Changing alliance and cooperation dynamics : globalization, nation-state and the threat

buir.advisorKibaroğlu, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorÇağlar, Barış
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:17:08Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:17:08Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, 2010.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph. D.) -- Bilkent University, 2010.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 537-570.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is a study about the form and dynamics of inter-state cooperation and alignment against transnational terrorism epitomized by Al-Qaeda. Since international security is traditionally regarded as the parcel of nation-states, transnational terrorism is a conceptual new-comer to the playground of politics. Its scale of operations occurs in a security environment structurally different from that of the Cold War. The recurrent reason given for debating the role and relevance of alliances in regard to counterterrorism is discussed in the literature to be a systemic change in world affairs marked by the end of the Cold War and globalization. The latter must be disaggregated to determine the essential elements and features of the systemic differences and related threats. Does contemporary inter-state cooperation and alignment against transnational terrorism correspond to the previous alignment behaviors of states that were conducted against other states? Analyzing the evolving forms of cooperation in general and the form of cooperation in alliances is the aim of the study. Through a three-pronged analytical discussion based on the factors of globalization, unit-level preferences and the features of the threat itself, the study concludes that cooperation form in general and in alliances in particular - including the form of cooperation in NATO- is experiencing a shift from a ‘defensive nature’ to a ‘security nature’. Coalitions of the Willing type of cooperation appears to be the re-emergent form of inter-state security cooperation, especially against ambiguous threats such as transnational terrorism that erodes the distinction between internal and external threats.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityÇağlar, Barışen_US
dc.format.extent2 volumesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidB121503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/15345
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCooperationen_US
dc.subjectAllianceen_US
dc.subjectAlignmenten_US
dc.subjectGlobalizationen_US
dc.subjectThe new threaten_US
dc.subjectNATOen_US
dc.subjectSecurity cultureen_US
dc.subjectTransnational terrorismen_US
dc.subject.lccJZ5588 .C34 2010en_US
dc.subject.lcshSecurity, International.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational cooperation.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational relations.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTerrorism--Prevention--International cooperation.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTransnational crime.en_US
dc.subject.lcshGlobalization.en_US
dc.titleChanging alliance and cooperation dynamics : globalization, nation-state and the threaten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineInternational Relations
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)

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