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Turkey’s Reactions to the Arab Spring(1)
by Sebnem Gumuscu Turkish foreign policy since the Justice and Development Party (AKP in Turkish) came to power in 2002 has been oriented towards deepening economic relations with the Middle East, and advancing Turkish interests in the region. The Arab Spring only intensified Turkish involvement. The Turkish government has been using different instruments, such as [...]
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March 2012 Issue
The Yale Journal of International Affairs is sporting a new look this year. We’ve redesigned our print format, and we’ve streamlined the organization of our website at Yalejournal.org. In our continuing efforts to link the policy and academic worlds, we also feel that the current issue of the Journal marks a definitive high point in our [...]
Yes, You Can Say ‘Genocide,’ Mr. President.
Mark Dietzen March 16, 2012 On April 24, 2012, the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, President Obama will have the opportunity to fulfill his campaign promise to officially recognize Ottoman Turkey’s deliberate and systematic destruction of its Armenian population as genocide. For decades, the United States has refrained from formal recognition of the mass [...]
Act Now Before It’s Too Late
By Ng Lun Pei* HIV/AIDS, while no longer a taboo in China, remains a sensitive topic. Government officials tend to shy away from it for fear of upsetting “social harmony,” under the belief that disseminating information about HIV/AIDS will evoke widespread panic. Yet without sufficient public attention, [...]
