By David Trilling
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - August 24, 2016
The relations of the five former Soviet Republics in Central Asia—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—are, more often than not, defined by water. When they were still a part of the Soviet Union, the upstream republics—Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan—which have an abundance of water, would release some from their reservoirs in the spring and summer to generate electricity and nourish crops both on their own land and in the downstream republics, which would return the favor by providing gas and coal each winter. But since the dissolution of the Soviet Union over a quarter century ago, that system has collapsed. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan now face constant blackouts and hope to build giant dams to provide for their energy needs. Kyrgyzstan completed its Kambarata-2 power station in 2010 and is building a second one, Kambarata-1, with the help of Russia. Although he doesn’t have the funds, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon often speaks zealously about his mission to build a 335-meter dam, Rogun, which has the potential to turn his impoverished statelet into a powerbroker. But there is one glaring issue: the region’s glaciers, the source of huge and once predictable water supplies, are melting at record rates. Every year, it loses about as much water as consumed by a country the size of Switzerland. And the dams stand to limit water supply even further for the downstream countries. This has set them on edge.
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
Friday, July 15, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
ISA Forum of Sociology - The Arab Council for Social Science (ACSS) - Social Gathering Wednesday 13 July from 12:30 to 1:45
Open Invitation
The Arab Council for Social Science (ACSS)
Cordially invites you to a social gathering
With brief presentations of
The ACSS by the ACSS President Prof. Abdulkhaleq Abdellah
The first report on “The Arab Social Sciences” by Prof. Mohamed Bamyeh
With refreshments
Wednesday 13 July from 12:30 to 1:45
Place:
kleiner Festsaal: main building, first floor, in the exhibition area (on the map on the right hand side, called "kleiner Festsaal":
http://events.univie.ac.at/raum-management/raumvergabe-fuer-veranstaltungen/standorte-plaene-und-fotos/hauptgebaeude/hauptgebaeude-1obergeschoss/
The Arab Council for Social Science (ACSS)
Cordially invites you to a social gathering
With brief presentations of
The ACSS by the ACSS President Prof. Abdulkhaleq Abdellah
The first report on “The Arab Social Sciences” by Prof. Mohamed Bamyeh
With refreshments
Wednesday 13 July from 12:30 to 1:45
Place:
kleiner Festsaal: main building, first floor, in the exhibition area (on the map on the right hand side, called "kleiner Festsaal":
http://events.univie.ac.at/raum-management/raumvergabe-fuer-veranstaltungen/standorte-plaene-und-fotos/hauptgebaeude/hauptgebaeude-1obergeschoss/
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Cfp: International Conference on Inter-Regional Connectivity: South Asia and Central Asia-November 9-10, 2016 - GC University Lahore, Pakistan
From: "m.manzoor elahi"
<mmelahi(at)gcu.edu.pk>
Date: Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 1:47 PM
To: <undisclosed-recipients:;>
Subject: Call for Papers: 4th International Conference 2016, Department of Political Science, GC University Lahore, Pakistan.
Date: Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 1:47 PM
To: <undisclosed-recipients:;>
Subject: Call for Papers: 4th International Conference 2016, Department of Political Science, GC University Lahore, Pakistan.
Dear Colleagues and Fellows,
Call for Papers The Department of Political Science/Centre of Excellence China Studies, GC University, Lahore, invites submission of research papers for “International Conference on Inter-Regional Connectivity: South Asia and Central Asia (ICIRCSACA)” to be held on November 9-10, 2016. The conference encompasses within its purview new trends of regionalism and regionalization in connection with indigenous demands and realities of ‘Sisterly regions’ i.e. South Asia and Central Asia. The focus of this academic endeavor is to discuss regional dynamics beyond the conventional parameters of regional study and to contribute in the formulation of a theoretical as well as methodological framework that must be synchronized with the Asian milieu. In addition, the conference initiates an academic debate on critical discourse in the realm of regionalism and intends to fill the research gap by constructing a model of inter-regional connectivity across the traditional settings of the regions. The phenomenon of inter-regional connectivity in Asia is need of the hour and a way forward for South and Central Asian states, wherein they could get more through cooperative interplay on the dictum of mutual dependence by strengthening mobility. The conference accentuates on geostrategic vitality of South Asia for Central Asia and vice versa; under the spectrum of geopolitics, geoeconomics and geoenergy. In this perspective, both regions are interdependent in varied fields. For instance, South Asia endows with pragmatic and cost-effective transit trade route to the Central Asian landlocked states. Whereas, Central Asian hydro-carbon reserves are strategic assets for energy stricken South Asia in order to pacify the latter’s unbridled energy demand. In addition, hydel-power generation of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan can also be a mean of connectivity and liaison between the both regions. Geographical proximity, historical affinities and socio-cultural propinquities are significant means to engulf the bridge of connectivity. Historically, both the regions were once on the crossroads of Silk Route, a conduit for the transformation of cultures, ideas and commodities from north to south and east to west or vice versa. This route was the hub of world economic activity but wrath of imperial powers, Tsarist Russia and Great Britain, disconnected this strategic link and started a perennial geopolitical vendetta, the Great Game, to extend one’s influence on to others. In this game of imperial preponderance, Central Asia was ‘soft-underbelly’ of Russia; likewise, South Asia was ‘crown of jewel’ for Britain. Later, the rise of British imperial yoke from South Asia and the fall of Soviet ‘iron curtain’ from Central Asia paved the ways to reinvigorate inter-regional connectivity between the aforementioned regions which is the primary concern of this conference. Post-Soviet Central Asia is once again ready to revive historical legacy, wherein focus is on economic linkages, strengthening of cultural ties, building of mobility, consolidation of political harmony and culmination of diplomatic bonds. Apart from this, it is equally imperative today to launch joint ventures to quell the rise of terrorism, militancy, and religious extremism for sustainable peace and development in ‘heart of Asia’. The new framework of inter-regional connectivity is a ‘win-win situation’ for the both regions. This academic initiative, therefore, has been taken up to highlight the vitality of inter-regional connectivity and to provide an opportunity to scholars to further explore avenues of mutual-cooperation.
