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Author profile: Ali Balcı

Ali Balcı is Professor of International Relations in Sakarya University, Turkey. He obtained his MA and PhD degrees from the Department of International Relations at Sakarya University. He is the author of Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Principles, Actors, Practices [in Turkish] (Alfa, 2021), The PKK-Kurdistan’s Workers Party’s Regional Politics During and After the Cold War (Palgrave, 2017), and others. He is now working on Ottoman international order, UN Security Council and diplomatic visits of Middle Eastern leaders.

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Opinion – America’s Strategic Maneuver on Gaza at the United Nations

Ali Balcı • Dec 23 2023 • Articles

Allowing Resolution 2027 to pass does not signify a surrender by the US, but rather a strategic maneuver to preserve its global reputation.

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Ottoman International Relations: A Research Agenda

Ali Balcı • Oct 4 2023 • Articles

While Turkish IR might leverage its empire to carve out a unique identity and authority within the broader IR discipline, the Ottoman legacy invites scholars globally to make meaningful contributions.

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