THE EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JUNE 17 19, 2009 ANKARA FEAS BUILDING B, METU CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM GENERAL INFORMATION June 17-19, 2009 3
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ORGANISATION COMMITTEE Faruk Yalvaç Tel: (90 312) 210 30 83 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: fyalvac@metu.edu.tr Özgehan Şenyuva Tel: (90 312) 210 30 86 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: senyuva@metu.edu.tr Tuba Ünlü Tel: (90 312) 210 30 55 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: utuba@metu.edu.tr Gülriz Şen Tel: (90 312) 210 30 94 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: gulriz@metu.edu.tr Ertuğrul Erol Tel: (90 312) 210 70 81 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: eerol@metu.edu.tr M. Serdar Palabıyık Tel: (90 312) 210 70 81 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: spalabiyik@gmail.com 4
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM ASSISTANT STAFF Ahu Şenses Tel: (90 312) 210 30 94 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: ahu@metu.edu.tr Argun Başkan Tel: (90 312) 210 20 84 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: argunb2@hotmail.com Aslıgül Sarıkamış Tel: (90 312) 210 20 90 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: asligul@metu.edu.tr Aslıhan Anlar Tel: (90 312) 210 30 94 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: doganlar@metu.edu.tr Ayşe Ömür Atmaca Tel: (90 312) 210 30 94 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: boztan@metu.edu.tr Bayram Sinkaya Tel: (90 312) 210 20 85 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: bsinkaya@metu.edu.tr Beishen Toktogulov Tel: (90 312) 210 30 94 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: beishent@yahoo.com 5
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PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Hakan Gönen Tel: (90 312) 210 20 85 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: gonen@metu.edu.tr Hakan Karaaslan Tel: (90 312) 210 20 85 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: khakan@metu.edu.tr İlhan Sağsen Tel: (90 312) 210 20 85 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: isagsen@metu.edu.tr Mehmet Onur Öncan Tel: (90 312) 210 30 55 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: oncan@metu.edu.tr Oben Kuyucu Tel: (90 312) 210 20 84 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: oben@metu.edu.tr Özlem Kaplan Tel: (90 312) 210 20 85 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: okaplan@metu.edu.tr Pınar Arıkan Tel: (90 312) 210 70 81 Fax: (90 312) 210 79 83 e-mail: pinara@metu.edu.tr 7
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PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Middle East Technical University Department of International Relations Phone: (90312) 2103094 / 2107081 / 2102016 Fax: (90312) 2107983 E-mail: irconf@metu.edu.tr Website: http://www.ir.metu.edu.tr/conf/ 9
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DATES AND VENUE Dates: Wednesday, June 17 Friday, June 19, 2009 Venue: METU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) Building B REGISTRATION Registration and Information Desk is located on the first floor of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) Building B. The desk is open at the following times: Wednesday, June 17 9:00-17:30 Thursday, June 18 9:00-17:30 Friday, June 19 9:00-17:30 BADGE Participants should kindly wear name badges during the Conference. Name badges will be provided in participants conference packs at the Registration Desk. SESSIONS Sessions are moderated by Chairs who monitor and administer the meetings. Each paper will be presented for about 20 minutes, and will be followed by a brief discussion. The Chair may decide and change the order of presentations as well as time allocated for each presentation. CONFERENCE COCKTAIL The Chair of the Department of International Relations invites all participants to the cocktail at the front garden of the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences B-Building (FEAS-B). The cocktail will take place on Wednesday, June 17 between 18:00-20:00. 10