Conference Themes The conference themes are covering multiple dimensions of inter-regional connectivity.
Theme-I: Conceptualizing Inter-Regional Connectivity
Theme-II: Geopolitics of Corridors: Building Economic and Political Linkages
Theme-III: South Asia’s Energy Security vis-à-vis Central Asia
Theme-IV: Peace and Security-centric Cooperation
Theme V: South Asia-Central Asia Connectivity and the World
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ICIRCSACA
--
Best Regards
Focal Person, (ICIRCSACA)
Lecturer, Department of Political Science
GC
University Lahore, Pakistan.
Email: mmelahi@gcu.edu.pk
UAN: +92 (42) 111-000-010, Ext. 351
Mobile: +92 (321) 4200550
Email: mmelahi@gcu.edu.pk
UAN: +92 (42) 111-000-010, Ext. 351
Mobile: +92 (321) 4200550
Friday, July 1, 2016
Foundational Readings of Islamic Philosophy and Politics
Sunday, June 19, 2016
International Conference: Twenty Five Years of Post Soviet Experience: Perspectives on Nation Building and Democratization in Eurasia 2 – 4 November 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
International Conference
Twenty Five Years of Post Soviet Experience:
Perspectives on Nation Building and
Democratization in Eurasia
Date: 2 –
4 November 2016
Venue:
School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi-110067
Twenty five years ago
the political and social landscape of Eurasia underwent a radical
transformation with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the emergence of 15
new states. The immediate tasks before these states were to redefine
nationalism, establish democratic political systems and economic reforms. The
nation-building process in these states grappled with the ideas of
ethno-linguistic nationalism, multiculturalism and civic nationalism. The
challenges before these states were to reclaim the lost nationhood and integrate
the minorities. They sought to achieve the first by state policies to promote
culture, language, demography and economic welfare of the majority ethnic group
which constituted the “core” of the nation. They tried to redefine nationalism
on the basis of linguistic, historical and cultural symbols. This unfortunately
engendered social conflicts leading to civil war in some of the states. The
nationalizing project remains unfinished and the process of separation and
reintegration continues unabated as witnessed in Georgia and Ukraine. As a
consequence of ethno-cultural nationalism, civic nationalism seems to have suffered
a setback. However in many other instances the states have achieved relative
success in maintaining social harmony, political stability and containing
extremism/radicalization.
The Soviet disintegration
raised hopes of democratization among the newly independent states. At the time
of independence nearly all these states declared liberal multi-party democracy
as their political ideal. Some of these have relative success in this regard. But
many post-Soviet regimes are often characterized in the Western literature as
“authoritarian”, “semi-authoritarian”, “managed-democracy” and so on. The
counter-narratives that emerge from this region often use concepts like “Sovereign-democracy”
to describe their unique models. The question is how do we understand and
analyze the concept of “Sovereign-democracy”? Is it merely a state rhetoric or
has essential normative and analytical value in interpreting the unique cases
of Eurasia? Similarly there are alternative models of democracy in Central Asia,
emphasizing the centrality of state as the guarantor of security and economic
development. Where does Indian scholarship on democracy and nationalism fit
into this debate? There is a general consensus that “one size fits all liberal
model” may not be suitable for all the countries. But what are the alternative
models? How far the varied/diverse experiences/practices of nation building,
‘political democracy’ and economic transition in these post-Soviet states help
us critically analyze and better understand these complex concepts?
The debates on these
subjects have traditionally been dominated by western ideas and scholarship.
The seminar aims to explore alternative perspectives. Scholars are encouraged
to critically examine the existing/dominant concepts and discourses and offer
their insights based on their own experience, regarding nation building,
treatment of minorities, federalism, democracy, multi-party system, economic
transition and so on.
