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Papers by Prof. Dr. Sezai Ozcelik

Crimea: From Regional and International Perpectives,

She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto in 2012 and-taught the... more She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto in 2012 and-taught there. She returned to Turkey under TUBITAK returning scholars program in 2014. She has a book titled "Émigré, Exile, Diaspora and Transnational Movements of Crimean Tatars: Preserving the Eternal Flame" published byPalgrave. She has published in Com-munist and Post-Communist Studies and several journals in Turkey and Ukraine. She has several book chapters, published in English, Romanian and Crimean Tatar. She completed a researchproject titled "Protection and enforcement of minority rights in the post-Soviet space between 1991-2014: Comparing the cases of Tatarstan, Chechnia in Russia and Crimean Tatars and Russians in Ukraine" funded by TUBITAK. Ms. Aydın is amember of the Crimean Tatar diaspora from Ankara, Turkey. She contributed the letter of "Statement of Concerned Scholars on the Current Predicament of the Crimean Tatars" to protest the Russian annexation of Crimea and participated in the Second World Crimean Tatar Con-gress in July 2015.

KÜRESEL RAPOR Büyük Aktörler, Stratejiler, Güvenlik, Terörizm, 2024

Bu kitapta, birçok kritik küresel mesele, aktörler, süreçler, kurumlar, kavramlar, stratejiler in... more Bu kitapta, birçok kritik küresel mesele, aktörler, süreçler, kurumlar,
kavramlar, stratejiler incelenmekte ve analiz edilmektedir. Faruk Sönmezoğlu’nun da belirttiği gibi, sağlıklı bir dış politika analizinin önünde aşılması
çok zor engeller bulunduğu hiçbir zaman akıldan çıkarılmadan, dünya siyasetini anlamaya dönük her mütevazı adımı başka bir adım izlemelidir.
Kitabın okuyucular tarafından daha iyi anlaşılmasını sağlamak için bölümlerde geçen uluslararası ilişkiler kavramları başta olmak üzere bazı temel
kavramlar giriş bölümünde açıklanmıştır; böylece küresel siyaset dinamiğinde kritik konuları ve aktörleri anlamak kolaylaşacaktır.
Kitabın bölümlerinde, tarihsel ve teorik arka plan bilgileri de verilmekle
beraber, bunların detayları başka kitaplara bırakılarak, her biri kendi alanında uzman akademisyenler tarafından küresel öneme sahip konulara Uluslararası İlişkiler disiplini içerisinden mümkün olduğunca güncel ve bilimsel bir
bakış açısı geliştirilmeye çalışılmıştır
Kitapta, konularının uzmanı olan yazarların şu aşağıdaki konularda verdikleri güncel bilgileri ve derinlemesine analizlerini bulmak mümkündür:
• Amerikan Hegemonyasının Dönüşümü ve Çin’in Küresel Güç Olarak
Yükselişi
• NATO ve Küresel Düzen
• Avrupa Birliği’nin Stratejik Gündemi Kapsamında Küresel Vizyonu
• Küresel Güvenlik
• Çatışmalar ve Analizleri
• Küresel Terörizmle Mücadele
• Rusya–Ukrayna Savaşı
• Fransa ve Almanya’nın Bölgesel, Küresel Stratejileri

Doğu Çalışmaları, 2024, Cilt 18, s. 145-168

This chapter explores the link between the erosion of legislative power in Russia and human right... more This chapter explores the link between the erosion of legislative power in Russia and human rights violations perpetrated by the Kremlin in its "near abroad". It argues that the weakening of the Duma, Russia's Parliament, since Vladimir Putin's rise to power in 2000, has emboldened executive overreach on human rights issues. The chapter examines two fundamental case studies: 1) The Chechen Wars and Beyond: This section analyzes how the Duma's failure to act as a check on the executive during the Second Chechen War (1999-2009) set a precedent for future human rights abuses in the region. 2) The Annexation of Crimea and the Plight of the Crimean Tatars: This section investigates how the 2014 annexation of Crimea and subsequent persecution of the Crimean Tatars exemplifies Russia's disregard for international human rights norms and the Duma's complicity in such violations. By analyzing these cases, the chapter demonstrates how a weakened legislature has facilitated the Kremlin's exploitation of "frozen conflicts" in former Soviet territories to undermine human rights and pursue geopolitical agendas. The chapter briefly mentions the concept of "frozen conflicts" and their significance for Russia's foreign policy. It also highlights the broader implications of Russia's human rights record for the international order.

