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2182. Review: Why Europe Fear its Neighbours? by Fabrizio Tassinari
- Author:
- Didem Artunç
- Publication Date:
- 09-2011
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Uluslararasi Iliskiler
- Institution:
- Uluslararasi Iliskiler
- Abstract:
- Fabrizio Tassinari, Why Europe Fear its Neighbours? (Avrupa Komşularından Neden Korkuyor?) başlıklı bu kitapta, AB'nin yakın çevresindeki ülkelerle ilişkilerine kapsamlı bir bakış açısı getirmektedir. AB ve politikaları, yazarın ana çalışma alanıdır. 2001–04 yılları arasında AB komisyonunda araştırmacı olarak görev yapan Tassinari, 2005–08 döneminde çalıştığı Kopenhag Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi Bölümü'nde Doçent olmuş ve aynı zamanda Avrupa Politika Çalışmaları Merkezi'nde çalışmıştır. Bugün ise Danish Institute for International Studies'de Dış Politika ve AB Çalışmaları Bölümü Başkanı ve araştırmacıdır. Tassinari'nin ilgi alanı ekonomi-politik bakış açısıyla Avrupa güvenliği ve bütünleşmesinin incelenmesidir. Bu bölgesel açıdan, Doğu Avrupa'da demokratikleşme ve devlet inşasını, Karadeniz, Baltık ve Akdeniz'de bölgesel güvenlik ve işbirliğini, AB ve NATO genişlemesi ile komşuluk politikasını, Transatlantik ilişkileri, Avrupa'nın küresel rolü ve AB dış ve güvenlik politikasını içermektedir. İnceleme konusu olan çalışma Tassinari'nin ilk kitabıdır.
- Topic:
- European Union
- Political Geography:
- Europe
2183. Euromed+15. New paths of cooperation across the Mediterranean
- Publication Date:
- 06-2011
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Abstract:
- On the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration, the EuroMeSCo Network and the IEMed jointly organized the 2010 Annual EuroMeSCo Conference, in which distinguished experts and practitioners were convened to debate the future of Euro-Mediterranean politics in the light of the on-going institutional changes within the European Union and the new geopolitical context.
- Topic:
- Security, Politics, European Union, and Geopolitics
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Mediterranean
2184. 20-years of Visegrad Four Cooperation: Implications for EU Enlargement
- Author:
- Jozef Šesták, Tomáš Strážay, Sezin Öney, Vít Hloušek, and Özgür Unal Eriş
- Publication Date:
- 03-2011
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Global Political Trends Center (GPoT)
- Abstract:
- This roundtable, organized by the Istanbul Consul Generals of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, under the chairmanship of the Consul General of Slovakia, Amb. Dr. Jozef Šesták, and in cooperation with GPoT Center featured two panels evaluating the past twenty years of the V4 group and exploring implications for EU enlargement. The meeting took place on the premises of Istanbul Kültür University with the participation of the Consul Generals of the V4 countries in Istanbul; the Consul General of Belgium, Mr. François del Marmol; the Consul General of Romania, Ms. Stefana Greavu; experts from the V4 countries and Turkey; media; and students.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Regional Cooperation, European Union, and Media
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Turkey
2185. CSDP After Lisbon: Comprehensive Security for Small States?
- Author:
- Julian Tupay
- Publication Date:
- 11-2011
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- International Centre for Defence and Security - ICDS
- Abstract:
- This report is aimed at analysing the impact changes introduced by the Lisbon treaty have on the common defence and security architecture of the European Union, in order to give an assessment of the relevance those changes have on the utility of CSDP for Estonia. This report is aimed at analysing the impact changes introduced by the Lisbon treaty have on the common defence and security architecture of the European Union, in order to give an assessment of the relevance those changes have on the utility of CSDP for Estonia.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, Treaties and Agreements, and European Union
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Estonia, and Lisbon
2186. Emerging from Crisis: the Mediterranean Neighborhood
- Author:
- Leonor Coutinho
- Publication Date:
- 01-2011
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Social and Economic Research - CASE
- Abstract:
- "The financial crisis engulfed the entire world economy, but the impact was uneven across many regions and countries. Due to a lower degree of financial integration, many developing countries seem to have been far less affected. This apparent resilience has been observed among several of the EU's Mediterranean (MED) neighborhood countries. However, the region's underdeveloped financial markets may yet prove to be a long-term economic curse."
- Topic:
- Development, Globalization, Financial Crisis, European Union, Macroeconomics, and Trade
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Mediterranean
2187. Fiscal Consolidation in the EU's New Member States
- Author:
- Daniel Daianu
- Publication Date:
- 01-2011
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Social and Economic Research - CASE
- Abstract:
- "The global financial crisis has triggered exceptional responses in the Euro zone and the U.S. A similar policy thrust should apply to the use of EU funds in the New Member States (NMS) of Central and Eastern Europe. The stakes are too high for vacillating. The bottom line is this: more capital has to flow into NMSs in order to fund the production of capital goods during a time when national budgets are extremely strained. This period may last for years, but inaction may lead to future political and economic instability in the region."