Proposed Themes
Democracy
Theories on Nation
Building and Democratization
Democratization in
post-Soviet states: “Sovereign Democracy” vs. Liberal Democracy of West
Political Institutions
and Processes
Comparing Indian and
post-Soviet Experiences of nation-building and democracy
Nationalism
Ethnic and Civic
Nationalism in post-Soviet States
Sub-national and
supra-national identity: Eurasianism vs European
Economic Transition and Regional Cooperation
Experiences of Economic
Transformation
Eurasian Union, SCO
Foreign Policy
Geopolitics and External
Relations
Relations with India
Society and Culture
Social Transitions
Literature, Art and Cinema
Important Information
Last date for submission of paper titles along with
abstract: 30 June 2016.
The abstracts will be screened by the Organising Committee and the
applicants will be informed about the decision.
Last date for submission of full paper: 30 September 2016.
Local hospitality (accommodation and food) will be provided to
all participants for four days. Accommodation will be arranged by the host from
2nd November to 6th November 2016 morning. The inaugural
session will be on 2nd afternoon at 4 PM.
Due to limited resources we will not be able to provide airfare
to international participants.
Only in select cases Indian participants will be provided
return airfare (by Air India only) with a cap of Rs 10,000/-
For further communication in this regard please send your
Title/abstract/paper/queries on crcasconference2016@gmail.com
Host:
Prof. Sanjay
Kumar Pandey
Chairperson,
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of
International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi-110067
Email: skpandeyjnu@gmail.com, Phone:
+91-11-26704365, Mobile: +91-9868443183
&
Prof. Ajay
Kumar Patnaik
Director,
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of
International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi- 110067
Email: patnaik.ajay@gmail.com
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
HarvardX Online Course - Understanding Islam through its Scriptures
From: Khalil Andani
Reply-To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 6:58 AM
To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Subject: [Sociology_of_Islam] HarvardX Online Course - Understanding Islam through its Scriptures
Reply-To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 6:58 AM
To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Subject: [Sociology_of_Islam] HarvardX Online Course - Understanding Islam through its Scriptures
Dear
Colleagues
Wanted
to remind you all that Harvard's online course Understanding Islam
through its Scriptures is continuing this week and Day 4 begins
tomorrow, which focuses on the relationship between the Holy Qur'an and the
Prophet Muhammad.
While
I am sure nobody here needs an Intro to Islam course, I encourage and
invite you to sign up so you can see what kind of discussions are taking place
among the diverse array students. Seeing people's own interactions could help
you prepare for your own classes. Also, some of the reading material (on the
Qur'an, Shi'i Islam, etc.) is new and specially created for the course and may
prove useful to your own respective courses on Intro to Islam. But one of the
most interesting aspects are the open FB discussions by course participants
(there are also private discussion areas too).
Of
course registration is totally free and you move through the modules at your
own pace. As I am one of the TA's for this course, I hope to catch some of you
in the Discussion Threads this week.
--
Khalil Andani, CA-CPA, MTS - Islamic
Studies (Harvard)
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate - Islamic
Studies
Harvard University
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Occupying academia: Stretching the meaning of ‘career’ by Yvette Taylor
SOCIAL THEORY APPLIED - May 6, 2016
At a recent Early Career BSA forum, organized by Dr Rachel Thwaites and Dr Amy Pressland, titled Early Career Academics’ Experiences of the Academy, the Saturday morning audience paused on some collective concerns, signs of hope, and shared understandings of the complexity of inhabiting academia in a particular time. How to keep things constructive and positive in the educational climates we find ourselves in? To enable rather than dissuade even as ‘early career’ is ever extended across the career trajectory which means some never ‘arrive’?
I wasn’t speaking as a current ‘early career’ academic, although the stretch of that as up to 10 years post PhD is itself something to dwell on, as are the (dis)connections between, for example, early-mid-established career status. When I completed my PhD the category – and abbreviation – of ECR was rather unheard of, while of course there were always post-docs setting out at the beginning of their careers (and always vulnerable, impermanent academic workers, and those doing ‘jobs’ rather than thinking about ‘careers’). I have of course inhabited ECR status and have been that research assistant (and that teaching assistant) on a temporary contract: this feels important to say in recognizing these as constructed and changing categories, used to name and do different things (and to arguably mobilize around, or even feel an entitlement through…). In academic presentations across the career-stage, we are endlessly displaying and building our own value, with presence and permanence apparently announcing an arrival (even as we ask ourselves ‘what next?’, moving from ‘early’ to ‘mid’ to ‘established’ career). But it’s also important to recognize the past-presence-future of debates on career stage and academic labour (as emotional and material and as often happening on a Saturday morning), rather than as snapshot of fractured academic times. We see such snapshots in off-hand comments; ‘when did she get her PhD?’, ‘were you a professor in your last post?’, ‘who does she think she is?!’, ‘she’s very ambitious’.
