Asya Avrupa No: 51
Değerli okuyucularımız, 2019 yılı bitip 2020 yılı başlarken Çin’de, yeni tip bir virüsün yayılmakta olduğu haberleri gelmeye başladı. Bu ülkenin Hubei bölgesinin Wuhan kentinde ortaya çıktığı belirtilen ve sonrasında COVID-19 olarak adlandırılacak olan bu virüs, esas olarak akciğerleri tutan bir grip benzeri hastalık olarak tanımlanmakta idi. Ancak ilk veriler, söz […]
Tajikistan: First Elections without Opposition and Emerging Power Transition
On March 1, 2020, the elections to Majlisi Namoyandagon, the lower house of Tajikistan’s parliament (Majlisi Oli), were held. These were the sixth elections after the country gained its independence in 1991. It is noteworthy that the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan are held every five years without any snap elections. […]
Gains and Losses from International Migration for Sending and Destination Countries
The International Organization for Migration 2020) shows that migration is an important process, which affects global economic, social, political and technological transformations. The number of international migrants globally in 2019 was equal to 272 million, or 3.5% of the world’s population. India is the largest country of origin of international […]
Asya Avrupa No: 49
Kıymetli okuyucularımız, Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi’ne bağlı Avrasya Araştırma Enstitüsü adına sizleri saygıyla selamlıyoruz. Aylık olarak çıkarmakta olduğumuz Asya Avrupa Dergisi’nin 49. Sayısı ile karşınızdayız. Bildiğiniz üzere, Avrasya coğrafyasının güneybatı ucunda, Suriye merkezli bir istikrarsızlık ortamı, on yıla yaklaşan bir süredir bölgemizi olumsuz olarak etkilemektedir. Bu ülkede başlayan iç savaş […]
Assessment of Pre-Electoral Environment in Moldova
In November 2020, Moldova will hold presidential elections, which already heats the general political situation in the country. However, in many terms the pre-electoral political activity had already intensified in 2019. It is interesting to note that the last year has been characterized by drastic changes in the political landscape […]
India’s Citizenship Troubles
Since December 2019, India, the second most populous nation in the world with great diversity in religion, ethnicities, and language, has been facing large-scale protests across the country. Mass protests swept when the parliament on December 11 approved the new Citizenship Amendment Act, which makes religion a criterion for receiving […]
East Asia Summit in Pursuit of Dialogue
Amid the gradually growing U.S.-China tensions, the Indo-Pacific region has become another arena for the two powers to defend their interests. The Southeast Asian countries, embroiled into this competition yet trying to refrain from choosing the sides, attempt to play a more decisive role in the region through the ASEAN […]
Enlargement of the Turkic Council: Opportunities and Perspectives
Since its establishment, the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) has played an important role in developing political, socio-cultural, trade and economic cooperation among the Turkic speaking countries. As it is known, the Turkic Council was established by the Nakhchivan Agreement, which was signed in October 2009 at […]
New EU Leadership: Implications for the European Refugee Crisis
One of the largest forced migration crises in this century has entered its ninth year without seeing a light at the end of the tunnel for peace and stability in Syria. Since 2011, 13 million people have been forced to migrate, including around 6.6 million people who relocated to the […]
Japan And South Korea: Allies In Conflict
The long-standing contradictions between Japan and South Korea went beyond the bounds of diplomacy, and, as a result, the world’s 3rd and 11th largest economies unleashed a trade war against each other. Potential consequences of this conflict between Washington’s two key allies in Asia can be significant, leading to changes […]