Bulletin n. 2/2011
October 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Carlucci Francesco, Melchionni Maria Grazia
    Turkey, Europe and the economic crisis
    in Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali , Volume 78, n. 1, gennaio-marzo ,  2011 ,  41-50
    Based on literature and pamphlets mainly concerning Turkey’s foreign policy, EU documentation, articles on journal and working papers published by research centres, press information, the article deals with the perspectives for the accession negiotiations after the crisis. It begins by outlining the current status of EU-Turkey negotiations and the obstacles preventing its progress. Then it focuses on the wider Middle East after the end of the Iraqi war and at the beginning of a difficult resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace progress, and describes the role of regional actor Turkey has played recently. Afterwards it briefly defines the main characters of the present crisis, acknowledging different expectations the economists have of its duration, and examines the impact it is having on the EU and on Turkey. At the end the Authors do not try to foresee the final outcome of the negotiations, which have been scheduled from the beginning to be a long process and as such will be exposed to other contingencies than the crisis occurring in time. What they aim at doing is to present an overview of the crisis effects on the evaluation the EU and Turkey can do of the merits or disadvantages of Turkish membership of the EU, as well as of their determination to achieve this end.
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