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At a recent Early Career BSA forum, organized by Dr Rachel Thwaites and Dr Amy Pressland, titled Early Career Academics’ Experiences of the Academy, the Saturday morning audience paused on some collective concerns, signs of hope, and shared understandings of the complexity of inhabiting academia in a particular time. How to keep things constructive and positive in the educational climates we find ourselves in? To enable rather than dissuade even as ‘early career’ is ever extended across the career trajectory which means some never ‘arrive’?
I wasn’t speaking as a current ‘early career’ academic, although the stretch of that as up to 10 years post PhD is itself something to dwell on, as are the (dis)connections between, for example, early-mid-established career status. When I completed my PhD the category – and abbreviation – of ECR was rather unheard of, while of course there were always post-docs setting out at the beginning of their careers (and always vulnerable, impermanent academic workers, and those doing ‘jobs’ rather than thinking about ‘careers’). I have of course inhabited ECR status and have been that research assistant (and that teaching assistant) on a temporary contract: this feels important to say in recognizing these as constructed and changing categories, used to name and do different things (and to arguably mobilize around, or even feel an entitlement through…). In academic presentations across the career-stage, we are endlessly displaying and building our own value, with presence and permanence apparently announcing an arrival (even as we ask ourselves ‘what next?’, moving from ‘early’ to ‘mid’ to ‘established’ career). But it’s also important to recognize the past-presence-future of debates on career stage and academic labour (as emotional and material and as often happening on a Saturday morning), rather than as snapshot of fractured academic times. We see such snapshots in off-hand comments; ‘when did she get her PhD?’, ‘were you a professor in your last post?’, ‘who does she think she is?!’, ‘she’s very ambitious’.
READ MORE....
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History by J. M. Blaut
This influential book challenges one of the most pervasive and powerful beliefs of our time—that Europe rose to modernity and world dominance due to unique qualities of race, environment, culture, mind, or spirit, and that progress for the rest of the world resulted from the diffusion of European civilization. J. M. Blaut persuasively argues that this doctrine is not grounded in the facts of history and geography, but in the ideology of colonialism. Blaut traces the colonizer's model of the world from its 16th-century origins to its present form in theories of economic development, modernization, and new world order.
Book Review: Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization by Branko Milanovic
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE - May 25th, 2016
In Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization, Branko Milanovic offers a new account of the dynamics that are driving inequality on a global scale. Although left slightly frustrated by its abrupt end, Duncan Green praises this brilliant and thought-provoking book for its political curiosity and insight and, more particularly, for its reflections on the possible trajectory of inequality in the twenty-first century.
Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization. Branko Milanovic. Harvard University Press. 2016.
Some of my favourite development economists are nomads, people with
feet in different regions, which seems to make them better able to
identify interesting patterns and similarities/differences between
countries. This includes Ha-Joon Chang (Korea/UK), Dani Rodrik (Turkey/US) and now Branko Milanovic (Serbia/US), whose latest book, Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization,
is a brilliant and thought-provoking essay stuffed with enough graphs
to satisfy the numerati, anecdotes for the general reader and political
insights for the policy wonks. Read it.
Milanovic is best known for his number crunching, in particular his great graph of where the money from global growth went between 1988-2008. There’s no better way of showing the simultaneous rise of the emerging world (mainly Asian) middle class and the global plutocracy, accompanied by the hollowing out of the Western middle class and the neglect of the poorest.
READ MORE....
In Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization, Branko Milanovic offers a new account of the dynamics that are driving inequality on a global scale. Although left slightly frustrated by its abrupt end, Duncan Green praises this brilliant and thought-provoking book for its political curiosity and insight and, more particularly, for its reflections on the possible trajectory of inequality in the twenty-first century.
Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization. Branko Milanovic. Harvard University Press. 2016.
Milanovic is best known for his number crunching, in particular his great graph of where the money from global growth went between 1988-2008. There’s no better way of showing the simultaneous rise of the emerging world (mainly Asian) middle class and the global plutocracy, accompanied by the hollowing out of the Western middle class and the neglect of the poorest.
READ MORE....
Monday, May 23, 2016
Conference: American Foreign Policy and the Middle East - Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey May 24-25, 2016
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
American Foreign Policy and the Middle East
Organized by Graduate School of Social Sciences at Maltepe University
Maltepe University
http://maltepe.edu.tr/en
Istanbul, Turkey
May 24 and 25, 2016
Marmara Eğitim Köyü, Maltepe/Istanbul – TURKEY (0216) 626 1050
http://www.marmaotel.com/
IMPORTANT - RSVP IS REQUIRED:
FOR RSVP, PLEASE SEND YOUR FULL NAME AND INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION to: tugrulkeskin(at)maltepe.edu.tr or tugrulk(at)vt.edu
You will receive an email confirmation. If you do not, you haven’t been accepted to attend the conference.
