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Paradigm Change in Turkish Foreign Policy After Post-Cold War 冷战后土耳其外交政策的范式变迁

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.21599/atjir.58812

H. B. Aka

引用次数: 3

Eritrea's Relation with IGAD and the OAU/AU: the Domestic and International Dynamics 厄立特里亚与伊加特和非统组织/非盟的关系:国内和国际动态

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.72052

Befekadu Bogale

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引用次数: 3

Elite Perceptions and Nigeria's Foreign Policy Process 精英观念与尼日利亚外交政策进程

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.14421

N. O. Mimiko, K. Mbada

{"title":"Elite Perceptions and Nigeria's Foreign Policy Process","authors":"N. O. Mimiko, K. Mbada","doi":"10.21599/ATJIR.14421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21599/ATJIR.14421","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the perception of Nigerian elites on the role of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in foreign policy formulation and implementation. It investigated how the nature and structure of the Nigerian State shaped the nation's foreign policy bureaucracy as represented by the MFA. The study employed primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through unstructured interview. Respondents were purposively selected from the academia as well as from among the senior officers of the MFA, the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) totaling 25 altogether. The eligibility criteria included knowledge of and contribution to the subject matter, as well as expertise and active participation in Nigeria's foreign policy process. Secondary data were sourced from official documents, books, journals, newspapers, news magazines, and Internet-based materials. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. From the result, 75% of respondents perceived the MFA as simply a rubber-stamp for the desires and preferences of the President and their kitchen cabinet. 65% of respondents held the view that the Federal Cabinet, National Assembly, think-tanks, and research-based institutions that should be decision units alongside the MFA, appeared to be for the most part, sidelined in foreign policy making. About 60% of respondents submitted that the political, socio-economic, religious, linguistic and ethnical configuration of the Nigerian state and its characteristic differences, impinged on foreign policy decisions and pursuits. The study concluded that the role of Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in many cases was undermined. It was seen to be more visible in foreign policy implementation than in decision-making; allowed only marginal roles in decision making or simply used as mere administrative machinery to implement the desires and preferences of the political head and their kitchen cabinet.","PeriodicalId":7411,"journal":{"name":"Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations","volume":"662 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76101372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Religion as a Factor in Israeli-Turkish Relations: A Constructivist Overlook 宗教作为以色列-土耳其关系的一个因素:建构主义的忽视

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.21599/atjir.88142

Tugçe Ersoy Oztürk

引用次数: 1

Rethinking the Conflict- Proneness of Oil-Rentiers State in Historical Context 历史背景下食利国冲突倾向的再思考

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.73706

Muhammed Kürsad Ozekin and, Zeynep Ariöz

引用次数: 0

Sustainable Democracy and the Paradox of the Arab Spring: The Egypt Experience 可持续民主与阿拉伯之春的悖论:埃及的经验

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.99474

Etemike Laz

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引用次数: 2

An Empirical Look to the Arab Spring: Causes and Consequences 阿拉伯之春的实证研究:原因与后果

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.15384

Muhammed Kürsad Ozekin and, H. Akkaş

引用次数: 12

Looking Within and Without: The Path to Tread by Muslims 内观与外观:穆斯林走过的路

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.95723

Shams Ahmad

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引用次数: 2

EU Governance: Struggle Between Cooperation and Competition 欧盟治理:合作与竞争的斗争

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2014-02-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.19659

N. Esentürk

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Guest Editor Note 特邀编辑

Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2013-08-01 DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.88582

B. Guida

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