Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos

Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos

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Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos
D.,Trıantafyllou
D. Trıantafyllou
Dımıtrıos, Trıantafyllou
Triantafyllou, Dimitrios
D.,Triantafyllou
D. Triantafyllou
Dimitrios, Triantafyllou
Triantaphyllou, Dimitrios
Triantaphyllou, D.
Triantaphyllou, Dimitrios

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Prof. Dr.

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Dımıtrıost@khas.edu.tr

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17

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4

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0

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Mistrust dies hard: Elite perceptions and Greek-Turkish relations
(Peter Lang AG, 2018) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos; Triantaphyllou, D.
This chapter deals with the repercussions of the financial crisis on Greek elites with a focus on foreign policy. It is based on a quantitative research study conducted in 2014 by the authors in an effort to arrive at an understanding of, among other things, Greek elites’ views and perceptions on Turkey and Greek-Turkish relations at a time of extensive political, economic, and societal crisis. It then introduces foreign policy analysis (FPA) and role theory as analytical tools for understanding the national role conception of the elites. The study has followed the usual pattern of studies that examine role perceptions and adopted a case study research approach. However, unlike the common practice in the field, the authors followed a different path for data collection. Instead of relying on public statements and speeches, they carried out a structured questionnaire survey using the summated rating (or Likert) scale with representative members of the foreign policy, military, academic, business, and media elite in Greece. They then analysed the responses with particular focus on those by politicians and diplomats, and found that although significant progress has been made in the improvement of bilateral relations since 1999, there is still a high degree of mistrust among Greek elites regarding Turkish intentions as most key divisive issues between the two countries - including Cyprus, bilateral ties, Turkey’s relations with the European Union - remain fundamentally contentious…. © Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Berlin 2018.
Turkey's evolving relations with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG): from 2002 to 2011
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2019) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos; Triantaphyllou, Dimitrios
The aim of this thesis is to analyze Turkey’s evolving relations with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) under the Justice and Development Party (JDP) (2002 – 2011). In contrast to the security-oriented policy during the 1990s, Turkey has developed relations with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to the level of a ‘strategic partnership,' following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In particular, the relations between the KRG and the Turkish government have increased rapidly politically, economically, and as well as in terms of security since late 2007. This thesis attempts to explain this evolving foreign policy behavior of Turkey towards the KRG from a theoretical perspective. It tries to examine these evolving relations between both two actors in terms of a combination of various events at international, regional and domestic level. Therefore, it uses a neoclassical realist framework to account for central dynamics and reasons behind the foreign policy conduct of Turkey towards the KRG, as neoclassical realism explains a state’s foreign policy behavior by looking at factors at systemic, regional and domestic levels. Thus, this study argues that the new systemic, regional and local conditions brought about by the post-2003 invasion of Iraq required Turkey to reassess its previous foreign policy approach towards the KRG.
Ontological insecurity on the European Union's periphery: The case of Greece-Turkey bilateral relations
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2022) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos; Triantafyllou, Dimitrios
Greece-Turkey bilateral relations have been complex and tense for centuries. Accordingly, Greek and Turkish nationalisms have evolved interrelated to and in contrast with one another. Since Greece and Turkey are located on Europe’s periphery, the European Union has been the persistent and pivotal third party in their bilateral relations. This thesis argues that the strained bilateral relations between Greece and Turkey are not the result of material disputes but the repercussion of the ontological insecurity in Ankara and Athens. Accordingly, the thesis delves into the historical background, i.e., the contradictory accounts of Greece and Turkey’s common and connected history and the European Union’s non-normative involvement in Greece-Turkey bilateral relations. Greece and Turkey have developed a biased narrative of their “chosen glories” and “chosen traumas” by forgetting and remembering practices, whilst the EU cannot serve as an ontological security provider and has transformed into an ontological insecurity trigger. As the EU fails to serve as a moral compass for both sides, the conflicting narratives lead to ontological insecurity in Greece and Turkey. The thesis analyses their emotionalised bilateral relations in the context of Ontological Security Studies. In order to put forward and illustrate the thesis’ arguments, data on the Hagia Sophia debate and Turkey’s EU bid between 1999 and 2020 have been collected and analysed.
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Introduction: A Note on Populism in Crisis-ridden Greece
