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1. A good international citizen? Examining the cause of the Netherlands’ willingness to repatriate colonial heritages
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Many former colonial powers have been reluctant to return cultural heritages acquired during colonial context for various reasons. The Netherlands is a unique example where it is willing to repatriate cultural heritages acquired in colonial context back to its original country unconditionally. READ MORE
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2. China in Africa: A Study of Chinese Leadership in the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The leadership of powerful states in processes of institutional bargaining is significant, though still widely ignored subject in the field of International Relations (IR). Particularly, China’s active involvement and, in fact, leadership in the regime formation has drawn wide attention from scholars and policy analysts alike. READ MORE
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3. Is the European Union speaking with one voice in Brussels, Vienna and Strasbourg? - The EU at the OSCE and the Council of Europe during the Ukraine crisis
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The European Union has increasingly engaged in formulating a common foreign policy, an aim that has been reinforced through the Lisbon Treaty and the European Security Strategy of 2003. The EU puts considerable effort into coordinating the member states’ positions also in other international fora in order to “speak with one voice” on all occasions. READ MORE
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4. Turkey’s ‘New Role’ Creation under AKP Leadership : Relationship between decision-maker’s perceptions and state’s international performance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för MellanösternstudierAbstract : This thesis, in its general framework, explores the recent transformation of Turkey’s role in international sphere under the ruling AKP government. Upon the rise of rise of AKP to power in 2002, the tradition of Turkey’s foreign policy orientations underwent significant transformations and challenges which signified the country’s ambition to adopt a ‘new role’ in the regional and international contexts. READ MORE
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5. Changing Course in Turkish Foreign Policy - Explaining the Change in Turkish Foreign Policy in 2010s in the context of the Middle Eastern Security Complex
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates why there is a change in Turkish foreign policy in 2010s in the context of the Middle Eastern security complex through a “before-after” comparison. The main argument of the present research is that the change in the Middle Eastern regional security complex brought by the Arab uprisings, which is perceived and mediated by the Turkish foreign policy-makers through a foreign policy decision-making process, led to changes in Turkish foreign policy. READ MORE