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM PROGRAM June 17-19, 2009 11
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 17 JUNE 2009, WEDNESDAY REGISTRATION Time: 09:00-17:30 Place: FEAS Building B OPENING CEREMONY Time: 10:00-10:30 Place: G-110 Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar (President, METU, Turkey) Prof. Dr. Eyüp Özveren (Dean, FEAS, METU, Turkey) Prof. Dr. Meliha B. Altunışık (Chair, Department of International Relations, METU, Turkey) KEYNOTE SESSION Time: 10:30-12:30 Place: G-110 Faruk Yalvaç (METU, Turkey) Hendrik Spruyt (Northwestern University, USA) Patterns of Regional Integration in Europe and North America LUNCH / 12:30-14:00 12
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM SESSIONS 1 / 14:00-15:30 Session 1-A. Governing Global Capitalism Time: 14:00-15:30 Place: G-102 Özlem Kaygusuz (Ankara University, Turkey) Oğuz Dilek (Keele University, UK) Shift: The Rise of New Centers and the Loss of Relative Weight of the US as a Global Hegemonic Power Emre İşeri (Keele University, UK) American Petrodollar Hegemony in the Post-American World Vildan Serin (Fatih University, Turkey) and Bülent Gökay (Keele University, UK) A Global Perspective to Understand the 2008-2009 World Economic Crisis Session 1-B. Critical Security Studies Time: 14:00-15:30 Place: G-104 Ken Booth (University of Aberystwyth, UK) Ali Bilgiç (University of Aberystwyth, UK) Trust-Building as a Tool of Change? Order versus Emancipation in the Euro- Mediterranean Partnership Erdem Özlük (Selçuk University, Turkey) Segah Tekin (Selçuk University, Turkey) State and Security: Deconstructing the Symbiotic Relationship Çiğdem Tunç (METU, Turkey) Constructing a European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Migration-Security Nexus 13
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Session 1-C. Change, War and Public Opinion Time: 14:00-15:30 Place: G-106 Özgehan Şenyuva (METU, Turkey) Ebru Canan Sokullu (Bahçeşehir University, Turkey) Patterns of Wars and Public Opinion: Change or Continuity? Sheharyar Khan (Ankara University, Turkey) International Law and War on Terror Session 1-D. Social Policies of the European Union in the Context of Enlargement (Panel Organized by the Center for European Studies, METU) Time: 14:00-15:30 Place: G-108 Galip Yalman (METU, Turkey) Julia O Connor (University of Ulster, UK) Social Policy in the New Member States of the EU Dimitris Tsarouhas (Bilkent University, Turkey) Turkey s Accession Process and the European Social Model COFFEE BREAK / 15:30-16:00 14
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM SESSIONS 2 / 16:00-17:30 Session 2-A. Keynote Speech on Environmental Politics Time: 16:00-17:30 Place: G-102 Ayşegül Kibaroğlu (METU, Turkey) Nils Petter Gleditsch (International Peace Research Institute, Norway) Resources and the Environment: The Future Battle Ground? Session 2-B. China and the World Economy Time: 16:00-17:30 Place: G-104 Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (METU, Turkey) Rafael Leal Arcas (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) China-The Rise of a Global Economic Superpower Ahmed Badawi Mustapha (National University of Singapore, Singapore) China s Scramble for African Economies 15