For more information:0533-607-8465
Objectives and Description: The conference aims to investigate and examine the emergence, development and transformation of American Foreign Policy towards the Middle East from the 1940s to the present time. United States imperial interests in the region date back to 19th century missionary movements; however, the US began to play a major role in the region right after WWII, with the Cold War Era. In the meantime, the establishment of NATO, declaration of Israeli Independence in 1948 and the creation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict created chaotic political dilemmas for the US as well as for regional alliances. In addition, the reliance of the American economy on oil, and its support for Israel transformed US foreign policy into a ‘dependent’ Foreign policy. This is shown in the way that interest groups have played a major role in their ability to shape US Foreign Policy in the region. In this conference, we examine the emergence, development and transformation of American Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East since the 1940s and in doing so, we will examine Iranian, Turkish, Israeli and Arab perspectives.
THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EDITED VOLUME
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Barış Doster, Marmara University, Turkey
Dr. Bassam Haddad, George Mason University, USA
Dr. Behlul Ozkan, Marmara University, Turkey
Dr. Can Ulusoy, Maltepe University, Turkey
Dr. Geoffrey Gresh, National Defense University, USA
Dr. Kemal Silay, Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Chair, Indiana University, USA
Dr. Imad Mansour, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Jamsheed Choksy, Indiana University, USA
Dr. Mohammedmoin Sadeq, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Sean Foley, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Dr. Süleyman Seyfi Öğün, Maltepe University, Turkey
Dr. Tuğrul Keskin, Maltepe University, Turkey
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
TUESDAY May 24, 2016
9:30 - 10:00 Opening Ceremony
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome Speech by President Sahin KARASAR, Maltepe University
10:00 - 12:00
Panel-1: EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE EAST
Moderator: Dr. Geoffrey Gresh, National Defense University, USA.
American Foreign Policy and the Middle East
Organized by Graduate School of Social Sciences at Maltepe University
Maltepe University
http://maltepe.edu.tr/en
Istanbul, Turkey
May 24 and 25, 2016
Marmara Eğitim Köyü, Maltepe/Istanbul – TURKEY (0216) 626 1050
http://www.marmaotel.com/
IMPORTANT - RSVP IS REQUIRED:
FOR RSVP, PLEASE SEND YOUR FULL NAME AND INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION to: tugrulkeskin(at)maltepe.edu.tr or tugrulk(at)vt.edu
You will receive an email confirmation. If you do not, you haven’t been accepted to attend the conference.
For more information:0533-607-8465
Objectives and Description: The conference aims to investigate and examine the emergence, development and transformation of American Foreign Policy towards the Middle East from the 1940s to the present time. United States imperial interests in the region date back to 19th century missionary movements; however, the US began to play a major role in the region right after WWII, with the Cold War Era. In the meantime, the establishment of NATO, declaration of Israeli Independence in 1948 and the creation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict created chaotic political dilemmas for the US as well as for regional alliances. In addition, the reliance of the American economy on oil, and its support for Israel transformed US foreign policy into a ‘dependent’ Foreign policy. This is shown in the way that interest groups have played a major role in their ability to shape US Foreign Policy in the region. In this conference, we examine the emergence, development and transformation of American Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East since the 1940s and in doing so, we will examine Iranian, Turkish, Israeli and Arab perspectives.
THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EDITED VOLUME
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Barış Doster, Marmara University, Turkey
Dr. Bassam Haddad, George Mason University, USA
Dr. Behlul Ozkan, Marmara University, Turkey
Dr. Can Ulusoy, Maltepe University, Turkey
Dr. Geoffrey Gresh, National Defense University, USA
Dr. Kemal Silay, Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Chair, Indiana University, USA
Dr. Imad Mansour, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Jamsheed Choksy, Indiana University, USA
Dr. Mohammedmoin Sadeq, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Sean Foley, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Dr. Süleyman Seyfi Öğün, Maltepe University, Turkey
Dr. Tuğrul Keskin, Maltepe University, Turkey
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
TUESDAY May 24, 2016
9:30 - 10:00 Opening Ceremony
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome Speech by President Sahin KARASAR, Maltepe University
10:00 - 12:00
Panel-1: EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE EAST
Moderator: Dr. Geoffrey Gresh, National Defense University, USA.
1) How Big Tobacco Used Islam and Modernity to Conquer Saudi Arabia - Sean Foley, Middle Tennessee State University USA.
2) From ‘Heathen Turks’ to ‘Cruel Turks’: Changing American Perception and Foreign Policy towards the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century - Cengiz Sisman, University of Houston-CL, USA - Ozlem Madi, Bahcesehir University, Turkey.
3) Bristol: An American Naval Officer and Diplomat – Hakan Özoğlu, Professor of History - Director, Middle Eastern Studies, University of Central Florida, USA.
4) American-Qatari Partnership in the Post-Gulf Area: A Mutually Beneficial Relationship - Fatma Aslı Kelkitli, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Arel University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration.
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00
Panel-2: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE COLD WAR ERA AND THE POST-COLD WAR ERA
Moderator: Dr. Sean Foley, Middle Tennessee State University, USA.
