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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB32_2012_Gunay.pdf">Egypt: The Marriage of Islamism and the System</a></h3>
<span class="author">Cengiz Güney</span> <br /> May 2012 <br /> PDF, 7 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB31_2012_Gas_Okumus.pdf">Turkey’s Standing in Gas Pipeline Games</a></h3>
<span class="author">Olgu Okumuş</span> <br /> March 2012 <br /> PDF, 7 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB30_Growth2012_Bayramoglu.pdf">Prospects for Global Growth in 2012</a></h3>
<span class="author">Onur Bayramoğlu</span> <br /> March 2012 <br /> PDF, 8 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB29_2012_MEoilTransit_Bowlus.pdf">How Verbal Threats to Close Oil Transit Chokepoints Lead to Military Conflict</a></h3>
<span class="author">John Bowlus</span> <br /> January 2012 <br /> PDF, 8 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB28_2011_GoldExchangeStandard_Bayramoglu.pdf">Gold Exchange Standard in its 40th Year of Abolition: Jacques Rueff Re-Visited</a></h3>
<span class="author">Onur Bayramoğlu</span> <br /> October 2011 <br /> PDF, 14 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB27_2011_IstanbulCanalProject_Akgun_Tiryaki.pdf">The Political Feasibility of the Istanbul Canal Project</a></h3>
<span class="author">Mensur Akgün &amp; Sylvia Tiryaki</span> <br /> August 2011 <br /> PDF, 8 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB27_2011_IstanbulKanali_Akgun_Tiryaki.pdf">İstanbul Kanalının Siyasi Fizibilitesi</a></h3>
<span class="author">Mensur Akgün &amp; Sylvia Tiryaki</span> <br /> August 2011 <br /> PDF, 7 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB26_2011_TR2000-1bankingCrisis_Bayramoglu.pdf">Turkey's 2000/1 Banking Crisis: A Case Study for the Transformation of the Greek Finance?</a></h3>
<span class="author">Onur Bayramoğlu</span> <br /> August 2011 <br /> PDF, 14 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB25_2011_NuclearDisarmament_Guney.pdf">Where Do We Stand in the Field of Nuclear Disarmament: What Is Next After the New START</a></h3>
<span class="author">Nurşin Ateşoğlu Güney</span> <br /> June 2011 <br /> PDF, 11 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB24_2011_TRinternalReform_Pericleous.pdf">The Turkish Internal Reform and Foreign Policy Shift: Implications for the Cyprus Talks</a></h3>
<span class="author">Chrysostomos Pericleous</span> <br /> June 2011 <br /> PDF, 10 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB23_2011_ArapHalkHareketleri_AliResulUsul.pdf">Arap Halk Hareketleri, Bölgede Demokratikleşme İmkanları, Libya ve Türkiye'nin Tutumu</a></h3>
<span class="author">Ali Resul Usul</span> <br /> April 2011 <br /> PDF, 11 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB22_2011_OrtaDoguDegisimFirtinasi_SadiErguvenc.pdf">Orta Doğu ve Kuzey Afrika'da Değişim Fırtınası</a></h3>
<span class="author">Şadi Ergüvenç</span> <br /> April 2011 <br /> PDF, 7 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB21_2011_EUsRejectionOfTurkeyTheRealUnderlyingReason_YalimEralp.pdf">EU's Rejection of Turkey: The Real Underlying Reason</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> January 2011 <br /> PDF, 5 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB20_NATOsLisbonSummit_Eralp_DEC2010.pdf">NATO's Lisbon Summit: New Strategic Doctrine and the Missile Defence</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> December, 2010 <br /> PDF, 6 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB19_2010_CengizAktar_ThePresentAndFutureOfTurkeysMembershipNegotiationsWithTheEU.pdf">The Present and Future of Turkey's Membership Negotiations with the EU</a></h3>
<span class="author">Cengiz Aktar</span> <br /> October, 2010 <br /> PDF, 5 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PB18_2010_YalimEralp_IndividualRightsVersusCollectiveRights.pdf">Individual Rights Versus Collective Rights</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> August, 2010 <br /> PDF, 6 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/bermudatriangle.pdf">The Bermuda Triangle: Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> May 2010 <br /> PDF, 6 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/GeopoliticalAssertiveness.pdf">Turkey's Geopolitical Assertiveness</a></h3>
<span class="author">Dimitris Rapidis</span> <br /> May 2010 <br /> PDF,8 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/Turkish-Chinese-Relations-in-the-Shadow-of-the-Uyghur-Problem.pdf">Turkish-Chinese Relations in the Shadow of the Uyghur Problem</a></h3>
<span class="author">Fatih Furtun</span> <br /> January 2010 <br /> PDF,9 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/kurdish_questionYalim.pdf">The Kurdish Question: The Process and the Grave Mistakes by the Governments</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> October 2009 <br /> PDF,5  pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/iran_the_bomb.pdf">Iran, the Bomb and Turkey</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> October 2009 <br /> PDF,6 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/Afghanistan.pdf">Elections in Afghanistan</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> September 2009 <br /> PDF, 6 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/Ozdem-obama.pdf">President Obama's Speech in Cairo: A New Climate of Hope on the World Scene</a></h3>
<span class="author">Özdem Sanberk</span> <br /> June 2009 <br /> PDF, 4 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/karlssonPB.pdf">What is a Nation?</a></h3>
<span class="author">Ingmar Karlsson</span> <br /> June 2009 <br /> PDF, 13 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/achilles.pdf">After the European Parliament Elections: The Achilles Heel of the Democracy</a></h3>
<span class="author">Menekşe Tokyay</span> <br /> June 2009 <br /> PDF, 9 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/ZeitgeistPB.pdf">Türkiye AB İlişkilerinde "Zeitgeist" veya Zamanın Ruhunu Yakalamak</a></h3>
<span class="author">Menekşe Tokyay</span> <br /> June 2009 <br /> PDF,10  pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/the_un_security.pdf">The United Nations Security Council and Turkey</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> May 2009 <br /> PDF, 8 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/PolicyBrieff.pdf">Suing for Sovereignty: Property, Territory, and the EU&#8217;s Cyprus Problem</a></h3>
<span class="author">Rebecca Bryant and Mete Hatay</span> <br /> May 2009 <br /> PDF, 12 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/republic.pdf">A Vision for the Centennial of Our Republic</a></h3>
<span class="author">Şadi Ergüvenç</span> <br /> May 2009 <br /> PDF,6 pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/Perspectives on Better Global Economic Governance - Kemal Derviş.pdf">Perspectives on Better Global Economic Governance</a></h3>
<span class="author">Kemal Derviş</span> <br /> April 2009 <br /> PDF, 6 Pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/yalim eralp - pb.pdf">Türk - Ermeni İlişkilerinin Geleceği ve Nabucco</a></h3>
<span class="author">Yalım Eralp</span> <br /> April 2009 <br /> PDF, 9 Pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/gaza_operation.pdf">Some Recommendations Following the Gaza Operation</a></h3>
<span class="author">Bora Bayraktar & Can Yirik</span> <br /> March 2009 <br /> PDF, 7 Pages
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<h3><a href="/dosyalar/kurdish_question_cevdetaskin.pdf">Kurdish Question</a></h3>
<span class="author">Cevdet Aşkın</span> <br /> Jan 2009 <br /> PDF, 5 Pages
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