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Russian-Turkish Rivalry over the Balkan and Caucasus Areas
1. Introduction
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Supporting reading list
• Brisku, Adrian, ‘Ottoman-Russian Relations’, Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Asian History (2019), DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.288
• Bechev, Dimitar, ‘The Russian-Turkish Marriage of Convenience’, in Rival Power (1)
• Bechev, Dimitar, ‘The Russian-Turkish Marriage of Convenience’, in Rival Power (2)
• Sekcin, Kostem, ‘Different Paths to Regional Hegemony: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Economic Strategy in Russia and Turkey’, Review of International Political Economy 25(5) (2018), 726-751
• Wilson, Earnst J., ‘Hard Power, Soft Power, Smart Power,’ Public Diplomacy in a Changing World, (2008), 110-124
• Chitty, Naren, ‘Soft Power, Civic Virtue, and World Politics’, in Routledge Handbook of Soft Power, Naren Chitty et al (eds), (London: Routledge, 2017), 9-31
• Walker, Christopher, ‘What Is Sharp Power,’ Journal of Democracy, vol. 29, no 3. (2018), 9-23
• Taglia, Stefano, ‘Ottomanism Then and Now: Historical and Contemporary Meanings: An Introduction’, Die Welt Des Islams 56 (2016), pp. 279-289.
• Aydintasbas, Asli, ‘From Myth to Reality: How to Understand Turkey’s Role in the Western Balkans’, European Council in Foreign Relations, 13 March 2019.
• Balci, Bayram & Thomas Liles, ‘What Remains from Turkish Soft Power in the Caucasus’, Turkish Policy Quarterly, 24 April 2019.
• Stornski, Paul, Himes, Annie, ‘Russia’s Game in the Balkans’, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 6 January 2019.
• MacFarlane, S. N., ‘Russia in the Caucasus’, in Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus, G. M. Yemelianova & L. Broers, eds, (Routledge, 2020), 305-316
• Llazi, Ramadan, ‘The (Geo)Politics of Democracy in Kosovo’, RSC Southeastern Europe, March 2025.
• Beshku, Klodiana, ‘The (Geo)Politics of Democracy in Albania’, RSC Southeastern Europe, March 2025.
• Nemec, Jiri, ‘The (Geo)Politics of Democracy in Montenegro’, RSC Southeastern Europe, March 2025.
• Kacarska, Simonida, ‘The (Geo)Politics of Democracy in North Macedonia’, RSC Southeastern Europe, March 2025.
• Kapidzic, Damir & Muamer Hirkic, ‘The (Geo)Politics of Democracy in Bosnia-Herzegovina’, RSC Southeastern Europe, March 2025.
• Ejdus, Filip, ‘The (Geo)Politics of Democracy in Serbia’, RSC Southeastern Europe, March 2025.
• Aliyev, Fuad, ‘Islam and Turkey’s Soft Power in Azerbaijan: the Gülen Movement’, in Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus, A. Jadicke (ed), (London: Routledge, 2019), 128-148 [1]
• Aliyev, Fuad, ‘Islam and Turkey’s Soft Power in Azerbaijan: the Gulen Movement’ (2)
• Gulijev, Farid, ‘Azerbaijani-Russian Relations: Transactional Diplomacy in Action’, Russian Analytical Digest nr. 173. (2021)
• Meister, Stefan, ‘Shifting Geopolitical Realities in the South Caucasus’, Stockholm Centre for East European Studies, Nov. 2021, 1-16
• Arthur V. Atanesyan, at al, ‘Balancing between Russia and the West: the hard security choice of Armenia, European’, European Security (2023), 1-23
• Brisku, Adrian, ‘Empires of Conquest and Civilisation in Georgian Political and Intellectual Discourse Since Late Nineteenth Century’, Intersection. EEJSP 2(2), (2016), pp. 34-51.
• Ter-Matevosyan, Vahram, ‘Turkish Soft Power Politics in Georgia’, in Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus, A. Jadicke (ed), (London: Routledge, 2019), 21-41
Submit one-page outline (20 points) (deadline - 28 April)
Final Paper Submission (31.05.2026) 40% of the overall grade or 40 out of 100 points
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