1) “American Atomic Policy and Hashemite Iraq, 1954-1958” - Elizabeth Bishop, Associate Professor, Texas State University, USA.
2) US Foreign Policy Towards Turkey in the Post-War Era - Gökser Gökçay, Independent Researcher, Izmir, Turkey.
3) United States and Legacy of the Cold War politics to the contemporary Middle East - İlksoy Aslım, Near East University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
4) Balance of Power Breakdown and Strategic Inertia: The US in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Conundrum, Kostas Ifantis, Kadir Has University & Panteion University, Athens.
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:30
Panel-3: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS GCC
Moderator: Dr. Ahmet Uysal, Marmara University, Turkey.
1) Safeguarding Saudi Arabia: The U.S. Military and Base Politics - Geoffrey F. Gresh, Director of the South and Central Asia Program at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, USA.
2) American Foreign Policy Towards GCC – Michael McCall, Leiden University, Netherlands.
3) The US Foreign Policy Towards the Arab States - Hebah Bukhari , San Diego State University, USA.
4) American Foreign Policy Toward Turkey between 1946 and 1960 - Cüneyt Akalın, Marmara University and Istanbul Arel University,Turkey.
5) ‘Is our program lessening the gap?’: Lessons on democracy in the Cold-War Middle East - Louis Mazzari, Bogazici University, Turkey.
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 2016
10:00-12:00
Panel-4: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS TURKEY AND IRAN
Moderator: Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar, Atilim University, Turkey.
1) Turkish Tug-of-War: How Geography and Ideas Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Turkey, Nickolas A. Spencer, International Studies at Texas State University, USA.
2) A Systemic Approach to United States’ Security Relationship with Iran and Turkey: Implications for Cold War and Post-Cold War Order - Suleyman Elik, Istanbul Medeniyet University/Faculty of Political Science/International Relations.
3) The Political interest of the US towards the Middle East: trends and factors of the US-Iran-Turkish relations - Sadikov Mirkomil, Kadir Has University, Turkey.
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:30
Panel-5: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS ARAB STATES
Moderator: Dr. Behlul Ozkan, Marmara University, Turkey.
1) Promoting or Resisting Change? The United States and Arab Spring States in Transitions - Ahmed Ali Salem Associate Professor, Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University, UAE.
2) Arab Occidentalism: Images of America in the Middle East - Eid Mohamed, Doha Institute, Qatar.
3) Assessing the Obama Administration’s Middle East Policy - Ahmed El Hamzaoui – Morocco.
4) The United States and Political Islam. Dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab Revolutions - Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, European University Institute, Italy.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
CURRENT POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IREU 330: FINAL EXAM - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY
Dear all,
You will take the final exam (CURRENT POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IREU 330) online on
May 26, 2016 between 14:00 - 15:00.
You will take the final exam at the following homepage:
In order to take this exam, you need to have User-ID and password.
SINAVI ALABILMENIZ ICIN ILK 10 DAKIKA ICINDE SISTEME GIRIS YAPMANIZ GEREKMEKTEDIR!
You will have 30 questions (multiple choice and true/false).
15 questions from previous quizzes and 15 questions from the following chapters:
9. States and Their Opponents
10. The Question of Democracy
11. Challenges Facing the Middle East
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best to all,
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Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/02/course-syllabus-current-politics-in.html
Best to all,
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Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/02/course-syllabus-current-politics-in.html
ORTADOĞU’DA GÜNCEL SIYASET UAB 330: FINAL SINAVI - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI
Degerli Arkadaslar,
ORTADOĞU’DA GÜNCEL SIYASET UAB 330
Final sinaviniz
SALI GUNU
24 MAYIS 2016 TARIHINDE
SAAT 10:00 - 11:00 arasinda
ONLINE olarak http://mudes.maltepe.edu.tr/lms/default.aspx gerceklestirilecektir.
MUDES sistemini kullanabilmeniz icin kullanici adi ve sifresine sahip olmaniz gerekmektedir.
SINAVI ALABILMENIZ ICIN ILK 10 DAKIKA ICINDE SISTEME GIRIS YAPMANIZ GEREKMEKTEDIR!
Coktan secmeli ve dogru/yanlis seklinde toplam 40 soruya bir saat icinde yanit vermeniz beklenmektedir.
Final sinavi icin asagidaki okumalardan sorumlusunuz:
Daha onceki testlerden 20 soru
Asagidaki okumalardan 20 soru
• Orta Doğu’ya Demokrasiyi Getirmek - Sait YILMAZ. International Journal of Economic and Administrative Studies.
Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.
Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi
Movies: Trumbo and Das Experiment
Trumbo Official Trailer
Das Experiment-El Experimento HD VOSE Subs Spanish/English Completa Full
Monday, May 16, 2016
ORIENTALIST VIEW VERSUS NON-ORIENTALIST VIEW OF SYKES-PICOT
ORIENTALIST VIEWS
Could Different Borders Have Saved the Middle East?By NICK DANFORTH
THE NEW YORK TIMES - MAY 14, 2016
How the Curse of Sykes-Picot Still Haunts the Middle East
By Robin Wright
THEW NEW YORKER - April 30, 2016
Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s Mess
by Steven A. Cook
Council n Foreign Relations - Friday, May 13, 2016
The war within
Europe and America made mistakes, but the misery of the Arab world is caused mainly by its own failures
The Economist - May 14th 2016
NON-ORIENTALIST VIEWS
Yes, Let Us Honestly Assess Sykes-Picot’s Ugly CenturyUntangling the complicated legacies of colonialism and failed Arab regimes overshadowing today’s conflicts in the Middle East.
By Rami G. Khouri
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs – May 11, 2016
The white 'saviours' of the Arabs
Western fighters have streamed into the Middle East to help 'liberate' Arab countries such as Syria and Libya.
By Tanya Goudsouzian
Al-Jazeera - 22 Apr 2014
Let the Middle East Govern Itself
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Project-Syndicate - September 1, 2014
Iraq, Sykes-Picot and Mr Five Percent
Calouste Gulbenkian served as midwife of sorts to not only Iraq, but also to the world's major oil corporations.
Ibrahim Al-Marashi
AL-JAZEERA - MAY 15, 2016
Sunday, May 15, 2016
ORTADOĞU’DA GÜNCEL SIYASET UAB 330: HAFTA -14 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI
Degerli Arkadaslar,
HAFTA -14, bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:
• Orta Doğu’ya Demokrasiyi Getirmek - Sait YILMAZ. International Journal of Economic and Administrative Studies.
GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta ORTADOGU'DA RUSYA DIS POLITIKASI
uzerine gazete makalesi getirebilirsiniz.
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyin:
Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.
Sali gunu gorusmek uzere,
Tugrul Keskin
Sali gunu gorusmek uzere,
Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Yuksek Lisans - Uluslararasi Ekonomi-Politik UAB 561 (HAFTA -14)
Degerli arkadaslar,
Onumuzdeki hafta Pazartesi gunu, yarin su okumalar uzerinden tartismalarimizi yapacagiz:
• Küresel Problemler ve Krizler (Mehmet ALTAN)
• Ozgurluk Olasaligi (David Harvey)
ONEMLI: BU HAFTA SON HAFTAMIZ OLDUGUNDAN DOLAYI ASAGIDAKI SUNUMLARI BITIRECEGIZ!
Bu hafta, (14’uncu hafta) MARINE TVAURI, OĞUZHAN BEDİR, OĞUZ KAZANCI, ERSIN OZTURK ve ENGİN KAYA arkadaslarimiz okumalardan asagidaki konular ile ilgili sunum yapacaktir, lutfen sunumunuzun sonunda uc veya dort soru hazirlayip, sinif ile paylasalim. Lutfen sunumlarinizi bana email ile bir gun evvelden iletin.
• Altinci Bolum: Tekellesmenin Teknolojik, Ekonmik ve Orgutlesme Degismelerinin Sosyal Boyutu (Gülten Kazgan) DENİZ TEMÜR
• Cin Tarzi Neoliberalizm (David Harvey) MARINE TVAURI
• Yedinci Bolum: Ulus Devletin Daralan Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Iliskileri: Etkiler ve Tepkiler (Gülten Kazgan) OĞUZHAN BEDİR
• Geçis Ekonomileri ve Devletleri (Mehmet ALTAN) OĞUZ KAZANCI
• Sekizinci Bolum: Tek Kutuplu Dunya ile Yeni Ekonomik Duzenin Yarini (2010-2025) (Gülten Kazgan) ERSIN OZTURK
• Küresel Problemler ve Krizler (Mehmet ALTAN) ENGİN KAYA
Herhangi bir sorunuz var ise lutfen iletmekten cekinmeyin.
Kabul edilen donem projeleri icin:
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/04/uluslararasi-ekonomi-politik-uab-561.html
Dersin izlencesi icin:
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/02/ders-programi-yuksek-lisans.html
Herhangi bir sorunuz var ise lutfen iletmekten cekinmeyin.
--
Tugrul Keskin
Turkey Cell: (90) 533-607-8465
Maltepe University
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Editor of Sociology of Islam Journal (Brill)
Region Editor of Critical Sociology (Middle East and North Africa)
Book Review Editor of Societies Without Borders
Onumuzdeki hafta Pazartesi gunu, yarin su okumalar uzerinden tartismalarimizi yapacagiz:
• Küresel Problemler ve Krizler (Mehmet ALTAN)
• Ozgurluk Olasaligi (David Harvey)
ONEMLI: BU HAFTA SON HAFTAMIZ OLDUGUNDAN DOLAYI ASAGIDAKI SUNUMLARI BITIRECEGIZ!
