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The Political Economy of Regional Power: Turkey under the AKP
Bank, André; Karadag, Roy - 2012
In 2006/2007 Turkey became a regional power in the Middle East, a status it has continued to maintain in the context of … the Arab Spring. To understand why Turkey only became a regional power under the Muslim AKP government and why this … happened at the specific point in time that it did, the paper highlights the self-reinforcing dynamics between Turkey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287562
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Die Rolle Russlands im internationalen Energiemarkt
Rahr, Alexander - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 1, pp. 26-34
Russland versucht seit Beginn des Jahres 2006 die Spielregeln auf dem internationalen Energiemarkt zu seinen Gunsten zu verändern und seine reichhaltigen Erdgas- und Erdölreserven für eine Rückkehr als Großmacht auf internationaler Ebene zu instrumentalisieren. Der Westen hat wenig Zeit,...
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The Determining Role of EU in Turkey's Trade Flows: A Gravity Model Approach
Bilici, Özgül; Erdil, Erkan; Yetkiner, I. Hakan - 2008
This paper aims to determine the role of EU in Turkey's trade flows by using the gravity model. It also aims to test … whether the Customs Union (of EU) that Turkey entered in 1996 made a deviation in Turkey's trade flows. Regional trade … lead to diversion from free trade (trade diversion effect). Turkey's Customs Union agreement without becoming a member of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807192
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Private sector development in the South and East Mediterranean region
Woodward, Richard; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012
This report is concerned with the analysis of privatization and private sector development for the eastern and southernMediterranean countries partnered with the European Union and collectively known as MED-11. Noting that the analysis applies to the situation prior to the dislocations of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326585
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Climate change and water resources in the Middle East: Vulnerability, socio-economic impacts, and adaption
El- Fadel, Mutasem; Bou-Zeid, Elie R. - 2001
While the extent of human induced global warming is inconclusive, the vulnerability of natural systems to rapid changes in climate patterns is regarded as one of the most challenging issues in recent years. Water resources are a main component of natural systems that might be affected by climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608808
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Political Change in the Middle East: An Attempt to Analyze the "Arab Spring"
Beck, Martin; Hüser, Simone - 2012
This article deals with the Arab Spring as a process of deep political change in the Arab world, previously the only major world area where authoritarianism persisted unchallenged for decades. While in various countries of the Arab world mass protests in 2011 forced rulers to resign, other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287563
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Dialoguing partnerships: An analysis of the dialogue assumptions of the Danish partnership for dialogue and reform
Wegter, Marie-Louise; Pulz, Karina - 2010
In 2003, the Danish government launched the Partnership for Dialogue and Reform (PDR) with the dual objective of 1) establishing a basis for improved dialogue, understanding and cooperation between Denmark and the Arab region; and 2) supporting existing local reform processes in the Middle East...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286997
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The Informal Sector and Tax on Employment: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Investigation
Saracoğlu, Þirin - 2005
This paper elaborates on the evolution of the informal sector vis-à-vis the evolution of agricultural and formal sectors in a stylized developing country economy in process of growth. The analytical contribution of this essay extends the Ramsey theory of growth into a framework that includes an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322113
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Turkish and Iranian involvement in Iraq and Syria: Competing strategies, rising threat perceptions, and potentials for conflict
Azizi, Hamidreza; Çevik, Salim - 2022
cooperation. However, in Iraq and Syria, rising tensions between Turkey and Turkey-affiliated groups on the one hand and Iran and … Iran-backed groups on the other, have put the two countries on a collision course. Conflictual relations between Turkey and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462628
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Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE: The end of an alliance. Divergences of interest in bilateral relations offer opportunities for Germany and the EU
Roll, Stephan - 2023
transformation, stop the rise of political Islam and counter the influence of Iran and Turkey over the region. But joint regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014431720