UKRAYNA, 2024

Rusya’nın 2014’te Kırım’ı, daha sonra 2022’de Ukrayna’nın tümünü işgal girişimiyle başlayan savaş... more Rusya’nın 2014’te Kırım’ı, daha sonra 2022’de Ukrayna’nın tümünü işgal girişimiyle başlayan savaş süreçlerini açıklamak ve anlamak için Uluslararası İlişkiler disiplininde birçok farklı teorik yaklaşım kullanılmıştır. Mearsheimer’ın saldırgan realizmi Avrupa güvenlik yapısının değişen doğasını ve son otuz yıldır Doğu Avrupa’nın değişen jeopolitiğini anlamamıza yardımcı olmaktadır. Fakat Rusya Devlet Başkanı Vladimir Putin’in neden Ukrayna’yı işgal etmeye karar verdiğine dair çok seviyeli, çok faktörlü ve çok değişkenli açıklamaların kullanılmasına ihtiyaç vardır. Bu çalışmada, Putin’in neden Avrupa’nın ortasında Pandora Kutusu’nu açtığı sorusuna cevap bulmak amaçlanmaktadır. İlk olarak, bu çalışma jeopolitik yaklaşım ve saldırgan realizmi kullanarak analiz yapmıştır.. İkinci açıklama olarak , Putin’in gerçeklik ötesi faşizmi, Rus milliyetçiliği, Üçüncü Roma Teorisi, Rusya’nın psiko-analitik ve ontolojik güvenlik kaygıları sembolik doğası ve Rusya ile Batı medeniyetlerinin çatışması gibi kavramlar ile düşünsel, psikolojik, duygusal ve ontolojik faktörler kullanılmıştır. Uluslararası ilişkilerdeki medeniyetler, bilişler ve duygularla bağlantılı olan inşacılık gibi yaklaşımlar Rusya’nın Ukrayna politikasını anlamak için gereklidir. Bir diğer açıklama, Ukrayna Rusya Savaşı’nın karmaşık ve çok-yönlü nedenlerle açıklamasına vurgu yapan neoklasik realizmdir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Rusya, Ukrayna, jeopolitik, inşacılık, dış politika analizi
FROM 1994 CRIMEAN CRISIS TO 2014-2022? THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: ANALYSIS OF WAR İN THE RECTANGULAR OF GEOPOLITICS, CONSTRUCTIVISM, DOMESTIC POLICY, AND PUTIN.
Abstract
Since the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014 and the full-fledged war against Ukraine in 2022, many different theoretical approaches have been used to explain and understand it. Mearsheimer’s offensive realism may help us to shed light on the changing nature of the European security structure and the altering geopolitics of Eastern Europe over the past three decades. But there is a need to apply multi-level, multi-factor and multi-variate accounts of why Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine. This study aims to answer the question of why Putin has opened the Pandora Box in the middle of Europe. First, it has analyzed by using the geopolitical approach and aggressive realism. The second explanation is ideational, psychological, emotional, and ontological factors as well as the Putin post-truth fascism and Russian nationalism, the Third Rome theory, symbolic nature of Russia’s psyho-analytical and ontological security concerns, and the clash of Russian and Western civilization concepts. Constructivism that is linked to civilizations, cognitions and emotions in IR is necessary to understand Russia’s Ukraine policymaking. Another explanation is the neoclassical realism that emphasize complex and multifaceted causes of the Ukraine Russia War.
Keywords: Russia, Ukraine, jeopolitics, constructivism, foreign policy analysis

From Terrorism to Nonviolence and the Islamic Peace Paradigm: Jihad, Just War, Peace and Islamic Nonviolence

Peace and Conflict Studies, 2005

Islamic contributions in the areas of peace, war, and nonviolence require to be revisited in post... more Islamic contributions in the areas of peace, war, and nonviolence require to be revisited in post-September 11 world. With reinterpretation and redefinition of Islamic concepts of jihad (sacred struggle), sabr (patience), adl (justice), umma (community), sulha (reconciliation), hijra (exodus), diversity, and tolerance, this study attempts to contribute the Islamic understanding of war, peace, and nonviolence. Also, the story of Cain and Abel in the Qur’an shows an example for the nonviolent action together with other contemporary Islamic nonviolence actions such as Intıfıada, Kosovo, and Abdul Ghaffir Khan in Afghanistan. This study will examine the just war, qital (fighting), jihad (sacred struggle), Islamic peace and nonviolence.

