Turkish soft power has experienced a decline over the last decade. The existing literature has mostly neglected the assessment of the influence of both the leader’s conception and domestic and international changes on Turkish soft power. Addressing this issue, this article aims to answer the following research question: How did Erdoğan’s conception and performance of...
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The compatriot concept is what Russia created and transformed into the compatriot policy in the 1990s. Russia has benefitted from the compatriots abroad as an efficient tool for Russian foreign policy making. Russia has invested in soft power instruments like state organizations since 2003 to influence the Russians and Russian speaking people in the post-Soviet...
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The paper explores the core concept of “deNATOisation” as articulated by the Kremlin and its contemporary implications within the context of the Russian Federation’s full-scale war against Ukraine. Significant attention is devoted to analyzing the historical background of this policy, viewed through the lens of the evolution of relations between Russia and NATO in the...
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This article is focused on two competing strains of legitimacy research in the European Union, taking as an example the discourse regarding the democratic deficit of the European Commission and the conceptualization of the EU as a regulatory state and not a democracy. The focus on the legitimacy of the European Commission is pressing due...
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This paper analyses the mobilization of Czech civil society in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, focusing on how selected non-governmental organizations framed the conflict in their public communications. Drawing on framing theory and employing a qualitative content analysis of websites and Facebook posts, we explore the diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational frames used by...
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In contemporary times, voter awareness has increased, and information circulates more rapidly, intensifying electoral competition. A review of the literature reveals that much of the existing research has explored “party identification” or “the impact of traditional media on electoral campaigns”, with scant attention given to the candidates’ personal images. However, as times change, the influence...
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India, long celebrated as the world’s largest and most vibrant democracy, is witnessing a troubling erosion of its democratic foundations under the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This paper critically examines the extent to which the BJP has engaged in institutional instrumentalization—strategically leveraging state institutions to consolidate power and undermine core democratic norms...
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This paper investigates the reform movement of public service quotas in Bangladesh, emphasizing the effects of grassroots corruption within an authoritarian system and the resulting challenges to national governance. The research indicates that corruption among local officials undermines public resource allocation, exacerbates social inequality, and widens the wealth gap. Additionally, it significantly hampers policy implementation,...
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This article examines neoliberalism’s impact on Türkiye’s public and private spheres. Neoliberalism emphasized free markets, deregulation, privatization and reduced state intervention, profoundly influencing Türkiye’s economic, political and social landscape. In the public sphere, neoliberal policies led to restructuring and downsizing government, adopting market approaches to services. This eroded welfare, increased inequality, and diminished the state’s...
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This study examines the Romanian Electoral Management Body (EMB), focusing on its dualistic structure. It distinguishes between the formal independence and functional independence of electoral management institutions and proposes a qualitative evaluation of the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) and the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). The analysis is anchored in the context of the three EMB...
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