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- Winter 2025 / Volume 27, Number 1
Türkiye's Increased Activism in International Organizations
Editor's Note
Editor's Note | Winter 2025
In this special issue of Insight Turkey, we will focus on Türkiye’s increased activism in international organizations. Through comprehensive examinations, the articles in this issue shed light on Türkiye’s evolving strategies in navigating complex geopolitical landscapes, from its leadership in shaping the governance structures of international institutions to its mediation in conflicts and its active participation in addressing pressing international issues. This collection of works provides a rich perspective on Türkiye’s growing influence as an initiator state, highlighting its capacity to shape and redefine international norms and practices in the pursuit of a more equitable and multilateral global order.
Commentaries
On December 8, 2024 the nearly 60-year-long Baathist dictatorship in Syria, led by the Assad...
The evolving international system is undergoing significant structural transformations, marked by...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has played a critical role in...
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) represents the collective voice of the Muslim...
This commentary aims to assess the impact of the changing approach of the U.S. under Trump's...
Since 1945, the United Nations (UN) has played a central role in shaping the global order through...
Articles
This study employs Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine the transformative impact of the...
From the 1980s onwards, the EU took a balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In...
The paramilitary forces known as the “Gendarmerie” emerged as a novel mechanism for societal...
This article explores several challenges that have impeded Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (hereinafter:...
This paper seeks to evaluate the claims of two very influential movements, Zionism and Hindutva,...
The study examines Türkiye’s pivot to Asia by analyzing its interactions with the Shanghai...
The European Union (EU) is neither a state nor a traditional international organization in the...
This study explores Türkiye’s role in fostering political, economic, and infrastructural...
Membership in international organizations (IOs) is regarded as a significant indicator of a...
Review Article
BRICS and the Question of Order: Power Shifts, Internal Divisions, and Future Prospects
Is BRICS a cohesive and robust organization capable of shaping an alternative global order, or does it remain a fragmented and informal grouping constrained by structural challenges to internal unity? This issue lies at the heart of recent scholarly debates and is the central focus of three books reviewed in this article: The Role of BRICS in Large-Scale Armed Conflict: Building a Multi-Polar World Order by Malte Brosig, Russia, BRICS, and the Disruption of Global Order by Rachel S. Salzman, and Future of the BRICS and the Role of Russia and China by Junuguru Srinivas.
Book Reviews
Contrary to some expectations, the book does not investigate the states’ underlying interests...
The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has substantially improved...
The study analyses the new structural transformation of the public sphere and deliberative...
The main aim of the book is to highlight the historical and ideological diversity within leftist...
The increasing popularity of yoga coincided with India’s efforts to enhance its global economic,...