International Journal of Politic and Security, 2020

The improvement of global security and world peace is the raison d'etre of the United Nations... more The improvement of global security and world peace is the raison d'etre of the United Nations. The concept of multilateral peacekeeping has been practiced by the UN over the last eighty-five years. The peacekeeping operations have three main objectives: collective security, preventive diplomacy and peaceful settlement of international conflicts. The idea of creating an international nonviolence "peace army" can be traced to the Shanti Sena (Gandhian peace brigade). The members of the Shanti Sena used nonviolent unarmed tools not kill but die for their peacekeeping duties. The present study aims to shed light on the evolution of nonviolent peacekeeping ideas and present some examples in the post-Cold War conflicts. In the post-Covid-19 world, it is possible to refrain from the threat or actual use of force and replace it with unarmed civilian peacekeeping. Nonviolent peacekeeping may employ some Western (relationships, influence, advocacy, solidarity) and Islamic (sabr ...

CES Working Papers, 2020

The occupation of Crimea determined the Crimean Tatars to react with obvious and clear-cut respon... more The occupation of Crimea determined the Crimean Tatars to react with obvious and clear-cut response: condemning the Russian aggression against the Ukrainian territorial integrity. This paper aims to analyze the post-2014 Crimean hybrid conflict situation of the Crimean Tatars, by investigating how the Crimean Tatars conditions have evolved under the Russian invasion forces for the last five years. In order to understand the post-2014 situation, the paper also focuses and examines the forced deportation (Sürgün or the Soviet Genocide), as well as Turkey's foreign policy reactions toward this regional conflict. Civil disobedience and nonviolent strategy of the Crimean Tatars have been used to pressure the Russian public opinion and political elites regarding the unlawful and unfair act toward the Ukrainian and Crimean sovereignty. In addition, the Crimean Tatars have voiced their concerns and demands in the international political arenas. Overall, the paper focuses on the repercus...

In 2014, the Russian Federation unexpectedly produced a crisis in Crimea. Without a single shot, ... more In 2014, the Russian Federation unexpectedly produced a crisis in Crimea. Without a single shot, Putin's Russia illegally has occupied and annexed Crimea. This paper analyzes the historical background of the crisis with the emphasis on the Crimean Tatars. First, the history of Crimea briefly is presented. Second, the Crimean Tatars national struggle is explained by using peace studies and nonviolence concepts and theories. Third, the 2014 Crimean Crisis were explained by using not only geo-strategic and geo-economic concepts but also psycho-historical concepts, specifically chosen traumas of the Crimean Tatars and Russians. The article suggests that Russia invaded Crimea not only the strategic national interests of the Black Sea Fleet but most importantly the losing of Crimea in 1954 and 1990s as chosen traumatic events. Similarly, the Crimean Tatars were produced their national identities on their-Sürgün‖, the forceful deportation of the Crimean Tatars by Stalin to Siberia and ...

BOOK REVIEW: Kevin Avruch and Christopher Mitchell (eds.) | Conflict Resolution and Human Needs: Linking theory and practice | By Sezai Özçelik

This edited volume examines Basic Human Needs (BHNs) theory in terms of theory and practice by ex... more This edited volume examines Basic Human Needs (BHNs) theory in terms of theory and practice by examining new concepts and recent developments to determine how BHNs has been affecting the post-Cold War conflict and peacebuilding efforts as well as contemporary conflicts of the twenty-first century. The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the core concepts, theories, approaches, processes, and intervention designs about Human Needs theory in the conflict resolution field. The main theme is the analysis of HNs theory with multidisciplinary approaches. The book moves from the study of theoretical and analytical approaches for explaining the deep-rooted causes of conflict with HNs theory to HNs-based third-party intervention approaches to resolving and transforming conflict.