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Session 2-C. Politics of European Integration I: Europe s Transformatory Power Time: 16:00-17:30 Place: G-106 Atila Eralp (METU, Turkey) Ali Tekin (Bilkent University, Turkey) The Turkish Accession to the EU: Issues of Cultural Pluralism Lucie Tunkrova (Fatih University, Turkey) Europeanization and Democratization in Central Europe and in Turkey Kyriaki Topidi (University of Lucerne, Switzerland) EU Constitutionalization in Turkey: Challenges and Limits of Post-Islamist Governance CONFERENCE COCKTAIL Time: 18:00-20:00 Place: Middle East Technical University, FEAS Building B 16
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM 18 JUNE 2009 / THURSDAY REGISTRATION Time: 9:00-17:30 Place: FEAS Building B SESSIONS 3 / 10:00-11:30 Session 3-A. Keynote Speech on International Security Time: 10:00-11:30 Place: G-110 Meliha Altunışık (METU, Turkey) Ken Booth (University of Aberystwyth, UK) Changing Global Realities: Critical Theory for Critical Times Session 3-B. Globalization and Migration I Time: 10:00-11:30 Place: G-111 Maurizio Busatti (IOM, Turkey) Elona Rusi (METU, Turkey) Security-Migration Nexus in a World of Globalization and the Reaction of States Işık Kuşçu (METU, Turkey) Kazakhstan s Oralman Project: A Remedy for Ambiguous Identity? Meral Açıkgöz (IOM, Turkey) Globalization and Migration Management in Multicultural Cities: The Case of İstanbul COFFEE BREAK/ 11:30-12:00 17
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSIONS 4 / 12:00-13:30 Session 4-A. Keynote Speech on Middle Eastern Studies Time: 12:00-13:30 Place: G-110 Özlem Tür (METU, Turkey) Bahgat Korany (American University in Cairo, Egypt) Middle East Area Studies versus the IR Discipline? Experience of the Research Team on the Foreign Policies of Arab States" Session 4-B. Making Sense of Financial Crises Time: 12:00-13:30 Place: G-111 Ferda Dönmez-Atbaşı (Ankara University, Turkey) Ahmet Haşim Köse (Ankara University, Turkey) Ahmet Öncü (Sabancı University, Turkey) Reading Crisis from Capital Ali Rıza Güngen (METU, Turkey) Fictitious Capital Speculation and Real Accumulation: Notes on Finance Capital and Financialization Julian Saurin (METU, Northern Cyprus Campus, TRNC) Crisis of State or Crisis of Capital? Examining Fundamental Global Crises or Regime Changes of Regulation 18
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Session 4-C. Time: 12:00-13:30 Place: Blue Room Cyprus and the European Union Fatih Tayfur (METU, Turkey) Ergün Olgun (Former Undersecretary of the President of TRNC) "Cyprus: Changing Patterns Regarding the Framework of A Comprehensive Settlement Since the Annan Plan" Leonard Hammer (METU Northern Cyprus Campus, TRNC) Human Rights in Northern Cyprus: Re-examining the Application of the European Convention LUNCH/ 13:30-14:30 19
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSIONS 5 / 14:30-16:00 Session 5-A. Time: 14:30-16:00 Place: G-102 Keynote Speech on Globalization and Society Ersel Aydınlı (Bilkent University, Turkey) Cynthia Weber (Lancaster University, UK) 'I am an American': Video Portraits of Unsafe US Citizens Session 5-B. Religion and Globalization Time: 14:30-16:00 Place: G-104 İhsan Dağı (METU, Turkey) Mahmood Monshipouri (San Francisco State University, USA) Muslims Struggle over Globalization: A Comparison of Homeland and Diaspora Birol Başkan (Qatar University, Qatar) "Islam and Democracy: How Islam Helps Authoritarianism?" Yonca Özdemir (METU, Northern Cyprus Campus, TRNC) Economic Globalization and the Rise of Religion 20
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Session 5-C. Politics of Eurasia Time: 14:30-16:00 Place: G-106 Oktay Tanrısever (METU, Turkey) Elhan Mekhtiyev (Peace and Conflict Resolution Center, Azerbaijan) "Foreign and Security Policy of Caucasus Nations in a New Environment after Russia-Georgia War" Mesut Hakkı Caşın (Yeditepe University, Turkey) Unfinished Domino Game: Russia Europe Energy Diplomacy Balance Güner Özkan (Muğla University, Turkey) The Georgian War and Changing Geopolitical Dynamics: Russia and Remaking of the Near Abroad COFFEE BREAK / 16:00-16:30 21
