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Papers by Ali SARIHAN
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
The Role of the Military in the Arab Uprisings
Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 2009
This paper will build on ballistic missile defense in Europe. In the first part, a brief historic... more This paper will build on ballistic missile defense in Europe. In the first part, a brief historical overview will place the current public management issue into light. This is followed by a discussion of the main actors in the international debate, the problems that arise and the available options and recommendations to address missile defense. In the second part, differences between George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama will analyze under the title “Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe: Evolving Problems during Change in Presidential Administration"
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2014
ABSTRACT This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarif... more ABSTRACT This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people who represent the largest ethnic minority in the Middle East without a state have demanded autonomy and recognition since the post-World I wave of self-governance in the region, and their nationalist claims have further intensified since the end of the Cold War. The present volume first describes the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, its genesis during the late nineteenth century in the Ottoman Empire, and its legacy into the new Turkish republic. Second, the volume takes up the violent legacy of Kurdish nationalism and analyzes the conflict through the actions of the PKK, the militant pro-Kurdish organization which grew to be the most important actor in the process. Third, the volume deals with the international dimensions of the Kurdish question, as manifested in Turkey’s evolving relationships with Syria, Iraq, and Iran, the issue regarding the status of the Kurdish minorities in these countries, and the debate over the Kurdish problem in Western capitals.
Book Review: Winning Turkey: How America, Europe and Turkey Can Revive a Fading Partnership
In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Hunti... more In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Huntington’s theory of third wave democratization. I will begin this examination with a brief overview that will place the current Arab Spring issue into its historical context. I will follow this contextual information with an exploration of the revolution and uprising of Egyptian and Syrian citizens viewed through the lens of Huntington’s third wave democratization theory. I then will assess whether the states fall into the category of the third wave of democratization. Determining the correct categorization of both Syria and Egypt’s uprisings is important in making the argument that they should follow the examples of other countries like Poland, Turkey, and Uruguay in the establishment of democratic societies. If these countries have not joined the third wave, I will attempt to determine if they instead have started the fourth wave of democratization. Even though I will examine only the ca...
This thesis examines the role of the military in Tunisia and Libya during the 2010-2011 Arab upri... more This thesis examines the role of the military in Tunisia and Libya during the 2010-2011 Arab uprisings by asking why the two states’ military forces chose to either defect from or defend the ruling administration. Using a comparative case study methodology, this study demonstrates that the joint configuration of energy capacity, military structure and the strength of protests led to the different outcomes in these two cases. The data indicates that one can understand the impact of these three factors using theories that focus on the correlation between rational action, institutional identity, economic inducements, and ideological stances. Thus, I employed approaches from rational choice and institutionalism as the theoretical framework for this study. This study shows that the actions of the Tunisian and Libyan military forces should be read through this theoretical framework. While informative, conclusions drawn from these cases do not allow for universal generalizations. Additiona...
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2014
This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the com... more This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people who represent the largest ethnic minority in the Middle East without a state have demanded autonomy and recognition since the post-World I wave of self-governance in the region, and their nationalist claims have further intensified since the end of the Cold War. The present volume first describes the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, its genesis during the late nineteenth century in the Ottoman Empire, and its legacy into the new Turkish republic. Second, the volume takes up the violent legacy of Kurdish nationalism and analyzes the conflict through the actions of the PKK, the militant pro-Kurdish organization which grew to be the most important actor in the process. Third, the volume dea...
Do the Arab uprisings represent a social movement, or are they eforts to bring about reform, revo... more Do the Arab uprisings represent a social movement, or are they eforts to bring about reform, revolution, or democratization? I conceptualize the Arab uprisings from these four interrelated perspectives to clarify the uprisings reality. I will show that the Arab uprisings are a process that began with the irst step, collective action, and ended with the inal phase, democratization.
The Journal of international studies, 2021
Many articles have been published on civil-military relations. But the unexpected events circle t... more Many articles have been published on civil-military relations. But the unexpected events circle that was the so-called Arab spring or Arab uprisings has created a gap that should be filled by scholars. The article sets forth a new theoretical framework that is pro-state and pro-regime by applying this framework respectively to the two different cases Tunisia and Libya. This article provides a comparison of the military’s behavior in Tunisia, which led to the success of the uprisings, and the military’s behavior in Libya, where the army fought protesters and precipitated in the NATO intervention and about 9 months of armed struggle. The data indicates that the military’s response to the social protests played an undeniable role in the diverse outcomes of the uprisings. Prostate and pro-regime framework aids in the exploration of this response by integrating rational choice and institutionalism to develop a comprehensive lens through which we can view this phenomenon.
