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Recent Conceptual Developments in Security Studies

Aşkın İnci Sökmen

Dilemmas of Regional Security and the Regional

Securitization Debate: Mediterranean Energy

Security

Chris Farrands

Protracted Conflicts and Foreign Policy Crises in

Turkish Foreign Policy

Fuat Aksu

NATO’s Transformational Exercise: From Orthodox

to Liquid Securitization

Giovanni Ercolani

Ukraine Crisis Impact on NATO and European

Security

Mesut Hakkı Caşın

From Strange Rivals to Strategic Partners? An

Enquiry Study of China—NATO Cooperation in the

Post-Afghanistan

Yan Shao-Hua, Wang Li

The Nature of China’s Power in the Contemporary

Complex Security Environment

Emine Akçadağ Alagöz