Browsing Dept.of International Relations - Master's degree by Issue Date
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Basic political factors influencing Great Britain's European Community policy
(Bilkent University, 1990)The subject of the thesis are the major political f.'clc.s influencing the British European policy. The study tests the assumption that national systems are the main determinants of European policy. ^mong the domestic ... -
Authoritarianism and democracy : policy management and regimes in Azerbaijan
(Bilkent University, 1993)Democratic and authoritarian regimes govern using very different methods. While the rulers of the various regimes often orate similar political philosophies, their governing tactics reveal startlingly different methods of ... -
A post-Cold War experience in self-determination and secessionism (the Yugoslav case)
(Bilkent University, 1993)This study aims at analyzing the established normative structure towards the principle of self-determination of peoples and the of principle territorial integrity of states, and implications of the Yugoslav crisis to ... -
Export-led growth: NIC performance and the Turkish experience
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The United Nations Protection Force in former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR): A Case study for future peace-keeping operations
(Bilkent University, 1994)This study aims to analyze the institution of peace-keeping and tries Ic illustrate nevvrequiremeTrts'for'peaoe-keeping'Dperatiahs in Ihe^’post-Cbrci' War'era' througn' the explanation and examination of the United Nations ... -
German Ostpolitik before and after unification: continuity and change
(Bilkent University, 1994)In this study one of the most important aspects of German foreign policy, "Ostpolitik", is examined. The aim is to explain and discuss the changes in the nature of the Ostpolitik before and after the unification in terms ... -
Lobbying in the United States: Reputation management of Turkey
(Bilkent University, 1994)The subject of this thesis is the Turkish lobbying mechanism in the United States, with the purpose of evaluating its effectiveness. Lobbying is an integral part of the United States governmental structure, and it is the ... -
Economic development : environmental degradation or protection? : an analysis of the Japanese case
(Bilkent University, 1994)The idea of material progress has been equated with man's free use of nature, or rather separation of man from nature. The evolution of the advanced industrialized societies involved a deep transformation in every respect ... -
Northern exposure : Sweden, Finland and Norway join the European Union
(Bilkent University, 1994)The study examines the decision of three Nordic countries - Sweden, Finland and Norway - to apply for full membership in the European Union (EU). The membership negotiations were concluded in March 1994 and the European ... -
Operation Provide Comfort : Turkish perspectives
(Bilkent University, 1994)In this dissertion Operation Provide Comfort is evaluated from the Turkish perspective. The Operation has created much controversy in Turkish foreign affairs yet little information about has been accessible. ... -
Military operations in the CIS : peacekeeping or restoration of regional hegemony?
(Bilkent University, 1994)Post-communist Russia has entered a new stage after nearly two years of trying to reorient itself away from the former stereotypes of Soviet ideology. Russian involvement in conflicts on the territory of the ex-USSR was ... -
International protection of refugees: the practice of UNHCR
(Bilkent University, 1994)This study aims to analyze UNHCR's practice pursued since 1950 for the protection of refugees. A review of previous organizations and legal instruments is given in order to find out the meaning of the term " refugee " ... -
The formation of regional trade blocs: prospects for a trilateral world order
(Bilkent University, 1994)The world is fomiing into trade blocs. The European Community in Europe, the North American Free Trade Area in North America are the clear signs of this formation. Although it is hard to mention a concrete bloc in East ... -
Change and stability in Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East
(Bilkent University, 1995)This thesis is a study on change and stability in Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East. Kjell Goldmann's theory on change and stability in foreign policy is applied to Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle ... -
Saving the Mediterranean: Med plan and international cooperation
(Bilkent University, 1995)The pollution of the Mediterranean environment is a problem common to almost all of the bodies of water on the surface of the earth. What sets the pollution in the Mediterranean Sea apart from any others is that intensive ... -
Women and peace: from the perspective of Palestinian women
(Bilkent University, 1995)This research is an introductory study on the topic Women and Peace from the viewpoint of Palestinian women. Its main argument is that social factors offer the best explanation for relevant relationships that have been ... -
Economic and political instability and MNC production: The Turkish automotive case, 1972-1992
(Bilkent University, 1995)111 tlie beginning, people lived in closed societies and survived through the exchange of goods. After the first money was coined, it took on an important role in one's life and with the peculiarities of liquidity, ... -
Environmental protection and international cooperation: the case of the Turkish straits
(Bilkent University, 1995)Industrial and technological improvements have globalized environmental problems. This reality has developed the environmental conscience both at national and international levels and almost all states have formed their ... -
NATO's third party role in international conflict management
(Bilkent University, 1995)This study is an attempt to anaiyze NATO's third party roie in internationai confiict management in post Coid-War Europe which targets to suppiement the UN's regime in this regard. Firstiy, an internationai confiict and ... -
Georgian-Abkhaz conflict : a case in Moscow's nationality policy
(Bilkent University, 1996)With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Transcaucasian region is inevitably doomed to long-term instability and conflict. Newly established states of the region from the ashes of the Soviet Union have been the scene ...
