VOLUME XXIX SPRING/SUMMER 2024

This issue of our journal contains 8 articles and 2 book reviews. 

In the first article, Buğra Sarı and İsmail Erkam Sula examine Turkey's middle power role and Turkish foreign policy under Hakan Fidan and discuss how Turkey positions itself as a "middle power with significant global responsibilities". 

The second article, written by Nur Çetinoğlu Harunoğlu, analyses the policies of the US and China in the Russian-Ukrainian War from the perspective of "role theory" and argues that this war should be evaluated in the context of global strategic competition between the two countries.

In the third article, Efser Rana Coşkun analyses the European Union's democracy promotion efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina and their impact on the consolidation of local democracy and analyses the dual role of the EU in peace management and democracy promotion. 

The fourth article by Orhan Karaoğlu and Hilal Zorba Bayraktar analyses Turkey's foreign policy during the Cold War in the light of official records and archival documents and argues that contrary to the general assumption during the Cold War, Turkish-Soviet relations continued to develop in certain areas.

In the fifth article, Şener Çelik and Mithat Baydur examine the impact of "progressivism" on US foreign policy today, arguing that it emphasises the principles of international cooperation, non-interventionism and avoidance of the use of force.

In the sixth article, Feriha Nazda Güngördü Saygı analyses the settlement dynamics of Syrian refugees in Turkey over three periods and presents the challenges and policy recommendations. 

In the seventh article, Aydın Babuna discusses the impact of various international agreements on the development of national consciousness of Bosnian Muslims, revealing the decisive role of these agreements on Bosnian identity and Muslim identity.

In the eighth article, Zeynep Elif Koç analyses how Turks were portrayed as Asiatic or Mongolian in the American mainstream media during the Cold War and explains that Turks were often portrayed as warlike and violent, but Turkey's contributions in the Korean War were appreciated.

This issue also includes Tim Marshall's The Future of Geography and Migration Studies: Eurasian Perspectives, edited by Merve Hazer Yiğit Uyar, Apak Kerem Altıntop and Yaşar Onay.

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