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...Constantine P. Danopoulos Alexander Kitroeff: Wrestling with the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics. New York: Greekworks, 2004. 276 pages. ISBN 0-974660-0-3. $32.00. 2005 Constantine P. Danopoulos is professor of political science at San Jose State University...

... Deprivation, and Identity Formation Barbara Franz Several academic observers and policy analysts insist that Europe has become a breeding ground for jihadists.1 According to these arguments, Mus- lim migrant communities in France, Great Britain, Italy...

... and recognition of its distinct cultural identity directly conflict with the minimalist discourse that Europe is the center of civilization into which Turkey is expected to assimilate. While sharing this view during its history of modernization, Turkey, particularly under the AKP government, has grown more...

...Zafer Kizilkaya This essay first examines how Lebanese Hezbollah's wars have changed the content and saliency of its several identities. It then focuses on the role of these identities on the group's moral conception of using force. The analysis includes Hezbollah's conflicts against Israel and its...

...Akis Kalaitzidis © 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2018 Sotirelis George : Which Left: Detecting the Progressive Identity in Europe in the Midst of a Crisis (Ποια Αριστερα; Aνιχνευοντας την Προοδευτικη Tαυτοτητα στην Ευρωπη της Κρισης) . Athens : Polis , 2017 . 166 pages. ISBN...

...George Koukoudakis The issue of the constitutional name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM, involves a question of identity that dates back at least to the early twentieth century. Athens and Skopje are seeking a mutually acceptable resolution not only for their own benefit...

...Robert J. Pranger Kemal H. Karpat: The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State . New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 533 pages. ISBN 0-19-513618-7.$50.00. Robert J. Pranger is a private consultant specializing...

... and Blessings: Negotiating Group Identity and State Ownership through the Constitution in Cyprus, 1959 – 74 Angeliki Andrea Kanavou Constitutions in newly formed states are primarily intended to resolve legiti- macy questions and ambiguities that accompany massive...

...Symeon A. Giannakos Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2000 Symeon A. Giannakos is visiting assistant professor of political science,Ohio University. MQ 11.1-07 Gian 1/19/00 1:16 PM Page 91 National Identity and Institutional Development under...

...Robert J. Pranger Bat Ye'or: Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis . Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005. 384 pages. ISBN 0-8386-4077-X. $23.95. Raffaella A. Del Sarto: Contested State Identities and Regional Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area . New York: Palgrave Macmillan...

... are evident in Turkey's journey to the EU. Cultural identity boundaries are dynamic, and emphasizing the protection of particular minority groups can be regarded as a minority-forging policy that places at risk the successful implementation of minority protection in the candidate country. Mediterranean...

... structures have become altered to meet the demands of EU membership; second, the manner in which Malta projects its own interests at the EU level; and third, the degree to which Maltese national identity has transformed since becoming an EU member state in 2004. The author then provides a brief overview...

... (the future of collective identity, the role of distant global powers, and economic turbulence). Peter Engelke is a resident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council's Strategic Foresight Initiative, which aims to understand and articulate future challenges and opportunities at a global scale. He...

...Igor Torbakov This essay investigates the ideational aspect of contemporary Turkey's identity politics and international conduct and compares these to Russia's. Over the past decade, several analysts have speculated that Russia and Turkey could form a strategic axis based on the shared vision...

...Aeshna Badruzzaman; Matthew Cohen; Sidita Kushi The debate over the ban on women wearing headscarves in Turkey has served as a central symbol for Turkey's soul, torn between secular and religious identities. This essay explores the multifaceted narratives of Turkish secular and religious groups...

...Yossef Ben-Meir Morocco’s approach to implementing projects that preserve its multicultural identity integrates opportunities to advance sustainable development. The strategy is to identify ways to not only preserve culturally significant locations and knowledge but to also advance livelihoods...

..., and durable features in this renewed process of Turkish national-identity formation and nation building. Kemalism collective memory Turkish identity Erdogan Copyright 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2018 ...

... issues of mobility and national identity in one of the most complex and divided regions of the world. Karthika Sasikumar is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, San José State University. Copyright 2013 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2013 Serbia “Enters...

...- asian as the expression of a unique identity in both a cultural and political sense. The main thrust of Eurasianism has been the creation, through widen- ing the inclusiveness of Russian identity, of a common Eurasian identity that will manage to fuse together all of the peoples living in Eurasia...

...: Ethnographic Essays in Honour of Charles Tilly, examines the role of politics, capital, and identity in the struggle to answer these questions. Editors Maria Kousis, Tom Selwyn, and David Clark have brought together a series of twelve politically oriented ethnographic essays that peel back the lid...