Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

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Volume 19, issue 6, 2017

Cyprus between Enosis, Partition and Independence: Domestic Politics, Diplomacy and External Interventions (1967–74) pp. 591-609

Şevki Kıralp

Gender Politics of the AKP: Restoration of a Religio-conservative Gender Climate pp. 610-627

Ayşe Güneş-Ayata and Gökten Doğangün

Local Governance in the Age of Austerity in Greece and the Impact of the EU Leader Approach in the Region of Peloponnesus pp. 628-644

Anastassios Chardas

Interdependence between level of financial system development and economic growth in Serbia pp. 645-665

Tamara Radjenovic and Biljana Rakic

IMF in Greece: in the Shadow of the Washington Consensus pp. 666-683

K. M. Shazzad Mohashin

Fiscal Decentralization in Albania: Trends and Challenges at the Dawn of Territorial Reform pp. 684-699

Elvina Merkaj, Edvin Zhllima and Drini Imami

Volume 19, issue 5, 2017

Women in the Mediterranean: Still Discriminated Against? pp. 461-463

Leila Simona Talani and Serena Giusti

Islamic Feminism(s) in the Mediterranean Area: a Hermeneutical Approach pp. 464-482

Barbara Henry

Gender, Identity and Belonging: New Citizenships beyond Orientalism pp. 483-498

Alessia Belli and Anna Loretoni

Women, Globalization and Civil Society in the MENA Area: Between Marginalization and Radicalization pp. 499-523

Leila Simona Talani

Gender Mainstreaming towards the Mediterranean: the Case of the ENP pp. 524-540

Serena Giusti

Representations of Gendered Mobility and the Tragic Border Regime in the Mediterranean pp. 541-556

Heidrun Friese

Back to Basics: Stateless Women and Children in Greece pp. 557-570

Mariangela Veikou

The Conflict between Education and Female Labour in Turkey: Understanding Turkey’s Non-compliance with the U-shape Hypothesis pp. 571-589

Miray Erinc

Volume 19, issue 4, 2017

The ECB and the Quest for Competitiveness of the Eurozone: From the Competitive Devaluation of the Euro to QE pp. 351-365

Leila Simona Talani

Memory, Forgiveness and Unfinished Justice in the Former Yugoslavia pp. 366-387

Dimitrios E. Akrivoulis

Perceived Human Rights in Van Merkez, Eastern Turkey pp. 388-402

Kenneth Hemmerechts, Kevin Smets and Christiane Timmerman

State-sponsored Populism and the Rise of Populist Governance: The Case of Montenegro pp. 403-418

Jelena Džankić and Soeren Keil

One More Attempt by the US Administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Constitutional Reform of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina—Mission Impossible or Back to the Future? pp. 419-445

Zlatan Begić

American Power and Security during the Bosnian War (1993–1995): National Identity, Credibility, and the ‘Stalemate Machine’ pp. 446-460

Jonathan W. Keller, Bernd Kaussler and Yi Edward Yang

Volume 19, issue 3, 2017

Civil Liberties and Rights, Equality and the Quality of Democracy in Greece pp. 225-242

Constantine P. Danopoulos

Support for Further Enlargement of the EU: Statistical Analysis of Regional Differences pp. 243-258

Gordana Đurović, Miloš Bigović and Nikola Milović

A Forgotten Moment in Turkish Intellectual History: 24 Hours and Mediha Berkes pp. 259-275

Mete Kaan Kaynar and Gökhan Ak

Turkey’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Trends and Patterns of Mergers and Acquisitions pp. 276-293

Canan Yildirim

Succession Issues in Albanian Family Businesses: Exploratory Research pp. 294-312

Veland Ramadani, Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Gadaf Rexhepi, Vanessa Ratten and Sadudin Ibraimi

The Two-tiered Division of Ukraine: Historical Narratives in Nation-building and Region-building pp. 313-329

Glenn Diesen and Conor Keane

Social Economy in Post-communist Romania: What Kind of Volunteering for What Type of NGOs? pp. 330-350

Alexandru Dragan and Nicolae Popa

Volume 19, issue 2, 2017

Statehood and the political dynamics of insurgency: KLA and PKK in comparative perspective pp. 91-104

Perparim Gutaj and Serhun Al

Defending the City: Taksim Solidarity pp. 105-120

Yeseren Elicin

Turkey’s New Asylum Law: a Case of EU Influence pp. 121-135

Alexander Bürgin and Derya Aşıkoğlu

Beyond politics of privatization: a reinterpretation of Turkish exceptionalism pp. 136-152

Kaan Agartan

Institutional Aspects of the (De-)Europeanization of Turkish Political Parties. The Case of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) pp. 153-170

Jakub Wódka

Geographic, Geologic and Human Factors Affecting the Selection of Church Sites in Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey pp. 171-190

Türkan Bayer Altın

Westernist sceptics and anti-western reformers in the Turkish party system pp. 191-208

Hasret Dikici Bilgin

Executioners and/or victims—German minority in Serbian, Croatian and German historiographies (1945–2010) pp. 209-224

Michael Antolović and Saša Marković

Volume 19, issue 1, 2017

Governing Islam and Religious Pluralism in New Democracies pp. 1-3

Arolda Elbasani and Olivier Roy

Governing Islam in Plural Societies: Religious Freedom, State Neutrality and Traditional Heritage pp. 4-18

Arolda Elbasani

Reframing the Relations between State and Religion in Post–War Bosnia: Learning to be Free! pp. 19-34

