PSC380.8 Conflict Management: Theory and Practice

Theories regarding conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and post-conflict peace-building through an examination of case studies.

Analysis of various topics related to the recent developments about EU and Turkey-EU relations. These include Turkey?s membership in terms of European identity, European citizenship, the role of Turkey in European security, lobbying in the EU, the effects of the Lisbon Treat on EU decision-making process and the future of the EU. Comparisons between the position of Turkey and countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Comparison of the previous and current report of the Commission about Turkey and reflections about EU-Turkey relations in the Muslim world. (EUR 4414)

Taught in English at Bahçeşehir University. Over the last four decades, EU environmental policy flourished from a policy without legal basis to a core area of policy which should be integrated into all other EU?s policies. Today, the European Union has some of the most advanced environmental policies of any state in the world and its standards have come to be seen as a benchmark. The purpose of this course is to clarify the parameters of EU environmental policy and analyze its underlying motives and familiarize students with the fundamental concepts that govern EU environmental policy – its constituent institutions, principles and procedures. It will analyze how the EU makes, implements and enforces environmental policy through in-depth case study of specific policy areas such as biotechnology and climate change. The evolution of environmental policy will be explored by examining the Environment Action Programs between 1972 and 2012 and new policy instruments introduced both at EU and state level. We will also touch upon the ways in which Member States with different economic activities and political traditions respond to Europeanization of environmental policy. The EU is also an important actor in the area of global environmental relations. Hence, the course will explore the much debated EU?s leadership in global climate negotiations. Lastly, we will refer to EU enlargement as a challenge to environmental policy and discuss ?Environment Chapter? opened in Turkey – EU accession negotiations. (EUR 4416)

This course aims to offer new directions in the study of ‘security’, to provide a broad survey of some of the theoretical and contemporary issues in global and regional security from its Cold War past to its post-Cold War present and opening up alternative ways of thinking about the future. SU IR majors can count this course as an International Security and Diplomacy topic concentration course or an IR elective. SU Global Security Studies minor can count it as a “List A” course. (POL 4772)

This course aims to introduce students to concepts central to analyzing politics in liberal democratic principles as well as developing their understanding of the commonalities and diversities of democratic institutions and practices. In addition to these, the course helps students to develop the analytic and evaluative skills necessary to examine the processes of politics and the institutions of government. SU IR majors can count this course as a region concentration course on Europe. (EUR 2510)

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical debates about the nature, significance and measurement of public opinion with specific focus on foreign policy decision-making. It aims to provide background knowledge and theoretical and practical skills needed to study and understand public opinion and post-Cold War era foreign policy connection. The main geographical focus is on American and ‘European’ (at national and supranational level) public opinion. The main foreign policy issues are military interventions and post-Cold War era security concerns. SU IR majors can count this course as an International Security and Diplomacy topic concentration course.(POLS 4858)

This course serves as an introduction to International Organizations. The role of the International Organizations within the current world is very significant to understand better the dynamics of the discipline of International Relations, taking the complex interdependence of the world politics into account. The course?s objectives include also the development of oral, written and research skills of the students. SU students may not take both this course and PSC 353. SU IR majors can count this course as an International Law and Organizations topic concentration course. (POL 4418)

This course offers an introduction to the literature on neoliberalism, globalization and global cities. A particular emphasis is placed on the situation of Istanbul during the neoliberal globalization process. (GEP 2030)

This course aims to analyze and critically assess various forms of exclusion, discrimination and obstacles to women’s participation in the political sphere. We will discuss how and why politics is gendered as well as the efforts in making this exclusion explicit and changing it in the direction of better representation and more participation in social and political life. Thus, we will analyze women’s participation in politics as well as the politics of women’s issues. Students will gain an understanding of these issues within a broader theoretical framework of gender inequality, with a special focus on the obstacles to women’s equal participation in political and social life in Turkey. (POLS 4144)

This course focuses on the issues and matters in Turkey’s foreign policies. The basic issues that have been in the agenda of Turkish foreign policy since the end of Cold War will be critically discussed. These issues include: the changing nature of Turkish foreign policy after the end of the cold war; Turkey’s policies toward the Middle Eastern, Caucasian and Central Asian countries, Turkey-EU relations, Turkey-US relations, Turkey-Russia relations; the Kurdish issue in Turkish foreign policy, the nature of decision making in Turkish foreign policy; the recent debates on the neo-Ottomanism and Islam in Turkish foreign policy formulations. Counts as an elective for SU IR majors or a topic concentration course in International Security and Diplomacy. (POLS 3824)