...Maria Gianniou In the literature dealing with parliamentary diplomacy, the role that the European Parliament (EP) can play in the formation and conduct of European Union (EU) foreign policy is intensively studied. Yet analyses thus far have not dealt with how the EP can urge the EU and its member...

... played a role in the formation of foreign policy. As North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, they could be expected to act along similar lines. Moreover, despite seemingly different contexts, public opinion in both the United States and Turkey was reluctant to support a more intense involvement...

..., multilateralism, and outreach based on political values, culture, and history. While the formation and implementation of the Greek foreign policy has remained in the hands of state officials and agencies, nonstate actors have had an important contributing role. The extent of Greek Black Sea policy's success...

.... Copyright 2011 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2011 The “Omnibalancing” Proposition and Baghdad’s Foreign Policy: Reinterpreting Contemporary Iraq-­Iran-­US Relations Jason E. Strakes The present analysis draws from the recent academic...

... as a monolithic regional bloc that threatens the security and stability of the Sunni regimes in the region.2 Many observers, on the other hand, stress the mythical character of this representation, arguing that it does not fully represent the nature of Iranian foreign policy, overlooks inter- Shiite...

....”22 This sense of alienation from the region is easily observed in both Turkish and Israeli foreign policy formation throughout the Cold War by the emphasis that is placed on their Western allies and their disengagement from their Middle Eastern neighbors. For Turkey this policy...

... regarding relative deprivation of have-nots and political solutions based upon a nationalist ideology. 41. Taha Parla, The Social and Political Thought of Ziya Gokalp (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1985). 42. Dilek Barlas, Etatism and Diplomacy in Turkey: Economic and Foreign Policy Strategies in an Uncertain...

...- ous phenomena. None of them could be accounted for or justified by internal or foreign policy reasons; all of them should be fought relentlessly. After 11 September 2001, antiterrorism has topped the world political agenda. The world has been changed since...

... Washington’s stance toward democracy and authoritarianism, the granting of facilities to US armed forces, transatlantic foreign policy, and the international context of the Cold War are the issues of main concern in history and politics. However, during the 1960s Italy and Greece, countries under...

... of the Elliot School of International Relations at the George Washington University. Both authors are members of the Mediterranean Quarterly editorial advisory board. Constructive Internationalism: An American Foreign Policy for the Early Twenty-First Century...

...Robert Olson 2006 Robert Olson is professor of Middle East politics at the University of Kentucky. Turkey’s Policies Toward Kurdistan-Iraq and Iraq: Nationalism, Capitalism, and State Formation Robert Olson In this essay I analyze Turkey’s...

... of CIS members with NATO “only under the premise of a clear separation of zones of influence.”16 But since cooperation with NATO is an important “vector” in CIS mem- bers’ foreign policy precisely because it allows them to balance Russian and Chinese claims for suzerainty and hegemony over...

...Ioannis Mantzikos This essay examines the Islamic movement's role in shaping Sudan's regional relations and politics, particularly in the greater Horn of Africa. The focus is on the competing foreign policies adopted by the Islamic regime in Khartoum in 1989 and the extent to which the radical...

...Emilian Kavalski This essay examines the domestic logic informing the creation of Bulgaria's foreign policy. It contextualizes inferences made from Bulgaria's diplomatic attempt to “play the EU” during the visit by the Bulgarian minister of foreign affairs to Central Asia in September 2007...

...- cial interest groups or sold off to various lobbies. Russia in Search of a New Foreign Policy Strategy The numerous factors that directly influence the formation of Russian for- eign policy all played a role during the Iraqi crisis. First, in many ways the Nikolai Zlobin is director...

... (T.wai). His research interests center on China’s foreign and security policy, and on the transformation of the Chinese military doctrine. Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 Chinese foreign policy China and the EU nontraditional security China and the Mediterranean The EU...

... become inextricably linked with the domestic and foreign policies of Turkey. The interfacing of domestic and foreign policies and the Kurdish question had become dramatically clear from 14 April to mid-May, when hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Manisa...

..., that while many foreign policy decisions are primarily influenced by underlying political, economic, and strategic factors, individu- als do make a difference. And Habib, indeed, was a difference—a big difference. Habib’s principal adversary was Ariel Sharon, then Israel’s defense minister and later...

... 131 and diplomacy are complementary, not substitutes for each other. We are seeing this effectively applied today in U.S. policy to eliminate Saddam Hussein’s possession of weapons of mass destruction. And second, that while many foreign policy decisions are primarily influenced by underlying...

..., that while many foreign policy decisions are primarily influenced by underlying political, economic, and strategic factors, individu- als do make a difference. And Habib, indeed, was a difference—a big difference. Habib’s principal adversary was Ariel Sharon, then Israel’s defense minister and later...