- Topic:
- Financial Crisis, Reform, European Union, and Macroeconomics
- Political Geography:
- Europe
2188. Sector Policy Convergences in technical rules/standards and customs in Azerbaijan to support EU Eastern Partnership Initiative
- Author:
- Vugar Bayramov and Tim McNaught
- Publication Date:
- 12-2011
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- The overall goal of this paper is to understand how Azerbaijan can converge its Trade and Customs Policy with the European Union to meet the economic integration goals set in the EU Eastern Partnership Initiative in Azerbaijan. More specifically, the paper is interested in harmonizing standardization, Technical Barriers to Trade, and customs legislation with the European Union.
- Topic:
- European Union, Partnerships, Trade, Standardization, and Customs
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Azerbaijan, and South Caucasus
2189. Energy Supply Security of the European Union and the Role of Turkey as a Potential Energy Hub
- Author:
- Arzu Yorkan
- Publication Date:
- 09-2011
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- BILGESAM (Wise Men Center for Strategic Studies)
- Abstract:
- As a major consumer in the global energy market, the European Union has serious supply security challenges such as high dependence on oil and natural gas; incomplete integrated electricity and gas sectors of Member States, and disintegration with neighbor countries (achieving trans-European energy networks); insecurity and instability in most of its suppliers; and lack of energy dialogue with its producers. As a potential ‘energy hub’ in its region, how Turkey can contribute to the European Union to overcome those challenges and thus secure its energy supplies. The aim of this study is an attempt to answer this question.
- Topic:
- Security, Energy Policy, European Union, Gas, Regional Integration, and Electricity
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Turkey, and Middle East
2190. Just Expectations: A Compilation of TESEV Research Studies on the Judiciary in Turkey
- Author:
- Eylem Ümit Atılgan, Meryem Erdal, Mithat Sancar, and Suavi Aydın
- Publication Date:
- 02-2011
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- Abstract:
- Since the European Union membership process has gained a central position in politics, Turkey has become focused on reforms and change. However, this requires not only political will but also social acceptance, as Turkey’s drawbacks originate also from the social mentality as much as from the state tradition. Therefore, how social perception is changing in the areas expected to go through restructuring and how ready the society is for the possible reforms is a very important question. TESEV studied this issue within the scope of a research on “Social Perceptions and Mentality Structures” a few years ago and presented the results of this research to the public in the format of four separate books. In addition to ideological frameworks such as religiousness, secularism and nationalism, these studies addressed the general approach to the state and the patriarchal environment evident in families, and revealed how perceptions are changing at the individual and collective level. However, there is another very important stratum between political will and social ownership, and Turkey’s need for reform perhaps shows itself most keenly at this point. This stratum is the state institutions. It looks like it is a must for virtually the entire bureaucracy, and mainly the armed forces, the judiciary and the police, to restructure in terms of mentality, organization and functions. Taking this into consideration, Turkish Economic and Social Studied Foundation (TESEV) Democratization Program (DP) decided to continue its studies on “Perceptions and Mentalities” with bureaucratic institutions and address the judiciary as the first institution. One of the main reasons behind this choice was that there were very few studies on the judiciary, an institution that is in a central position in terms of democratization, law, and state-citizen relations in Turkey. Taking this shortcoming into account, a research series comprised of three separate studies that complement each other were prepared with the aim to inform and guide the public debate on the judiciary in Turkey. Based on these research projects conducted between early 2007 and mid-2009, TESEV DP published three separate books on the judiciary in Turkey. It should be noted that the study does not cover the developments taking place in the judiciary after the first half of 2009. The first book authored by Mithat Sancar and Eylem Ümit Atılgan attempted to shed light on the mentalities of judges and prosecutors and how they approach 2 the concepts of state, justice and rights. The second book authored by Mithat Sancar and Suavi Aydın aimed to determine the perception of justice in the society and the functionality attributed to the judiciary as an institution in the public mind. The book demonstrates that terms such as equity and criminality are interpreted within a pragmatic framework, and reveals the social perceptions that hamper the establishment of an understanding of law based on universal principles. The third book authored by Meryem Erdal takes a look at the press as an essential area that functions as a bridge between the judiciary as a bureaucratic institution and the way justice and law are perceived in the society. This is mainly because the support of a powerful media is a requirement for the institutional transformation of the judiciary based on democratic principles and norms as well as for the formation of the social perception that seeks a transformation as such. This English edition consists of an extensive summary of each of these three books with the aim to present their core findings in one volume. Turkey’s requirements in its democratization process are the formation of a citizenship in conformity with the universal norms recognized today, along with its administrative mechanisms. The bureaucracy of law and, hence, the judiciary are in a central position as the indispensible guarantees of such a transformation. We hope that this study will make serious contributions to discussions on the reforms that will be made in such an important area...
- Topic:
- Democratization, Law, European Union, Media, Justice, Judiciary, and Society
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Turkey, and Middle East