Search results for: JeongWon Bourdais Park
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Living on Different Planets: Washington, Ankara and the Zarrab Case
...Erdoğan and the ultra-nationalists, because following the 2013 Gezi Park protests, Erdoğan himself apparently came to believe that the United States had turned the “Gülenist weapon” against him. He concluded...
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Turkey and the West: How Bad is it?
...2011 but more visibly since the 2013 Gezi Park protests, Turkey’s relations with the U.S. and the EU have become increasingly tense. Turkey’s ever deepening authoritarianism, virulent anti-Westernism and recent...
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Walking for Justice: The Path Forward for Turkey’s Opposition
...risky for the regime; it would risk triggering upheaval, as happened after the police violently dispersed the Gezi Park protesters in Istanbul 2013, and create international attention, which the “Justice...
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Creatively Managing China-Vietnam Relations in the South China Sea
...full implementation of bilateral agreements. Moreover, the content of expert-level talks could be expanded to include more functional cooperation topics, such as establishing a marine park in overlapping claimed areas....
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The Tale of the Split that Brought Down Turkey
...check the primacy of the Gülen movement in the area of education. (see 4/2/2012 Turkey Analyst) In 2013, Erdoğan (probably incorrectly) saw a Gülenist hand in the Gezi Park protests....
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South Korea’s secret weapon against the North
...of high military tension. Now is a crucial time for President Park to maintain a tough but flexible approach to North Korea that could help to improve inter-Korean relations....
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Will Erdogan Always Prevail?
...The year after the Gezi Park protests has been the most difficult for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since he became prime minister, but he has prevailed over his foes and...
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New Kid on the Block: South Korea as an Emerging ODA Player
...developing countries through a better-tailored ODA policy, and one that provides greater political and financial commitments. President Park Geun-hye’s new “aid agenda” represents a step in the right direction....