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Item Open Access The contours of post-Cold War Turkish-American relations, (1990-2001)(2004) Tekdemir, SevinçThe nature of post-Cold War decade Turkish-American relations has largely been determined by the new strategic circumstances that also have stared to frame world politics. In this decade, new challenges and opportunities brought together new areas of cooperation for the U.S. and Turkey by strengthening their alliance within NATO. Hence, the mutual importance attributed to the relationship has flourished as a result of the essentiality of their alliance. Neither the U.S. nor Turkey could afford to lose a significant ally with whom they share common interests in the region. Furthermore, it could be argued that these allies will need each other in the future to realize their foreign policy objectives concerning the relations with the neighboring countries. Thus, the simpler approach to the thesis is analyzing the exogenous and indigenous factors that affect the character of Turkish-American relations in the post-Cold War era.Item Open Access European Union-Russia natural gas relations(2007) Arınç, İbrahim SaidThis thesis aims to analyze, the natural gas relationship of European Union and Russia with comparative perspective. The EU is very much dependent on Russian gas and this dependency is expected to increase in the following decades. On the other hand, the natural gas export revenues significantly contribute to Russian budget that makes it dependent on gas sales to Europe. Therefore, this relationship creates interdependence between EU and Russia. Finally, by means of analyzing this interdependency, this study also aims to discuss the possible contribution of Turkey to the future of EU-Russia gas relations.Item Open Access The political economy of Greek-Turkish relations(Routledge, 2009) Tsarouhas, DimitrisThis paper revisits the Greek-Turkish rapprochement, taking as its point of departure the two states' economic relations, and explores possible linkages to political cooperation. The paper finds growing collaboration in a context characterized by the proliferation of non-state actors in economic decision-making, and underlines the role played by FDI flows and trade decisions in stimulating cooperation. At the same time, it rejects an uncritical acceptance of economic functionalism and stresses the salience of politics, above and beyond Turkey's EU candidacy, to consolidate the gains from the rapprochement.Item Open Access Politics of interdependence: an analysis of Turkish-Greek economic relations(2016-06) Yazgan, NüveOver the last two decades, there has been a dramatic increase in bilateral relations between Greece and Turkey in many areas from trade to tourism. This increase has taken through both state and non-state level initiatives. It has become difficult to ignore the existence of the economic interactions between the two countries.Previous studies in the literature have mostly ignored the political economy of relations.The purpose of this thesis is to examine the current state of economic relations between Greece and Turkey, and how these affect the two states‟ political relations. Therefore it asks the question “to what extent do economic ties reflect on the evolution of political relations between Greece and Turkey?”This research studies bilateral economic relations by focusing onthe fields of trade, foreign direct investment, energy and tourism interactions between the two countries and revisits liberal/neoliberal approaches of economic interdependence to explore their relevance in the Turkish-Greek case. It aims: 1. To examine the scope of economic interdependence between two countries, 2. To ascertain the limitations and opportunities in fields of economic interaction, 3. To determine the extent to which economic interactions between the two countries can be helpful in transforming relations and whether increasing economic interdependence provide opportunities for the resolution of their bilateral political problems.Item Open Access Sustainability of the strategic partnership between Turkey and Russia a game theoretical analysis(2019-05) Şahin, SelinSince the dissolution of the USSR, the development of political relations between Turkey and Russia have paved the way for their recent closer relations which have been highlighted by different labels or concepts both in the media and in scholarly publications. Among these concepts/labels, ‘strategic partnership’ was expressed more frequently to define the relationship between the two countries in newspapers and the academic literature. Despite the popular use of the strategic partnership, there is no consensus on its definition or a consistent frame to explain this new form of cooperation between Turkey and Russia in the literature. Thus, this thesis aims to examine the strategic partnership as a function of existing interdependence between Turkey and Russia. Moreover, this thesis proposes two hypotheses about the sustainability of the strategic partnership between the two countries and tests the hypothesis by using the game theory. According to findings of thesis, no higher conflict would be expected between two countries which in turn would further highlight the sustainability of the interdependence between Turkey and Russia in the short and mid-term.