The Arab Spring in Comparative Perspective 20 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, EuroMeSCo, Senén Florensa, Strategic Studies Network (SSN)
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Joint Policy Study (SSN-EUROMESCO) March 2015
Senén Florensa, Dtor. *
A few years after the beginning of the so-called Arab Spring, as the processes of transition and the geopolitical balance shifts are fully underway, it is imperative to think about the changes the region is facing and the options ahead. (suite…)
Middle Eastern Youth and the Arab Spring: Cross-National Variation and Trends in Values 29 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Julie de Jong, Mansoor Moaddel, Population Studies Center, values, youth
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PSC Research Report (Population Studies Center) No. 14-828, September 2014, 61 p.
University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR)
Mansoor Moaddel & Julie de Jong *
Although scholars and analysts widely claimed that the youth played a crucial role in the making of the revolutionary movements dubbed the Arab Spring, little empirical evidence substantiates this claim or depicts how the younger age groups may differ from the older in value orientation. (suite…)
An imperfect model 26 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, Fethullah Gülen, foreign policy, Kemal Kirişci, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The Indian Express, December 26, 2013, p. 11
Kemal Kirisci *
A high-profile corruption scandal has aggravated the growing instability in Turkey. (suite…)
Islamism, Electoral Hegemony, and Democracy: Lessons from Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia 16 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, democracy, E. Fuat Keyman, Egypt, elections, Islamism, Sebnem Gumuscu, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Tunisia
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, December 16, 2013
Sebnem Gumuscu & E. Fuat Keyman *
Widespread popular protests and the military coup in Egypt in the summer of 2013 and the sustained political turmoil in Tunisia have not only exemplified the tumultuous course of the Arab Spring but they have also reignited the debate on the compatibility of Islam and democracy. (suite…)
Turkey One the Eve and in the Wake of the Arab Spring 5 novembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, foreign policy, Middle Eastern Analysis, ORSAM, Tarik Oguzlu
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Middle Eastern Analysis (ORSAM) Vol. 5, No 58, October 2013, pages 10-20
Prof. Dr. Tarık Oğuzlu *
This short essay aims to take stock of Turkey’s regional and global outlook on the eve and in the wake of the Arab Spring. (suite…)
Arab Spring countries are following the model set by Iraq – and that’s bad news for them all 5 novembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Ghassan Charbel, Iraq
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The National (UAE) November 5, 2013, p. 17
Ghassan Charbel
As the “Arab Spring” began to unfold three years ago, some people in the Arab region were suddenly infatuated with the Turkish model, wrote Ghassan Charbel, the editor-in-chief of the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat. (suite…)
Turkey is not another ‘Arab spring’ 18 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, Gezi Park, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reşat Kasaba, Taksim, Turkey
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Seattle Times (USA) June 18, 2013, p. A9
By Resat Kasaba *
There are some similarities between what is going on in Turkey and the Arab revolutions that have changed the face of the Middle East in the last two years. (suite…)
Erdogan: from « rock star » to mixed reviews from Arabs 12 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Middle East, protests, Turkey
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Reuters (UK) Wednesday, June 12, 2013
By Alastair Macdonald and Tarek Amara (Cairo/Tunis)
Turkish prime minister was feted during the Arab Spring. But some Arabs disappointed by his crackdown. His fate may now be linked to that of Arab Islamists. (suite…)
Turkey-GCC Relations in a Transforming Middle East 12 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, economy, Gulf Cooperation Council, ISPI, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, MENA, Middle East, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Valeria Talbot
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Analysis (ISPI) No. 178, June 2013, 10 p.
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale
Valeria Talbot *
Since the early 2000s relations between Turkey and the Gulf monarchies have improved and cooperation has progressively deepened in several domains. (suite…)
Test of Turkish democracy 4 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, democracy, Indonesia, protests, Turkey
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The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) Tuesday, June 4, 2013, p. 6
Editorial
The wave of anti-government protests in Istanbul and more than 60 other cities and towns in Turkey last week will likely continue in the absence of any resolution over the weekend. (suite…)
Erdogan’s Responsibility for the Arab Spring 4 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Arab Spring, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey
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Dar Al Hayat (Lebanon) Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Elias Harfoush
Regardless of what we think about the latest turmoil in Turkey, it is hard to view these events independently from the context of the region’s events and the revolutions staged against a number of regimes within the past two years all the way to the present explosion faced by the Syrian regime. (suite…)
Global Turkey in Europe. Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU 24 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Anne Duncker, Arab Spring, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman, EU enlargement, EU Neighbourhood Policy, foreign policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Middle East, Nathalie Tocci, Senem Aydın Düzgit, Syria, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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IAI Research Papers (IAI) No. 9, May 2013, 303 p.
Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
edited by Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Anne Duncker, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman and Nathalie Tocci *
The EU is changing, Turkey too, and – above all – there is systemic change and crisis all round, ranging from economics, the spread of democratic norms and foreign policy. (suite…)
Syria’s Uprising: sectarianism, regionalisation, and state order in the Levant 18 mai 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Arab Spring, Fride, Hivos, Iran, Iraq, Israël, Middle East, Steven Heydemann, Syria, Turkey, USA
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Working Paper (Fride & Hivos) n° 119, May 2013, 21 p.
By Steven Heydemann *
As the Syrian revolution enters its third year, the risks to regional stability are escalating. Violence has spilled over all of Syria’s borders. The conflict has elevated sectarian tensions in Lebanon, threatening the 1990 Taif settlement that ended 15 years of civil war. (suite…)
A specific amalgam 9 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Aloke Sen, Arab Spring, Central Asia, Middle East, Turkey
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The Telegraph (Calcutta, India) Tuesday, April 9, 2013, p. 10
Aloke Sen *
The Turkish model may not be transferable to other countries. In the discourse on the tumultuous socio-political developments in West Asia and North Africa of recent years — popularly labelled as the ‘Arab Spring’ — the term, ‘Turkish model’, was frequently heard. (suite…)
Making Sense of Turkish-EU Relations in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring 28 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Arab Spring, Bülent Aras, EU, foreign policy, GTE Policy Briefs, Istituto Affari Internazionali, MENA, Middle East, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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GTE Policy Briefs (Istituto Affari Internazionali) n. 8, 28 March 2013, 5 p.
by Bülent Aras *
Both the EU’s recognition of the importance of its value system and Turkey’s rediscovery of its European component in its foreign policy identity have occurred during a period of radical transformation in the Mediterranean region. (suite…)
Turkey’s Economy: An Example for the Middle East and North Africa ? 11 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, Chatham House, economy, MENA, Middle East, North Africa, Numan Kurtulmus, transcript, Turkey
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Chatham House (UK) 11 March 2013
Numan Kurtulmus *
This is a transcript of a speech made by Numan Kurtulmuş, Vice President, AK Party, Turkey, at Chatham House on 11 March 2013. (suite…)
Muslim Politics Without an « Islamic » State: Can Turkey’s Justice and Development Party Be a Model for Arab Islamists? 28 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet T. Kuru, AKP, Arab Spring, Brookings Doha Center, Middle East, political Islam, secularism, Turkey
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Policy Briefing (Brookings Doha Center Publications) No. 23, February 2013
By Ahmet T. Kuru *
As Islamist parties assume power in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco, many – in both the West and the region – have turned to the experience of Turkey’s pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) for lessons on negotiating the relationship between Islam and the state. (suite…)
Turkey and Iran: From an Ambivalent Honeymoon to Divorce? 3 février 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: ACIS, Arab Spring, Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Iran, Middle East, NATO, The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Turkey
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Iran Pulse (ACIS) no. 55, 3 February 2013
The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies (ACIS)
Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak *
In December 2012, the Turkish media announced the Iranian President Mahmud Ahmedinejad had cancelled a one day visit to Konya to mark the 739th anniversary of the passing of the great Sufi mystic Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi (RFERL, 17 December 2012). (suite…)
Unfinished Transitions: Challenges and Opportunities of the EU’s and Turkey’s Responses to the « Arab Spring » 30 janvier 2013
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Arab Spring, Emiliano Alessandri, EU, foreign policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Meliha Benli Altunışık, Middle East, Turkey
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GTE Working Paper (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 4, 25 Jan 2012,11 p.
by Emiliano Alessandri and Meliha Benli Altunişik *
Both the EU and Turkey have so far failed to establish a firm strategic rationale for their support for democratic change in the neighborhood, often accepting the tenet that their « values » may continue to clash with – but in the new context will have to prevail over – their « interests ». (suite…)
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