The Influence of Power and Knowledge Factors on Negotiation Processes, Perceptions, and Outcomes: Environmental Regime Negotiations. Conflict Analysis and Resolution, International Relations

BOOK REVIEW: Phoebe Moore, Globalisation and Labour Struggle in Asia: A Neo-Gramscian Critique of South Korea's Political Economy, By Assoc. Prof. Sezai Ozcelik

Türki̇ye-Ameri̇ka Bi̇rleşi̇k Devletleri̇-Irak İli̇şki̇leri̇: Bermuda Şeytan Üçgeni̇ – 2000 - 2007 Dönemi̇ Boyunca Kuzey Irak, Jeopoli̇ti̇k Ve PKK

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2020

The response of the Crimean Tatars politicians, civil society, and nation toward the Russian occu... more The response of the Crimean Tatars politicians, civil society, and nation toward the Russian occupation of Crimea is clear cut and obvious. They have condemned the Russian aggression toward the Ukrainian territorial integrity in national and international levels. This paper aims to analyze the current situation of the Crimean Tatars after the 2014 Crimean Crisis. It investigates how the Crimean Tatars conditions in their homeland have evolved under the Russian occupation forces for the last six years. In order to understand the current situation, it is necessary to examine the chosen trauma, the forced deportation (Sürgün) or Soviet Genocide that was ordered by Stalin in 18 th May 1944. It has played a significant role to shape the Crimean Tatar national identity. Furthermore, the paper focuses on the repercussions of the Crimean crisis from political, social and international perspectives. In the last part, Turkey's reactions toward this regional conflict in the Black Sea region are evaluated.

AUSTRAL: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations, 2021

This paper aims to explain the shift in Latin America’s level of conflict and internal violence r... more This paper aims to explain the shift in Latin America’s level of conflict and internal violence relative to other regions in the world. It examines a single regional subsystem, Latin America within the framework of conflict and peace as well as the role of the United Nations. First, it aims to shed lights on main transformations and changes in terms of political, economic, social and cultural issues in Latin America. Second, the concept of the zone of peace is examined within the context of Latin America. The main activities of the United Nations in relation to conflict and peace are investigated in the third section. In conclusion, it underlines the lessons learned from conflict and peace processes in Latin America.

Journal of Human Sciences, 2017

Since the fall of the Franco’s regime in Spain, the Spanish governments have been dealing with th... more Since the fall of the Franco’s regime in Spain, the Spanish governments have been dealing with the low-intensity conflict in their country, namely the Euskadi Ta Askatusuna (ETA) attacks. This article analyzes the Basque conflict within the framework of the conflict analysis and resolution perspective. First, it highlights the conflict issues among the Basque conflict parties. Second, it clarifies the conflict issues by focusing on kidnapping and assassination done by the ETA during 1990s. The special case of Miguel Angel Blanco who was a local Basque councilman is a case study. In order to shed light on the Blanco case, it is necessary to focus the conflict resolution dynamics of the Basque conflict. Third, the paper aims to examine the Blanco case in terms of conflict issue identification, conflict issue clarification, and conflict cultural analysis perspectives. The issue identification perspective focuses on identity, face, and instrumental issues of the Basque conflict. The iss...

Yeni Türkiye Özel Sayısı , 2023

Giriş Orta Asya Cumhuriyetleri Soğuk Savaş sonunda 1990’lı yıllarda bağımsız oldukların- da bu b... more Giriş
Orta Asya Cumhuriyetleri Soğuk Savaş

sonunda 1990’lı yıllarda bağımsız oldukların-
da bu bölgeye yönelik Rusya ve Çin yanın-
da Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ilk kez dış ve

güvenlik politikaları oluşturmaya başlamıştır.
11 Eylül Terör Saldırıları öncesinde ABD dış

ve güvenlik politikası daha çok jeo-ekono-
mik ve enerji politikaları üzerinden yürütül-
müştür. Washington yönetimi beş Orta Asya

Cumhuriyeti’nin bağımsızlığı ve egemenli-
ğine vurgu yaparken öte yandan demokrasi,

hukukun üstünlüğü, insan hakları ve serbest

pazar ekonomisinin yerleşmesine dönük po-
litikalar izlemiştir. 11 Eylül sonrası Küresel

