Pror. Dr. Bülent Aras

Journal Articles (SSCI & AHCI)

  “The Return of Russian-African Relations,” Bilig, 52, Winter 2010: 47-68.  (with Hakan Fidan).

“The EU and Minority Rights in Turkey,” Political Science Quarterly, 124 (4):  2009/10: 697-720. (with Sule Toktas).

“Azerbaijan’s Far Eastern Orientation and South Korea,” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 21 (3), 2009: 329-343. (with Reha Yılmaz)

“Turkey and Eurasia: Frontiers of a New Geographic Imagination,” New Perspectives on Turkey, (40): 2009, 195-217. (with Hakan Fidan)

.“Turkey’s rise in the Greater Middle East: peace-building in the periphery,” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2009: 29-41.

. “From Conflict to Cooperation: De-securitization of Turkey’s Relations with Syria and Iran,” Security Dialogue, 39 (5), October 2008: 495-515. (with Rabia Karakaya Polat)

. “Afganistan’s Security: Political Process, State-Building and Narcotics,” Middle East Policy, 15 (2): Summer 2008: 39-52 (with Sule Toktas).

. “The Limits of the Russian-Iranian Strategic Alliance: its History and Geopolitics, and the Nuclear Issue,” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 20 (1): Winter 2008: 47-62. (with Fatih Ozbay).

. “Polish-Russian Relations: History, Geography and Geopolitics,” East European Quarterly, 42 (1): March 2008: 27-42. (with Fatih Ozbay).

. "Turkey and the Middle East: frontiers of the new geographic imagination," Australian Journal of International Affairs, 61 (4), December 2007: 471-488. (with Rabia Karakaya Polat)

· “Al-Qaida, War on Terror and Turkey,” Third World Quarterly, 28 (5), June 2007: 1033-1050. (with Sule Toktas).

· “Dances with Wolves: Russia and Iranian Nuclear Issue,” Middle East Policy, 13 (4), Winter 2006: 132-147.

· “Turkey, EU and the Middle East: Is Harmonisation Possible” East European Quarterly, 40 (3), September 2006: 367-381 (with Salih Bicakci).

· “Turkey and Gulf Cooperation Council,” Middle East Policy, 12 (4), Winter 2005: 89-97.

· “Future of Liberal Islam,” Futures, 36 (9), Fall 2004: 1034-37.

· “The Mystery of Turkish Hizballah,” Middle East Policy, 9 (2), 2002: 147-161 (with Gokhan Bacik)

· “Exile: A Keyword to Understand Turkish Politics,” Muslim World, 92 (3), Fall 2002: 387-406. (with Gokhan Bacik).

· “Turkish-Israeli-Iranian Relations in the 1990s and Their Impact on the Middle East,” Middle East Policy, 7 (3), 2000: 151-165.

· “Post-Cold War Realities: Israel’s Strategy in Azerbaijan and Central Asia,” Middle East Policy, 5(1), 1998: 68-82

· "Islamist Impasse by Ibrahim Karawan" Middle East Policy, 5(2), 1998: 78-79. (Book review)

Articles in Refereed Journals

.“Türkiye ve İran: Süreklilik ve Değişim,” Avrasya Dosyası, 12 (2), 2006: 61-92.

· “Turkey and South Caucasus”, Global Dialogue, 7(3/4), Summer/Autumn 2005: 112-119.

· “Turkish-Russian Relations: Implications for Eurasia’s Implications”, PINR, 9 February 2005, available at http:pinr.com

· “Turkish-Iranian-Syrian Relations: Limits of Regional Politics in the Middle East, PINR, 7 March 2005.

.“11 Eylül, Büyük Orta Doğu ve Türkiye,” Avrasya Dosyası, 11 (3), Eylül-Ekim-Kasım-Aralık 2005: 59-87.

· "Terror, the International System and Turkey", Insight Turkey, Vol. 6, No. 1, Feb. 2004 , pp. 129-135.

· "Failure of Political Islam in Turkey", Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1, May. 2004, pp. 87-95.

· "Turkey's Inescaple Dilemma: America or Europe", Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Vol. 3, No. 1, Mar. 2004, pp. 56-74 (with Gökhan Bacık)

."Güvenlik ve Demokrasi Geriliminde Büyük Ortadoğu Projesi ve Türkiye", Avrasya Dosyası, 9 (4), Nisan 2003: 21-30.

· “Turkey after Copenhagen: Walking a Tightrope,” Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, 5 (2), 2003: 147-168. (with Bülent Gökay)

· “Turkey and the Palestinian Question since Al-Aqsa Intifada,” Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 1(3), 2002: 49-63.

· “Turco-Armenian Relations: A Critical Analysis,” Central Asia and Caucasus, 4 (16), 2002: 102-110. (with Havva Karakas-Keles)

· “Turkish-Syrian Relations Revisited,” Arab Studies Quarterly, 24 (4) 2002: 47-61. (with Hasan Koni)

· “Academic Perceptions of Turkish-Israeli Relations,” Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 1(1), 2002: 1-17.

· “The Caspian Region and Middle East Security,” Mediterranean Quarterly, 13 (1), 2002: 86-109.

· "Civil Society Under the Hegemony of State: Notes on Selected Middle Eastern States," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 25 (2), 2002: 1-12. (with M.Lutfullah Karaman).

· “Turkey and South Caucasus: Ten Years after Independence,” Central Asia and the Caucasus, 2 (5), 2001: 18-34.

· “Turkish Foreign Policy towards Iran: Ideology and Foreign Policy in Flux," Journal of Third World Studies, 18 (1), 2001: 105-124.

· “Transformation of Iranian Political System: Towards an Alternative Model,” MERIA Journal, 5 (3), 2001: 12-21.

· “Caspian Riches and Gulf Security,” Brown Journal of World Affairs, 7 (2), 2000: 79-92.

· “Turkish Foreign Policy and Jerusalem: Towards a Societal Construction of Foreign Policy,” Arab Studies Quarterly, 23 (4), 2000: 31-59.

· "Turkey's Policy in the Former Soviet South: Assets and Options," Turkish Studies, 1 (1), 2000: 36-58

· “The Rise of the Nationalist Action Party and Turkish Politics,” Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, 6 (4), 2000: 48-63. (with Gokhan Bacik)

· “The Crisis of Civil Society in Turkey,” Journal of Social and Economic Research, 2 (2), 2000: 39-58 (with Lutfullah Karaman)

. “Amerika, Orta Asya ve İran,” Avrasya Dosyası, 5 (3), 1999: 225-244.

· “Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone: Current Status and Future Prospects,” Journal of Academic Studies, 1(1), 1999: 125-145.

· “Iranian Policy toward Caspian Sea Basin,” Mediterranean Quarterly, 9(4), 1998: 78-90

· "Informal Roundtable on Recent Events in Turkey" Meria Journal, 2(2), 1998 (with Barry Rubin and Kemal Kirişçi).

· “Turkish Islam’s Moderate Face,” Middle East Quarterly, 5 (3), 1998: 23-31.

· “The Main Turning Points in the Shift of Turkish Nationalism from Liberalism to Etatism,” Hamdard Islamicus, 21 (3), 1998: 69-74.

· "The Place of the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process in Turkish Foreign Policy," The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 21 (2), 1997: 49-72.

· "U.S.-Central Asian Relations: A View from Turkey," MERIA Journal, 1 (1), January 1997.

· "The Importance of Turkey to Relations between Europe and the Turkic Republics of the Former Soviet Union," UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 2(1), June 1997: 101-125