The recent Turkish involvement in the Middle East constitutes an important test case for establishing the boundaries of middle power influence in a changing global context. The AKP government in Turkey has become a major supporter of political change and democratization in the era of the Arab...

The paper embodies three broad objectives. The first objective is to uncover the economic foundations of the JDP's dramatic electoral success in November 2002. The following elements deserve emphasis in this context. (a) The party constitutes a cross-class alliance incorporating into its orbit...

The rise of BRICs presents a major challenge to the existing global order. A second category of emerging powers, which may be labeled near-BRICs have also displayed increasing pro-activism in recent years in terms of influencing the regional balance of power politics, in addition to their...