Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Asserting Statehood: Kazakhstan’s Role in International Organizations
...Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has developed a record of being the most proactive and innovative former Soviet republic in the sphere of international cooperation. Kazakhstan’s...
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Erdogan’s Pyrrhic Victory: The Turkish Election and the Prospects for a Presidential System
...use the AKP’s parliamentary majority to try to push ahead with his plans for an autocratic presidential system, the result showed that he has no popular mandate for one....
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Myanmar’s 2015 General Elections: Structure, Process, and Issues
...The second general elections since the beginning of Myanmar’s political transformation toward a multiparty democracy will take place on November 8. This year’s election will comprise all opposition parties...
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Park’s “Trustpolitik” Challenge
...Half-way into her presidential term, how has South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s “trustpolitik” fared in regard to assuaging tensions and dispelling mistrust vis-à-vis North Korea? Sangsoo Lee and Bernt...
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The Rise of Diyanet: the Politicization of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs
...Since 2010, the State Directorate for Religious Affairs has risen in prominence. Diyanet’s budget has quadrupled under the AKP, and the Directorate now issues fatwas on demand, as well...
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Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement
...The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) seeks to achieve a negotiated settlement between the government of Myanmar and non-state ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that paves the way for peace-building and...
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South Korea’s secret weapon against the North
...On 25 August 2015, top-level negotiators from North and South Korea reached a six-point agreement in the aftermath of a period of high military tension. Now is a crucial...
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Harnessing FDI and Enabling Myanmar’s Business Environment
...As its economy opens, Myanmar needs to fully benefit from foreign investment to secure its economic growth. But while FDI inflows into Myanmar have burgeoned, a significant challenge remains...
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Taking it to the streets: Turkey’s rising social tensions
...The recent spate of violent protests by Turkish ultranationalists – including attempted lynchings of ethnic Kurds – and the attacks by government supporters on the Hürriyet newspaper have reinforced...
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The Islamization of Turkey: Erdoğan’s Education Reforms
...The growing efforts at Islamization of Turkish society have largely gone unnoticed. For many years, Islamization was the dog that did not bark: in spite of dire predictions by...