The International Architecture of Global Governance and Turkey, Winter 2007

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 | Download PDF in English

In light of TUrkey's candidacy for a UNSC rotating non-permanent seat for the term 2009-10, with this issue of TPQ we examine Turkey's role in various international organizations. We explore how Turkey could better incarnate the oft-voiced epithets, such as "civilizational bridge", "energy hub" and "regional peace broker". Within this analysis, we also append an inspection of the legitimacy, representativeness and effectiveness of various international organizations.

Please click here to read the text in full.

CONTRIBUTOR

Nigâr Göksel

D. Nigar Goksel has been Editor-in-Chief of the Istanbul-based Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) since 2002 and Turkey and Cyprus Analyst for Crisis Group's Turkey/Cyprus Project since April 2015. She was Senior Analyst at the European Stability Initiative (ESI) between 2004-11, where she covered Turkey and the Caucasus. In Spring 2014, she joined FRIDE as associate fellow, focusing on the Black Sea region. She is a regular contributor to the German Marshall Fund’s ‘On Turkey’ series and writes frequently for Al Jazeera International. Nigar is also registered as an independent consultant for political analysis and project management. She has designed a range of reconciliation and civil society capacity-building initiatives in Turkey and the South Caucasus.

TPQ SPONSORS

FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR

The rapid pace of geopolitical change, the urgent necessity for sustainability, and the fundamental importance of energy security converge to shape our complex global landscape today. This issue of Transatlantic Policy Quarterly delves into "Change, Security, and Sustainability in Energy," offering insights from scholars and professionals on how regions and nations are navigating this...