Terörle Mücadele politikası gereği, Washin-
gton’un güvenlik öncelikleri yüzünden özel-
likle Afganistan’daki askeri müdahalesi sonu-
cu Kırgızistan gibi ülkelere dönük politikası

yüz seksen derece değişmiştir. İyi yönetişim
konuları yerine ABD lojistik askeri üsleri ve
terörizmle mücadele amacıyla Kuzey Dağıtım
Ağı’nı 2009’da hayata geçirmesinin ardından

Özbekistan ve Kırgızistan’da Amerikan as-
keri üsleri kurulması yanında beş Orta Asya

Cumhuriyeti değişik derecelerde Amerika ile

Yeni Türkiye, Özbekistan Özel Sayısı Cilt 1, 2022

Türk boylarından Kıpçak grubunda yer alan Kırım Tatarları ile Karluk grubunda yer alan Özbekler, ... more Türk boylarından Kıpçak grubunda yer alan Kırım Tatarları ile Karluk grubunda yer alan Özbekler, tarih boyunca sık sık karşı karşıya gelmişlerdir. Özbekler ile Kırım Tatarları arasında bağlantıyı sağlayan en önemli tarihi olay, Sovyet Sürgünü olarak anılan 18 Mayıs 1944’teki Kırım Tatar Sürgünü ya da Sovyet Soykırımı’dır. Kırım Tatarları için seçilmiş travma olarak adlandırılabilecek bu soykırım, 150 binden fazla Kırım Tatarı’nın Özbekistan’a gönderilmesi ve çoğunluğu Kırım Tatar kadın, çocuk ve yaşlının hayvan vagonlarındaki yolculuk sırasında ölmesiyle sonuçlanmıştır. SB’nin yıkılmasının ardından Kırım Tatarları’nın anavatanları Kırım’a geri dönmeye başlamaları ve günümüzde 30 binden fazla Kırım Tatarı’nın Özbekistan’da yaşamasıyla bu olayın etkileri sürmektedir (TRT Avaz, 2019).

Conflict Studies Quarterly, 2022

Among many various conflict analysis methods, Dennis J. D. Sandole's three pillar model presents ... more Among many various conflict analysis methods, Dennis J. D. Sandole's three pillar model presents a systematic road-map to identify the main issues, causes, and conditions of conflicts, as well as third-party conflict intervention approach. Three pillar model is also well suited to the analysis of complex conflict in Burundi and its intervention process by the third parties during the 1990s. This paper touches on the issues, causes, and conditions of Burundian conflict as Sandole's first and second pillars suggest, but primarily focuses on the intervention aspect in line with the third pillar of the model. In this context, the conflict intervention framework in Burundi is examined based on the regionally launched Arusha peace process, which resulted in a peace agreement. Following that, given the multi-level nature of the conflict in Burundi, it is discussed how an effective conflict intervention can be designed in order to resolve conflicts and ensure positive peace in the country.

Çatışma Önleme Teorisi ve Pratiği: Makedonya ve Birleşmiş Milletler Barış Gücü (UNPREDEP) Örnek Olayı

Bu calisma, onleyici diplomasi teorisine ozel olarak vurgi yaparak Makedonya’da uygilanmis olan o... more Bu calisma, onleyici diplomasi teorisine ozel olarak vurgi yaparak Makedonya’da uygilanmis olan onleyici konuslandirrnayi (preventive deployment) ele almaktadir. Analiz cercevesi olarak, Nicolaidis’in ortaya koydugu onleyici aksiyon modeli kullanilmistir. Bu modele gore, zorlayici diplomasi kavrami Makedonya’da unglanan onleyici konuslandirrnanm aciklanmasi icin kullanislidir. Makedonya’daki Birlesmis Milletler Onleyici Baris Gucu Kuvvetleri (UNPREDEP), onleyici konuslandirma yetkisine sahip olan ilk Birlesmis Milletler barisi koruma operasyonudur. Bu calismada, BM misyonunun ortaya cikis nedenleri ve Makedonya ornek olayi cercevesinde bir analiz yapilarak devletler ici ve arasi catismalarda bir cozum araci olarak onleyici diplomasinin rolu incelenmistir. Sonuc bolumunde, gelecekteki onleyici konuslandirma unglamalarmda goz onunde bulundurulabilecek oneriler ve cikarilacak dersler de sunularak onleyici konuslandirmalarm gelistirilmesine katkida bulunmak amaclanmistir.