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSIONS 6 / 16:30-18:00 Session 6-A. From The Global Gamble to the Current Global Capitalist Crisis: Debating the Contributions of Peter Gowan Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-102 Julian Saurin (METU Northern Cyprus Campus, TRNC) Oktar Türel (TSSA, Turkey) An Assessment of Gowan s Analysis on the Global Capitalist Crisis Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (METU, Turkey) Constitutive Role of States and International Financial Institutions in the Making of the Current Global Capitalist Crisis Session 6-B. Turkish Foreign Policy: External Dynamics Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-104 Tuba Ünlü (METU, Turkey) Justyna Misiagiewicz (Sklodowska University, Poland) The Role of Turkey in Late-Westphalian International System Selcen Öner (Bahçeşehir University, Turkey) Europeanization of Turkish Foreign Policy and Increasing Multidimensionalism Ion Berindan (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania) Joggling Seven Plates of Foreign Policy: Who is the Optimist Now? 22
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Session 6-C. Security, Culture and Identity Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-106 Mustafa Aydın (TOBB ETÜ, Turkey) Tarık Oğuzlu (Bilkent University, Turkey) Turkey s Security Predicament: Hobbesian and Kantian Security Cultures Facing Each Other Özlem Savaş (Bilkent University, Turkey) Understanding Change in Security Perceptions After Crisis: A Cultural Perspective Session 6-D. Globalization and Migration II Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-108 Faruk Yalvaç (METU, Turkey) Can Ünver (Başkent University, Turkey) Turkey s Migration Policies and Patterns of Globalization Yelda Devlet (IOM, Turkey) Effects of Globalization on International Migratory Movements: the Case of Black Sea Region Şebnem Köşer Akçapar (Georgetown University, USA) Changing Migration Patterns in Turkey: Northern Europeans as Migrants in Turkish Riviera 23
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 19 JUNE 2009 / FRIDAY REGISTRATION Time: 09:00-17:30 Place: FEAS Building B SESSIONS 7 / 10:00-11:30 Session 7-A. Keynote Speech on Globalization and Civil Society Time: 10:00-11:30 Place: G-102 Eyüp Özveren (Dean, FEAS, METU, Turkey) Daniele Archibugi (University of London, UK) Towards Cosmopolitan Democracy: Global Commonwealth of Citizens Thomas Faist (Bielefeld University, Germany) "Making and Remaking the Transnational: Of Boundaries and Social Mechanisms" Session 7-B. Keynote Speech on Global Hegemony and the Capitalist Crisis Time: 10:00-11:30 Place: G-104 Oktar Türel (TSSA, Turkey) Bilsay Kuruç (Ankara University, Rtd.) The End of the Anglo-Saxon Model? 24
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Session 7-C. Global Governance and the United Nations Time: 10:00-11:30 Place: G-106 Şule Güneş (METU, Turkey) Oliver Westerwinter (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany) The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission: An Effective and Legitimate International Institution for Building Sustainable Peace? Sibel Güçlü (Bilkent University, Turkey) "Rights Based Approaches to Development: Harping on the Same String?" Zerrin Savaşan (METU, Turkey) The Change in Environmental Politics and the Role of the United Nations Session 7-D. Changing Politics of China and Far East (Panel sponsored by Confucius Research and Application Center, METU) Time: 10:00-11:30 Place: G-108 Bahadır Pehlivantürk (Hacettepe University, Turkey) Wang Li (Nankai University, China) China s Security Concerns on the Korean Nuclear Issue Norafidah Ismail (University of Exeter, UK) Sino-Saudi Relations and the United States Andy Forrest (Deakin University, Australia) Future Patterns in China-Japan Power Relations: A Puzzling Problematic and Reality COFFEE BREAK / 11:30-12:00 25