Ahmet Alibašić and Nedim Begović

Islam, State and Society in Bulgaria: New Freedoms, Old Attitudes? pp. 35-52

Evgenia Ivanova

Albanian-style laïcité: A Model for a Multi-religious European Home? pp. 53-69

Arolda Elbasani and Artan Puto

(Post-)Kemalist Secularism in Turkey pp. 70-85

H. Ertuğ Tombuş and Berfu Aygenç

Religious Freedom and Diversity in a Comparative European Perspective pp. 86-89

Olivier Roy

Volume 18, issue 6, 2016

Editorial Board pp. (ebi)-(ebi)

The Editors

Autonomy and Federation within the Ottoman Empire: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 525-532

Elektra Kostopoulou

Autonomous Provinces and the Problem of ‘Semi-Sovereignty’ in European International Law pp. 533-549

Aimee M. Genell

The Island that Wasn’t: Autonomous Crete (1898–1912) and Experiments of Federalization pp. 550-566

Elektra Kostopoulou

Telegraphs and Territoriality in Ottoman Africa and Arabia during the Age of High Imperialism pp. 567-587

Mostafa Minawi

The Production of Space during the Period of Autonomy: Notes on Belgrade Urban Space, 1817–67 pp. 588-607

E. Attila Aytekin

Volume 18, issue 5, 2016

The Anatomy of a Possible Pipeline: The Case of Turkey and Leviathan and Gas Politics in the Eastern Mediterranean pp. 431-447

Gareth M. Winrow

A Failed Comeback? Understanding Iranian Policies in the South Caucasus pp. 448-464

Josef Kraus and Emil Souleimanov

Tolerance of Diversity and Diversity of Intolerance: Evidence from Serbia pp. 465-477

Bojan Todosijević

Shifting Images: British Newspaper Coverage of Tito’s Yugoslavia: 1943−1966 pp. 478-493

David Jenkins

Turkey as ‘a positive other’: a theoretical discussion to comprehend the British media’s view on Turkey–EU relations pp. 494-505

Alaaddin F. Paksoy and Ralph Negrine

Clustering as an opportunity for internationalization of the SME sector in Serbia pp. 506-524

Jugoslav Aničić, Nebojša Zakić, Svetlana Vukotić and Jonel Subić

Volume 18, issue 4, 2016

Preface to the special issue on ‘the geo-politics of conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean’ pp. 335-336

Kıvanç Ulusoy

Infrastructure and geopolitics: China’s emerging presence in the eastern mediterranean pp. 337-351

Frans Paul van der Putten

Strategic Upheavals in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Countries since the Arab Spring pp. 352-360

Moshe Ma’oz

Turkish foreign policy and the energy bonanza in the Eastern Mediterranean pp. 361-374

Hasan Selim Özertem

Turkey–Cyprus–Israel relations and the Cyprus conflict pp. 375-392

Andreas Stergiou

The Cyprus Conflict: Turkey’s Strategic Dilemma pp. 393-406

Kıvanç Ulusoy

Turkey’s reaction to the coup in Egypt in comparison with the US and Israel pp. 407-421

Mehmet Yegin

Gezi park protests in Turkey: how can death be related to the protests? pp. 422-430

Müjde Koca-Atabey

Volume 18, issue 3, 2016

Decomposing Neo-Ottoman Hegemony pp. 191-216

Mustafa Türkeş

The manufacturing of denial: the making of the Turkish ‘official thesis’ on the Armenian Genocide between 1974 and 1990 pp. 217-240

Doğan Gürpınar

Internal Crisis of Compound Polities: Understanding the EU’s Crisis in Light of the Ex-Yugoslav Federation’s Failure pp. 241-262

Bojan Kovačević and Slobodan Samardžić

The Ideological Framework of Early Post-Soviet Russia’s Relationship with Turkey: The Case of Alexander Dugin’s Eurasianism pp. 263-281

Dmitry Shlapentokh

Education, Identity and Conflict in Albania and Lebanon: A Comparative Study pp. 282-296

Symeon A. Giannakos and Laurie J. Harper

Arms Smuggling across Ottoman Borders in the Second Half of the 19th Century pp. 297-312

Selim Hilmi Ozkan

Greece: Phase Two pp. 313-333

Sebastian Budgen and Costas Lapavitsas

Volume 18, issue 2, 2016

Identity, Race and Nationalism in Turkey—Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 107-110

Bülent Gökay and Tunç Aybak

Racist Aspects of Modern Turkish Nationalism pp. 111-124

Ilia Xypolia

Geopolitics of Denial: Turkish State’s ‘Armenian Problem’ pp. 125-144

Tunç Aybak

The Looming Shadow of Violence and Loss: Alevi Responses to Persecution and Discrimination pp. 145-156

Nil Mutluer

The Turkish Left and the Kurdish Question pp. 157-176

Mesut Yegen

‘Whiter than White’: Race and Otherness in Turkish and Greek National Identities pp. 177-189

Bülent Gökay and Lily Hamourtziadou

Volume 18, issue 1, 2016

Gilbert Achcar on the Arab Upheaval—Facts and Fiction pp. 1-15

Gilbert Achcar and Nada Matta

The political economy of foreign policy: the case of Syria during the rule of Husni al-Za′im, March–August 1949 pp. 16-36

Mehmet Osman Çatı

The New Great Game of Caspian energy in 2013–14: ‘Turk Stream’, Russia and Turkey pp. 37-55

Younkyoo Kim and Stephen Blank

The reconciliation process in Kosovo: under the shadow of ethnic primordialist manipulation pp. 56-76

Michaela Strapacova

Turkey’s 2015 parliamentary elections pp. 77-89

Filiz Başkan Canyaş, F. Orkunt Canyaş and Selin Bengi Gümrükçü

Beyond a Deterrence Approach towards the Undeclared Economy: Some Lessons from Bulgaria pp. 90-106

Colin Williams and Josip Franić