Bu hafta, (14’uncu hafta) MARINE TVAURI, OĞUZHAN BEDİR, OĞUZ KAZANCI, ERSIN OZTURK ve ENGİN KAYA arkadaslarimiz okumalardan asagidaki konular ile ilgili sunum yapacaktir, lutfen sunumunuzun sonunda uc veya dort soru hazirlayip, sinif ile paylasalim. Lutfen sunumlarinizi bana email ile bir gun evvelden iletin.
• Altinci Bolum: Tekellesmenin Teknolojik, Ekonmik ve Orgutlesme Degismelerinin Sosyal Boyutu (Gülten Kazgan) DENİZ TEMÜR
• Cin Tarzi Neoliberalizm (David Harvey) MARINE TVAURI
• Yedinci Bolum: Ulus Devletin Daralan Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Iliskileri: Etkiler ve Tepkiler (Gülten Kazgan) OĞUZHAN BEDİR
• Geçis Ekonomileri ve Devletleri (Mehmet ALTAN) OĞUZ KAZANCI
• Sekizinci Bolum: Tek Kutuplu Dunya ile Yeni Ekonomik Duzenin Yarini (2010-2025) (Gülten Kazgan) ERSIN OZTURK
• Küresel Problemler ve Krizler (Mehmet ALTAN) ENGİN KAYA
Herhangi bir sorunuz var ise lutfen iletmekten cekinmeyin.
Kabul edilen donem projeleri icin:
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/04/uluslararasi-ekonomi-politik-uab-561.html
Dersin izlencesi icin:
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/02/ders-programi-yuksek-lisans.html
Herhangi bir sorunuz var ise lutfen iletmekten cekinmeyin.
--
Tugrul Keskin
Turkey Cell: (90) 533-607-8465
Maltepe University
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Editor of Sociology of Islam Journal (Brill)
Region Editor of Critical Sociology (Middle East and North Africa)
Book Review Editor of Societies Without Borders
Friday, May 13, 2016
SİYASET BİLİMİ VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER (Tezli - Tezsiz) - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI
T.C. MALTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ LİSANSÜSTÜ PROGRAMLARI
2016 - 2017 GÜZ YARIYILI ONLINE ÖN KAYITLARI
BAŞVURU DÖNEMİ 15 MAYIS - 19 EYLÜL 2016
TEZLİ VE TEZSİZ YÜKSEK LİSANS PROGRAMLARINA BAŞVURU KOŞULLARI
SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ LİSANSÜSTÜ PROGRAMLARI
2016 - 2017 GÜZ YARIYILI ONLINE ÖN KAYITLARI
BAŞVURU DÖNEMİ 15 MAYIS - 19 EYLÜL 2016
TEZLİ VE TEZSİZ YÜKSEK LİSANS PROGRAMLARINA BAŞVURU KOŞULLARI
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Yüksek lisans programına başvuracak adaylarda aşağıdaki koşullar aranır:
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Bir lisans diplomasına sahip olmak. Mezuniyet aşamasında olan adaylar yüksek
lisans programının başlama tarihine kadar diploma veya geçici mezuniyet
belgelerini teslim etmek kaydıyla başvuruda bulunabilirler. Yabancı ülkelerdeki
lisans programını bitirmiş adayların Yükseköğretim Kurulundan alacakları
denklik belgesine de sahip olmaları gerekir.
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Akademik Personel ve Lisansüstü Eğitimi Giriş Sınavının (ALES) başvurduğu puan
türünden en az 55 standart tam puan almış olmak. ALES 55 standart puanı Senatoca
yükseltilebilir. Uluslararası geçerliliği olan Lisansüstü Giriş Sınavları
belgesine sahip olan adayların puanları, Yükseköğretim Kurulu tarafından kabul
edilen eşdeğer puan tablosu esas alınarak hesaplanır.
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Güzel Sanatlar Fakültelerinin ve Konservatuarın Enstitüdeki Anabilim ve
Anasanat dallarına başvuran adaylarda ALES puanı aranmaz.
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Tezsiz yüksek lisans programlarına öğrenci kabulünde ALES puanı aranmaz.
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Yabancı dilde öğretim yapan programlara yapılan başvurular dışında yabancı dil koşulu
aranmaz. Yabancı dilde öğretim yapan programlarda Merkezi Yabancı Dil Bilgisi
Seviye Tespit Sınavından (YDS) 55 puan veya Üniversite tarafından yapılan
yabancı dil sınavından en az 55 puan ya da Ölçme, Seçme ve Yerleştirme Merkezince
(ÖSYM) eşdeğerliliği kabul edilen bir uluslararası yabancı dil sınavından
eşdeğeri puan almak zorunludur.
·Adaylar
programlara özel öğrenci olarak başvuruda bulunabilirler.
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Programlara alan dışından başvuruda bulunan adaylar Anabilim Dalı Başkanlığınca
uygun görülecek en fazla 2 adet dersi bilimsel hazırlık dersi olarak
alabilirler.
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