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSIONS 8 / 12:00-13:30 Session 8-A. Keynote Speech on Peripheral Countries in Crisis Time: 12:00-13:30 Place: G-102 Galip Yalman (METU, Turkey) Korkut Boratav (TSSA, Turkey) Peripheral Economies at the Threshold of the International Crisis" Session 8-B. Changing Nature of Security Time: 12:00-13:30 Place: G-104 Mustafa Kibaroğlu (Bilkent University, Turkey) Itır Toksöz (Doğuş University, Turkey) The New Meaning of (In)Stability as an External Threat in the Post-Cold War Era Anastasiya Stelmakh (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine) "Regional Security Complex Theory as a Panacea for New Global Order?: An Example of Black Sea Region" Bahar Turhan Hurmi (Atılım University, Turkey) New Global System: Changing Perceptions of Security and Nature of Intelligence 26
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Session 8-C. Changing Patterns in International Relations Theory Time: 12:00-13:30 Place: G-106 Faruk Yalvaç (METU, Turkey) Burak Ülman (Yıldız Teknik University, Turkey) Change? What Change? The Need to Put Imperialism Back into IR Theory Burak Akçapar (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey) The Mutual Existence of Nascent and Senescent World Orders: Theoretical Ruminations in IR by a Practitioner Altay Atlı (Boğaziçi University, Turkey) Explaining International Change: The Need for Greater Plurality in the Discipline of IR Korhan Yazgan (University of Exeter, UK) Change in the International System: A Comparative Study of Hierarchic and Anarchic Systems Session 8-D. Roundtable on Turkish Foreign Policy Responding to Changes in International Conditions (Panel Organized by Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey) Time: 12:00-13:30 Place: Blue Room Seyfi Taşhan (Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey) US Policies Reşat Arım (Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey) Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan Oktay Aksoy (Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey) European Union Ali Engin Oba (Atılım University, Turkey) New regions of interest: Africa and Latin America LUNCH/ 13:30-14:30 27
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSIONS 9 / 14:30-16:00 Session 9-A. Economic Crisis in Turkey and the World, 2008-2009 (Panel Organized in Cooperation with the Independent Social Scientists) Time: 14:30-16:00 Place: G-102 Ebru Voyvoda (METU, Turkey) Oktar Türel (TSSA, Turkey) World Economic Crisis and Reflections onto the Turkish Economy Ahmet Tonak (Bilgi University, Turkey) Is It a Financial Crisis? Galip Yalman (METU, Turkey) On the Relationship between Economic and Political Crises Session 9-B. Session for Turkish-Syrian Working Group (Panel Organized by Raymond Hinnebusch and Özlem Tür) Time: 14:30-16:00 Place: G-104 Session 9-C. Politics of Identity Time: 14:30-16:00 Place: G-106 Kürşad Ertuğrul (METU, Turkey) Havva Kök (Hacettepe University, Turkey) Is an Integral World Politics Possible? Imran Iqbal (University of Leeds, UK) Globalization, International Security and Radical Islam Gökser Gökçay (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey) The Future of Identity Politics in International Relations Theory 28
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Session 9-D. Politics of European Integration II Time: 14:30-16:00 Place: G-108 Özgehan Şenyuva (METU, Turkey) Can Mindek and Kıvanç Atak (Economic Development Foundation, Turkey) European Democracy Beyond Neo-functionalism Adam Szymanski (Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland) Change in the Policy of the European Union: The Case of Enlargement Ebru Oğurlu (Marmara University, Turkey) Changing Dynamics of a Complex Relationship: Turkey and the European Union COFFEE BREAK / 16:00-16:30 29
