Middle East, Diplomacy, Europe, Foreign Policy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAssessing the Islamic World, Post-9/11

Michael E. O'Hanlon and Ömer Taşpınar, September 20, 2011, USA Today

While much of the attention in the decade after September 11 has been focused on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now on the unrest across parts of the Middle East and North Africa, Michael O'Hanlon and Ömer Taşpinar examine progress in other major Muslim countries. They find that, on the whole, many are considerably better off now than they were 10 years ago. Read More

Islamic World, Middle East, South Asia, America and the World After 9/11, Developing Countries

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Save to My PortfolioTurkey's Kurdish Achilles' Heel

Ömer Taşpınar, September 15, 2011, The National Interest

Western media focus on Turkey has lately been on civil-military tensions and Ankara’s diplomatic pressure on Syria. However, Ömer Taşpınar argues that the country’s most urgent problem remains the same one since the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923: the Kurdish question. Taşpınar writes that addressing Kurdish discontent with a new and more democratic constitution has become a major roadblock for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government. Read More

Turkey, Europe, Ethnicity, Politics

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioThe Frontiers of Europe: A Transatlantic Problem?

Federiga Bindi and Irina Angelescu, August 15, 2011

This comprehensive volume focuses not only on the European Union's outward expansion, but also on the internal dynamics within EU states and those states' abilities to deal with pressing issues such as terrorism, immigration, internal crime, and energy security. The EU must prioritize stability in both its enlargement strategy and its relations with the broader international neighborhood. Read More

European Union, Turkey, Balkans

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTurkey's General Dilemma: Democracy and the Reverse Coup

Ömer Taşpınar, August 08, 2011, Foreign Affairs

Turkey's General Dilemma: Democracy and the Reverse CoupTurkey is not yet a liberal democracy but it is moving in the right direction. Ömer Taşpınar outlines the current political climate in Turkey, focusing on how the country is now becoming a normal democracy, where elected officials will matter more than the military. Read More

Turkey, Europe, Democracy Assistance

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIs EU Accession in Turkey's Future?

Hakan Altinay, July 18, 2011, European Council on Foreign Relations

Is EU Accession in Turkey's Future?Over the past decade, Turkey has transformed into an emerging market, thriving from a growing economy, shrinking debt and dropping interest rates. In 2011, Turkey is a wealthier, more open, freer, more democratic, fairer and more peaceful country. Hakan Altinay examines Turkey's advancement and future prospects for Europe Union membership. Read More

Turkey, European Union, Economic Development, Economic Mobility, Governance

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioAssessing the Outcomes of Turkey’s Elections

Friday, June 17, 2011
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Washington, DC

Carey NickelsThanks to a growing economy and relative political stability, there was little doubt that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would win a third consecutive victory in the June 12 general elections. What remained to be seen was the size of Prime Minister Erdoğan's new majority and how the new government would face a number of critical issues. On June 17, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) hosted a discussion to analyze the Turkish elections with leading Turkish experts. The event was organized in partnership with the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD). Read More

Turkey, Elections, Politics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWill AKP's Victory Finally Lead to a New Constitution in Turkey?

Ömer Taşpınar, June 16, 2011, The Brookings Institution

Will AKP's Victory Finally Lead to a New Constitution in Turkey?Ömer Taşpınar assesses the outcome of Turkey’s June 12 elections, which produced a landslide victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP). Taşpınar analyzes the AKP’s agenda, addressing domestic politics and foreign policy. Read More

Turkey, Politics, Polling and Public Opinion, Governance, Europe

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Save to My PortfolioTurkey, Europe and the World in 2011

Wednesday, May 04, 2011
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Reuters/Umit BektasOn May 4, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) hosted former European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana for the seventh annual Sakıp Sabancı Lecture. In his address, Solana offered perspectives on security, stability and democracy in a changing world, and discuss how these changes are affecting Turkey’s relations with the United States and Europe and its emerging role as a global player. Read More

Turkey, Europe, European Union, International Relations

In Brief

Turkey has traveled a long journey over the past eight decades, reconciling its rich traditions with its aspirations toward modernity to bring progress to its people. The selection of a new President and the general elections of 2007 set the course of Turkish internal politics for the next decade. With aspirations to join the EU and the question of Turkey's actions against Armenians in the early 20th century, developments in Iraq, Iran and the eastern Mediterranean are complicating Turkey’s relations with the U.S., Europe, Israel and the Muslim world.

Featured Experts

Mark R. Parris

Mark R. Parris

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

A former ambassador to Turkey, Mark Parris served as a career foreign service officer including posts in the Soviet Union, Israel and Portugal. He also was a policy advisor for the U.S. State Department and National Security Council. Parris directed the "Turkey 2007" project at Brookings, which encouraged a focused, informed discussion on developments in and around Turkey during its presidential and general elections.
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Ömer Taşpınar

Ömer Taşpınar

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Ömer Taşpınar is an expert on Turkey, the European Union, Muslims in Europe, political Islam, the Middle East and Kurdish nationalism. He is a professor at the National War College and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
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