Browsing by Keywords "Critical security studies"
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Arguing against security communitarianism
(Routledge, 2015-09-02)Anthony Burke’s ‘security cosmopolitanism’ is a fresh and thought-provoking contribution to critical theorizing about security. In this discussion piece, I would like to join Burke’s call for ‘security cosmopolitanism’ by ... -
Beyond statism in security studies? Human agency and security in the Middle East
(Routledge, 2002)The omnipresence of statist assumptions in security studies renders the role played by human agency almost invisible. The aim of this article is to contest the statist commonsense still prevalent in security studies. The ... -
Dialogue of civilisations: A critical security studies perspective
(T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi, 2014)Civilisational dialogue initiatives are currently considered our best chance to prevent a potential clash between states belonging to different civilisations. Critical approaches to security are concerned with insecurities ... -
Turkish identity: national vs state identity in Turkey and implications for US-Turkey relations
(Bilkent University, 2007)There is an abundance of oversimplified labels about Turkey, and this thesis attempts, with a strong angle toward history and patterns, to look deeper into Turkish identity. It will be argued that Turkey’s founder, Mustafa ... -
Whose ‘Middle East’? Geopolitical inventions and practices of security
(Sage Publications Ltd., 2004)Contesting those approaches that present the ‘Middle East’ as a region that ‘best fits the realist view of international politics’, this article submits that critical approaches are relevant to this part of the world as ...