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SESSIONS 10 / 16:30-18:00 Session 10-A. Persistent Crises and Political Struggles in Turkey Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-102 İlhan Uzgel (Ankara University, Turkey) Ahmet Haşim Köse (Ankara University, Turkey) Serdal Bahçe (Ankara University, Turkey) Class Bases of Poverty in Turkey Yıldız Atasoy (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Islam s Marriage with Neoliberalism: Reconstituting the State Mehmet Gürsan Şenalp (Atılım University, Turkey) Örsan Şenalp (Transnational Institute, the Netherlands) Transnational Rivalries and Dispossessing the State Class in Turkey: Evidence from the Ergenekon Case Session 10-B. European Political Economy within the Global Crisis Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-104 Dimitris Tsarouhas (Bilkent University, Turkey) Tolga Bölükbaşı (METU Northern Cyprus Campus, TRNC) Does Partisan Politics Still Matter in the Age of Austerity? Political Economy of Welfare Reform in Italy and Greece in the Run-up to EMU Berkay Ayhan (METU, Turkey) Responses to Financial Crisis: Towards a European Gouvernement Économique? İlke Toygür (Economic Development Foundation, Turkey) Mahir Ilgaz (Economic Development Foundation, Turkey) "Global Financial Crises and Normative Change: The Case of EU Environmental Policy" 30
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM Session 10-C. Contemporary Middle East Politics Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-106 Ayşegül Kibaroğlu (METU, Turkey) Ali Rahigh Aghsan (Roskilde University, Denmark) The Rise of Iran: How Durable, How Dangerous? Cenk Alican (University of Munich, Germany) Chances and Limits of EU-GCC Cooperation in the Middle East after the 2006 Lebanon War Session 10-D. Turkish Foreign Policy: Relations with Neighbours Time: 16:30-18:00 Place: G-108 Işık Kuşçu (METU, Turkey) Emre Erşen (Marmara University, Turkey) Dynamics of Change in Turkish-Russian Relations in the 2000s Kohei Imai (METU, Turkey/ Chuo University, Japan) Turkey s New Policy toward the Middle East: Can Turkey Contribute to Spread Norms? CLOSING SESSION Time: 18:00-18:30 Place: G-110 31
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PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM LIST OF PARTICIPANTS June 17-19, 2009 33
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS A Acar, Ahmet (METU, Turkey) Açıkgöz, Meral (IOM, Turkey) Aghsan, Ali Rahigh (Roskilde University, Denmark) Akçapar Burak (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey) Akçapar, Şebnem Köşer (Georgetown University, USA) Aksoy, Oktay (Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey) Alican, Cenk (University of Munich, Germany) Altunışık, Meliha B. (METU, Turkey) Arcas, Rafael Leal (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) Archibugi, Daniele (University of London, UK) Arım, Reşat (Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey) Atak, Kıvanç (Economic Development Foundation, Turkey) Atasoy, Yıldız (Simon Fraser University, Canada) Atbaşı, Ferda Dönmez (Ankara University, Turkey) Atlı, Altay (Boğaziçi University, Turkey) Aydın, Mustafa (TOBB ETÜ, Turkey) Aydınlı, Ersel (Bilkent University, Turkey) Ayhan, Berkay (METU, Turkey) B Bahçe, Serdal (Ankara University, Turkey) Başkan, Birol (Qatar University, Qatar) Bedirhanoğlu, Pınar (METU, Turkey) Berindan, Ion (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania) Bilgiç, Ali (University of Aberystwyth, UK) Bölükbaşı, Tolga (METU NCC, TRNC) Booth, Ken (University of Aberystwyth, UK) Boratav, Korkut (TSSA, Turkey) Busatti, Maurizio (IOM, Turkey) C Caşın, Mesut Hakkı (Yeditepe University, Turkey) D Dağı, İhsan (METU, Turkey) Devlet, Yelda (IOM, Turkey) Dilek, Oğuz (Keele University, UK) 34
