Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe

Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem

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Prof. Dr.

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sacikmese@khas.edu.tr

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0000-0002-4866-221X

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53263213400

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6

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The rise of China's power: The limits of neorealism and neoliberalism
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2018) Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem; Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem
Rise of China is one of today's main concerns for the future of the World order. There are different interpretations of China's rise. The aim of this thesis is to explain the power direction of the rise of China; from the universal comparative perspectives of neorealism and neoliberalism, with a specific discussion on the divergent approaches of John Joseph Mearsheimer representing the neorealist camp and Gilford John Ikenberry representing the neoliberal camp. The main research question is as follows: "In what ways Mearsheimer's and Ikenberry's ideas are helpful or fail to understand the rise of China, and is there a better way to analyse China's power direction?" In this context, this study will provide a clearer and more balanced picture of China's power by uncovering strengths and weaknesses of both camps.
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Algı mı, söylem mi? Kopenhag Okulu ve yeni-klasik gerçekçilikte güvenlik tehditleri
(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi, 2011) Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem
Bu makale, güvenlik tehditlerinin ortaya çıkışı bakımından yeni-klasik gerçekçilikteki algısal yaklaşımla, Kopenhag Okulunun söylemle inşaya dayalı yöntemini karşılaştırmaktadır. Makalenin hareket noktası, güvenlik tehditlerinin içeriği ve güvenlik aktörleri bakımından farklı perspektifl ere sahip bu iki yaklaşımın güvenliğin çalışılmasında metodolojik benzerlikler içermesi nedeniyle karşılaştırılabilir olduğu varsayımıdır. Makale, tehditlerin ortaya çıkışı bakımından yeni-klasik gerçekçiliğin algılara dayalı öznel yaklaşımının Kopenhag Okulu tarafından kısmen benimsendiğini vurgulayarak, Okulun söyleme dayalı özneler-arası alternatif bir model geliştirdiğini aktarmaktadır. Bu çerçevede, makale öncelikle Güvenlik Çalışmaları yazınında güvenlik tehdidinin içeriği konusundaki tartışmalara yer vermektedir. Ardından, yeni-klasik gerçekçiliği çatısında barındıran Gerçekçi Güvenlik Çalışmalarının tehdidin içeriği ve ortaya çıkışına dair varsayımlarını karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirmekte ve yeni-klasik gerçekçiliğin algısal perspektifi ni analiz etmektedir. Son olarak, Kopenhag Okulunun tehditlerle ilgili analizinin çerçevesini oluşturan güvenlikleştirme yaklaşımının tehditlerin kapsamı ve dayanağına dair tespitlerini Okulun kullandığı söz edimi, siyaset teorisi ve söylem analizi perspektifl erinden yeni-klasik gerçekçilikle karşılaştırmalı olarak incelemektedir.
The comparative roles of the European Union and the African Union in peacekeeping
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2016) Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem; Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem
The concept of peacekeeping has been the subject of several studies specifically since the end of the Cold War. This thesis focuses on the evolution of peacekeeping both at the conceptual and the practical level by looking at the comparative roles of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) in the African continent through three case-studies in order to test the capabilities and effectiveness of the EU and the AU in dealing with conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Darfur and the Central African Republic. In this context, this thesis compares and contrasts the effectiveness of these two institutions in peacekeeping; bearing in mind the fact that peacekeeping is also about diplomacy and it must not always be about the use of force. Accordingly, this thesis argues that although the AU is younger and has less experience in peacekeeping when compared to the EU, both institutions which are considered not to be entirely successful in their peacekeeping functions face several challenges in ending the current conflicts and preventing further ones.
Understanding Turkish-Greek relations through securitization to desecuritization :A Turkish perspective
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2017) Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem; Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem
This thesis focuses on the main contentious issues between Turkey and Greece particularly in the post-Cold War era which was the peak point of securitization in bilateral relations by using the framework of securitization theory in order to understand how by whom and to what extent Greece is securitized and desecuritized by Turkey. By doing so the thesis argues that there was a “threatening” and a “hostile” tone in Turkish elites’ discourses in almost every contention between the two countries such as delimitation (territorial waters airspace and the continental shelf) and sovereignty issues (the status of the islands islets and rocks as well as the (de)militarization of the islands) in the Aegean Sea problems related to Cyprus and Greece’s ties with terrorist organizations. Even tough Turkish elites have securitized issues related to Greece such security speech-acts paradoxically since the late 1990s due to the forces of rapprochement bilateral relations were almost transformed into a cooperative stance with emphasis on “friendship” rather than focusing on any existential threat and decision-makers began to substitute their security grammar with a positive and cautious tone. Accordingly this thesis argues that it is possible to explain the amelioration of bilateral relations with the methodology of desecuritization as there is a close correlation between the rapprochement process and desecuritization. in this context the thesis reaches the conclusion that the rapprochement process which has been an outcome of several factors in Turkish-Greek relations quite fits into the form of “change through stabilization” borrowed from Lene Hansen’s terminology.
The European Union and NATO maritime security cooperation in the Mediterranean
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2020) Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem; Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem
Today, Europeans are facing a large migration crisis in the Mediterranean. To tackle this humanitarian crisis, while the European Union (EU) decides maritime security operation called "Sophia" in 2015, NATO has played a supportive and complementary role to Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean with its maritime security operation called "Sea Guardian" since 2016. In this connection, the objective of the thesis work has tried to answer this research question: "To what extent is the EU and NATO maritime security cooperation effective with a specific focus on Operation Sophia and Operation Sea Guardian in the Mediterranean?" In this thesis work, for measurement of this effectiveness, the criteria based on six strategic actions for maritime security operations which are framed by the "Maritime Security Operations (MSO) Concept". In addition, for the answering of this research question, the research has made use of qualitative research methods. The data is derived from primary and secondary resources. Two organizations' official documents and presidents' speeches of both organizations' member states are used as the primary resources. Books and articles from social sciences databases are used as secondary resources. When the criteria based on six actions for MSO are analyzed, this analysis shows as follows: lack of political willingness; NATO as not the right partner for non-military issues like migration crisis; lack of maximum maritime domain awareness due to the inability of information sharing; lack of consent of the UNSCR or Libyan government for Operation Sophia's deployment from high seas to Libyan territorial waters and so the existence of some problems related to jurisdictional arrangements; and lastly even if both organizations have cooperated with commercial shipping agencies in the Mediterranean, these agencies are not the right partner for the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean. The result is that while the EU and NATO have very ambitions both on declarations and at summits, there are factors limiting their ongoing maritime security cooperation in the Mediterranean. In addition, the limitations of Operation Sophia have a negative effect on the EU's maritime cooperation with NATO
Securitization of migration by radical right in Europe: The cases of Alternative for Germany and Danish People's Party
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2019) Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem; Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem
International migration has been one of the most important agenda topics in Europe since the second half of the twentieth century. Especially with the developments of globalization, deterritorialized global markets and, the establishment of the Schengen area, the old assumptions of Westphalian understanding of sovereignty have challenged. With the changing global context, there has been an increasing tendency to look at the issue of international migration from the security lens. Consequently, international migration started to be seen as a security threat to European societies. This perception is gradually constructed by the involvement of multiple actors. Among those actors, radical right parties have become one of the most influential as well as the most benefiting political securitizing agents of the securitization process. Study at hand intends to analyze how radical right parties securitized migration. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Germany and the Danish People's Party (DF) in Denmark are selected as case studies. This analysis is conducted by following the main premises of Copenhagen School's securitization theory and its methodology of speech act. The study shows that both AfD and DF presented immigration as an existential threat to the collective identity, culture, and society of each relevant country. Furthermore, each party called for emergency measures that are necessary to be taken. In this context, the analyses show that DF has managed to securitize issues successfully between 2015-2019 whereas AfD's securitization attempt stayed at the level of securitization move.