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Mar 16, 2023
The Role of the Military in the Arab Uprisings
Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 2009
This paper will build on ballistic missile defense in Europe. In the first part, a brief historic... more This paper will build on ballistic missile defense in Europe. In the first part, a brief historical overview will place the current public management issue into light. This is followed by a discussion of the main actors in the international debate, the problems that arise and the available options and recommendations to address missile defense. In the second part, differences between George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama will analyze under the title “Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe: Evolving Problems during Change in Presidential Administration"
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2014
ABSTRACT This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarif... more ABSTRACT This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people who represent the largest ethnic minority in the Middle East without a state have demanded autonomy and recognition since the post-World I wave of self-governance in the region, and their nationalist claims have further intensified since the end of the Cold War. The present volume first describes the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, its genesis during the late nineteenth century in the Ottoman Empire, and its legacy into the new Turkish republic. Second, the volume takes up the violent legacy of Kurdish nationalism and analyzes the conflict through the actions of the PKK, the militant pro-Kurdish organization which grew to be the most important actor in the process. Third, the volume deals with the international dimensions of the Kurdish question, as manifested in Turkey’s evolving relationships with Syria, Iraq, and Iran, the issue regarding the status of the Kurdish minorities in these countries, and the debate over the Kurdish problem in Western capitals.
Book Review: Winning Turkey: How America, Europe and Turkey Can Revive a Fading Partnership
In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Hunti... more In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Huntington’s theory of third wave democratization. I will begin this examination with a brief overview that will place the current Arab Spring issue into its historical context. I will follow this contextual information with an exploration of the revolution and uprising of Egyptian and Syrian citizens viewed through the lens of Huntington’s third wave democratization theory. I then will assess whether the states fall into the category of the third wave of democratization. Determining the correct categorization of both Syria and Egypt’s uprisings is important in making the argument that they should follow the examples of other countries like Poland, Turkey, and Uruguay in the establishment of democratic societies. If these countries have not joined the third wave, I will attempt to determine if they instead have started the fourth wave of democratization. Even though I will examine only the ca...
This thesis examines the role of the military in Tunisia and Libya during the 2010-2011 Arab upri... more This thesis examines the role of the military in Tunisia and Libya during the 2010-2011 Arab uprisings by asking why the two states’ military forces chose to either defect from or defend the ruling administration. Using a comparative case study methodology, this study demonstrates that the joint configuration of energy capacity, military structure and the strength of protests led to the different outcomes in these two cases. The data indicates that one can understand the impact of these three factors using theories that focus on the correlation between rational action, institutional identity, economic inducements, and ideological stances. Thus, I employed approaches from rational choice and institutionalism as the theoretical framework for this study. This study shows that the actions of the Tunisian and Libyan military forces should be read through this theoretical framework. While informative, conclusions drawn from these cases do not allow for universal generalizations. Additiona...
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2014
This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the com... more This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people who represent the largest ethnic minority in the Middle East without a state have demanded autonomy and recognition since the post-World I wave of self-governance in the region, and their nationalist claims have further intensified since the end of the Cold War. The present volume first describes the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, its genesis during the late nineteenth century in the Ottoman Empire, and its legacy into the new Turkish republic. Second, the volume takes up the violent legacy of Kurdish nationalism and analyzes the conflict through the actions of the PKK, the militant pro-Kurdish organization which grew to be the most important actor in the process. Third, the volume dea...
Do the Arab uprisings represent a social movement, or are they eforts to bring about reform, revo... more Do the Arab uprisings represent a social movement, or are they eforts to bring about reform, revolution, or democratization? I conceptualize the Arab uprisings from these four interrelated perspectives to clarify the uprisings reality. I will show that the Arab uprisings are a process that began with the irst step, collective action, and ended with the inal phase, democratization.
The Journal of international studies, 2021
Many articles have been published on civil-military relations. But the unexpected events circle t... more Many articles have been published on civil-military relations. But the unexpected events circle that was the so-called Arab spring or Arab uprisings has created a gap that should be filled by scholars. The article sets forth a new theoretical framework that is pro-state and pro-regime by applying this framework respectively to the two different cases Tunisia and Libya. This article provides a comparison of the military’s behavior in Tunisia, which led to the success of the uprisings, and the military’s behavior in Libya, where the army fought protesters and precipitated in the NATO intervention and about 9 months of armed struggle. The data indicates that the military’s response to the social protests played an undeniable role in the diverse outcomes of the uprisings. Prostate and pro-regime framework aids in the exploration of this response by integrating rational choice and institutionalism to develop a comprehensive lens through which we can view this phenomenon.