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM E Eralp, Atila (METU, Turkey) Erşen, Emre (Marmara University, Turkey) Ertuğrul, Kürşad (METU, Turkey) F Faist, Thomas (Bielefeld University, Germany) Forrest, Andy (Deakin University, Australia) G Gleditsch, Nils Petter (International Peace Research Institute, Norway) Gökay, Bülent (Keele University, UK) Gökçay, Gökser (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey) Güçlü, Sibel (Bilkent University, Turkey) Güneş, Şule (METU, Turkey) Güngen, Ali Rıza (METU, Turkey) H Hammer, Leonard (METU NCC, TRNC) Hinnebusch, Raymond (University of St. Andrews, UK) Hurmi, Bahar Turhan (Atılım University, Turkey) I - İ Ilgaz, Mahir (Economic Development Foundation, Turkey) Imai, Kohei (METU, Turkey/ Chuo University, Japan) Iqbal, Imran (University of Leeds, UK) Ismail, Norafidah (University of Exeter, UK) İşeri, Emre (Keele University, UK) K Kaygusuz, Özlem (Ankara University, Turkey) Khan, Sheharyar (Ankara University, Turkey) Kibaroğlu, Ayşegül (METU, Turkey) Kibaroğlu Mustafa (Bilkent University, Turkey) Kök, Havva (Hacettepe University, Turkey) Korany, Bahgat (American University in Cairo, Egypt) Köse, Ahmet Haşim (Ankara University, Turkey) Kuruç, Bilsay (Ankara University, Rt.) Kuşçu, Işık (METU, Turkey) 35
EIGHTH METU CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS L Li, Wang (Nankai University, China) M Misiagiewicz, Justyna (Sklodowska University, Poland) Mekhtiyev, Elhan (Peace and Conflict Resolution Center, Azerbaijan) Mindek, Can (Economic Development Foundation, Turkey) Monshipouri, Mahmood (San Francisco State University, USA) Mustapha, Ahmed Badawi (National University of Singapore, Singapore) O - Ö O Connor, Julia (University of Ulster, UK) Oba, Ali Engin (Atilim University, Turkey) Oğurlu, Ebru (Marmara University, Turkey) Oğuzlu, Tarık (Bilkent University, Turkey) Olgun, Ergün (Former Undersecretary of the President of TRNC) Öncü, Ahmet (Sabancı University, Turkey) Öner, Selcen (Bahçeşehir University, Turkey) Özdemir, Yonca (METU, NCC, TRNC) Özkan, Güner (Muğla University, Turkey) Özveren, Eyüp (METU, Turkey) P Pehlivantürk, Bahadır (Hacettepe University, Turkey) R Rusi, Elona (METU, Turkey) S - Ş Saurin, Julian (METU NCC, TRNC) Savaş, Özlem (Bilkent University, Turkey) Savaşan, Zerrin (METU, Turkey) Serin, Vildan (Fatih University, Turkey) Sokullu, Ebru Canan (Bahçeşehir University, Turkey) Spruyt, Hendrik (Northwestern University, USA) Stelmakh, Anastasiya (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine) Szymanski, Adam (Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland) Şenalp, Mehmet Gürsan (Atılım University, Turkey) Şenyuva, Özgehan (METU, Turkey) 36
PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM T Tanrısever, Oktay (METU, Turkey) Taşhan, Seyfi (Foreign Policy Institute, Turkey) Tayfur, Fatih (METU, Turkey) Tekin, Ali (Bilkent University, Turkey) Tekin, Segah (Selçuk University, Turkey) Toksöz, Itır (Doğuş University, Turkey) Tonak, Ahmet (Bilgi University, Turkey) Topidi, Kyriaki (University of Lucerne, Switzerland) Toygür, İlke (Economic Development Foundation, Turkey) Tsarouhas, Dimitris (Bilkent University, Turkey) Tunç, Çiğdem (METU, Turkey) Tunkrova, Lucie (Fatih University, Turkey) Tür, Özlem (METU, Turkey) Türel, Oktar (TSSA, Turkey) U - Ü Uzgel, İlhan (Ankara University, Turkey) Ülman, Burak (Yıldız Teknik University, Turkey) Ünlü, Tuba (METU, Turkey) Ünver, Can (Başkent University, Turkey) V Voyvoda, Ebru (METU, Turkey) W Weber, Cynthia (Lancaster University, UK) Y Yalman, Galip (METU, Turkey) Yalvaç, Faruk (METU, Turkey) Yazgan, Korhan (University of Exeter, UK) 37
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