Southeast Europe & Black Sea Studies, a Taylor&Francis area studies journal affiliated with @eliamepgr. Editor in Chief I. N. Grigoriadis. Retweet ≠ endorsement
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Happy to share our new article with @erman1995 @AdisonmezUC in @SEEBSSjournal . Drawing on Kristeva’s concept of abjection we examine how refugees are constructed as Turkey’s “abject other” in far-right populist discourse. Comments are most welcome!
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We’re pleased to highlight Pınar Akpınar’s new SEEBSS article on humanitarian diplomacy in Somalia, based on interviews with Turkish & Qatari NGOs.💫
📖 Read the article here:
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#HumanitarianDiplomacy #Somalia #NGOs #SEEBSS #ConflictStudies
Delighted to share that my article “#HumanitarianDiplomacy in Practice: Turkish and Qatari NGOs Navigating Access and Influence in #Somalia” is now published in @SEEBSSjournal #negotiation #access #legitimacy #Qatar #Turkiye doi.org/10.1080/14683857.202…
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RT @BilkentIRDept: 📢Reading of the week: Our former graduate student Furkan Küçükmeral published an article in @SEEBSSjournal
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💞 How do “love migrants” bridge divides through digital life?
In this new article, Eylem Yanardağoğlu explores how Turkish–Greek mixed-marriage migrants in Athens use media to sustain belonging across borders.
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#Migration #SEEBSS
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⚖️ How can winning elections reinforce authoritarian power?
In their new article, Özpek, Öztürk, Dağı & Erkoç show how #Turkey opposition victories empowered mayors, only to provoke authoritarian retrenchment.
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#Elections #Authoritarianism #SEEBSS
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🧠 Does better health make young people more likely to vote?
In their new article, Andrej Kirbiš & Maruša Lubej show how political trust mediates the health–voting link among youth in 9 SEE countries.
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#Youth #Participation #SEEBSS
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🇬🇷🇬🇧 How did Greece weaponize human rights discourse during the Cyprus conflict?
In this new article, Antonis Klapsis shows how Athens used 1956 UN allegations against Britain to pressure for Cypriot self-determination.
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#Cyprus #Greece #UK #SEEBSS
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🗣️ How does the unresolved Serbia–Kosovo dispute sustain populism?
In their new article, Despot Kovačević & Stefan Surlić show how leaders use “normalization” rhetoric to legitimize power & deepen divides.
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#Serbia #Kosovo #Populism #SEEBSS
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🇨🇾 How does defiance turn into renewed dependence?
In their new article, Bilge Azgin & Erol Kaymak show how Northern Cyprus’s “emancipatory defiance” toward Turkey gave way to restored patronage after 2020.
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#NorthernCyprus #Turkey #SEEBSS
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🧭 What explains #Turkey shift from restraint to intervention in #Syria in 2016?
In his new article, Muhammet Furkan Küçükmeral applies & extends the Poliheuristic model to analyze Operation Euphrates Shield and its decision dynamics.
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🌍 Why do EU accession efforts succeed in some Western Balkan states but stall in others?
In his new article, @MesarovichA analyzes how informal networks shape the limits of EU conditionality in Croatia & Serbia.
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#Europeanization #EU #SEEBSS
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⚔️ How united was the Dual Alliance on the Macedonian Question?
In his new article, Konstantinos S. Papanikolaou traces Germany & Austria-Hungary’s diverging Balkan strategies during the 1903–1908 reforms.
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#Balkans #Macedonia #History #SEEBSS
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✈️ Can airlines be diplomats?
In their new article, @arasbulent & @Ferayks explore how Qatar Airways shapes Qatar’s soft power & nation branding in the #SouthCaucasus through aviation diplomacy.
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#Qatar #SoftPower #SEEBSS
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🟥 How did Leninist thought shape Montenegro’s early communist ideology?
In his new article, Aleksandar Stamatović examines Dr. Vukašin Marković’s role in redefining nation & state debates within the KPJ.
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#Montenegro #Leninism #Yugoslavia #SEEBSS
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🔥 How do disaster narratives shape democracy in divided societies?
In her new article, Senem Yıldırım explores how Turkey’s 2021 wildfires & floods became political arenas where elites redefine civic agency.
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#Turkey #Democracy #SEEBSS
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🏙️ Can street names reveal patriarchy?
Jelena Božilović shows how Niš’s streets embed gendered ideology, reflecting persistent patriarchal patterns across the city — a subtle yet powerful marker of urban power.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/14683857.202… #UrbanStudies #Europeanisation #SEEBSS
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🧳 How did migration reshape cities & society in pre-EU Northern Greece?
Adamopoulou shows how Gastarbeiter migration transferred ideas, social practices & urban transformations — a process she calls Suitcase Europeanization.
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📢 How do regional organizations frame migration norms differently?
Aksel & Şenel compare BSEC vs SEECP, revealing selective norm governance in Southeast Europe.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/14683857.202… #NormContestation #MigrationGovernance #SEEBSS #BILGINormsEU
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📢 New article in the #BILGINormsEU Special Issue!
"Regional migration governance and the selective framing of norms: a comparative analysis of BSEC and SEECP" by Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
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🗺️ Can cross-border cooperation heal cities divided by history?
Korkmaz shows how communities in the Bulgarian-Greek borderland navigate everyday life and reshape urban spaces despite historical and political obstacles.
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🏛️ How does imperial nostalgia shape post-socialist cities?
Jovanović shows how #Europeanization, tourism, and gentrification transform nostalgic visions of the empire into urban capital in the Balkans & beyond.
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