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Avant-Garde Magazine is a monthly magazine established in 2010. You can find news analyses, and special reviews in this page.-
Recent Posts
- From Ottoman Patriotism to Turkish Nationalism: Time for Turkey’s Patriotism
- Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Azerbaijan’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, and Opinion-Policy Linkage on the Conflict
- A Pakistan Tragedy
- EU Regional Policy and a Comparative Analysis of Policy Transformation: Turkey and Poland
- About Us and Them
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From Ottoman Patriotism to Turkish Nationalism: Time for Turkey’s Patriotism
Posted on July 9, 2010 | No CommentsThe Kurdish question is one of the most serious internal problem in Turkey’s history, even constituted a big hurdle in the way of Turkey’s integration to Europe. In order to understand the theoretical roots of the question and solution options, travel from Ottoman Empire to... -
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Azerbaijan’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, and Opinion-Policy Linkage on the Conflict
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No CommentsBACKGROUND Since the end of the 1980s, a conflict emerged berween Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1992 the conflict culminated into the war between these countries. Cornell (2001), in his book Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict... -
A Pakistan Tragedy
Posted on May 8, 2010 | 3 CommentsWe see generally in science-fiction films that a scientist firstly makes a creation, then this creation goes beyond its purpose, and it becomes a monster. Finally this uncontrollable monster is destroyed by its own creator. In 1979, during the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviets Union,... -
EU Regional Policy and a Comparative Analysis of Policy Transformation: Turkey and Poland
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No CommentsINTRODUCTION One of the most important policy fields in the EU is regional policy whose effective implementation depends on the compatibility of local and regional governance systems of member states with EU practice and regulatory norms. In line with the European Regional Policy, the potential... -
About Us and Them
Posted on April 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Near East, The Middle East, The Far East and even sometimes the Far Asia… We didn’t know that the Middle East, which is in fact, too close to us, is far and the place called the Far East is far away to us. The... -
Woman on the Scale…She Looks Fit
Posted on March 29, 2010 | No CommentsToday, roughly half of the population is female. Despite this mass and much of the world economy driven by women, they have just 10% of the world’s income. The gender gap became clearer especially after World Economic Forum 2010 released its worldwide report results. According... -
Deal or No Deal: China vs the USA
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsAmerican interests require a peaceful, prosperous, open, responsible and cooperative China since the times of Roosevelt. Because of the shared interests and primarily domestic concerns of both nations in the near term, it is essential for both states to see the importance of cooperation with... -
The USA – Iran Dispute on Nuclear Energy
Posted on March 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe nuclear power, which was seen as a possible reason of a war between superpowers during the Cold War period, didn’t cause a war but provided emergence of a stabilized order. As the Soviet threat in the Cold War; rogue states, arbitrary leaders, terrorists and... -
The Kurdish Issue Between Turkey and the EU
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsTurkey and the EU relations has evolved with lots of difficulties since Turkey’s application date for full membership on September 12, 1987. Historically, Turkey was strategically important country for the EU. On the other hand, there were plenty of obstacles for Turkey’s membership to the... -
Story of a Snowdrop
Posted on March 5, 2010 | 2 Comments[This article is the translation of original one which is in Turkish. For viewing original article, please follow the link: "Kardelen'in Hikayesi" ] People who travels eastern Turkey, know our women, who die as if they have never existed… And these travelers listen up to stories of...