(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği, 2018) Yfantıs, Konstantınos; Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos
[Abstract Not Available]
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The European Union and the Black Sea Region in Search of a Narrative or a New Paradigm
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos
The European Union (EU) has over time formulated and implemented various policies to address its Eastern neighbourhood and in particular the Black Sea region ;yet it still finds itself in search of the right mix of policy and strategy towards its neighbours to the East. With the post-Cold War goal posts shifting to reflect the growing realist approach of its biggest neighbour the Russian Federation toward their shared neighbourhood the EU finds itself in a quandary regarding its ability to react and to postulate proactive policies that reflect its engagement. The post-Vilnius Summit environment echoes the urgency of the exercise and the dilemmas that present themselves for the Union. The tugs of war between Russia and the EU and to a lesser extent between the EU and Turkey are at the core of the challenge of transforming the Black Sea region from being a 'grey zone of instability' to one of peace freedom security and prosperity. This could only come about if the EU could construct a common narrative that meets the demands and expectations of its member states and institutions as well as those of its partners in the Black Sea region.
The impacts of the securitization of migration: The case of Mexican undocumented immigrants in the united states since 1986
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2018) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos; Triantaphyllou, Dimitrios
In the discipline of International Relations, security used to refer exclusively to the field of military power. However, with the end of the Cold War, the orthodox concept has considerably broadened to include non-military areas such as environmental issues and migration. The century-long U.S-Mexico migration system is an outstanding example of the widening of the security agenda in IR studies. Prior to 1986, the United States welcomed with open arms the Mexican immigrants that arrived to work in the U.S. farms during periods of crisis. However, since 1986 with the enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act, the United States has established strong limits and barriers to Mexican undocumented migration, classifying the issue as a threat to their national security. This process of the securitization of migration has comprised two main factors: the mechanism by which certain actors such as government representatives present through their discourses, the existence of a national security threat; and the practical results of these discourses such as a dramatic increase in the number of agents and budget to enforce the U.S.-Mexico border, the construction of physical fences and walls, the use of advanced technologies to control the movement of people, the enactment of restrictive immigration laws, massive deportations, the development of a complex network or agencies in charge of managing the issue of migration, among others. These indicators of the securitization of the Mexican undocumented migration in the United States, have had several unintended consequences, for both, the migrants and the receiving country. In this regard, the main question that this research tries to answer is what are the impacts of the securitization of migration on undocumented Mexican immigrants and in the United States? Among these impacts are: (1) a geographic diversification of Mexican migration and the disruption of longstanding border-crossing patterns; (2) a shift from circularity towards settlement; (3) an increase in coyote use rates; (4) an escalation of migrants´ deaths; (5) human rights violations; (6) worsened labor conditions; and (7) alterations of the migrant´s cost-benefit balance.
A glance at the U.S foreign policy through the lenses of american art and literature
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2018) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos; Triantaphyllou, Dimitrios
The research on the relationship between foreign policy and culture can be regarded as a contemporary phenomenon. Many studies in international Relations field takes the culture as an important agent in the foreign policy analysis. in that sense this research focuses on the same tie between culture and foreign policy by sub-heading the culture event under art and literature. On this path the issue corresponds to the American case by starting from the early republic roughly the end of the 18th century and the beginning 19th century the expansionist path in 19th century and lastly 21st century in frame of retreat to the isolationism preceded by unilateral action. in this way the prominent foreign policy ideologies in the corresponding periods analyzed with paintings and literary work’s significant effects on these ideologies by shaping an ideational spirit for these policies. The research will be conducted with the qualitative method and it will be studiedwith an embracement of constructivist ontology. The literary texts and the paintings will be crossed under a qualitative analysis in some parts of the research.
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The Eurasian Project and Europe: Regional Discontinuities and Geopolitics
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2016) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos
[Abstract Not Available]
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Greek Foreign Policy in Defence of the National Interest: Teetering between Exceptionalism and Integration
(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği, 2018) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos
This paper aims to explain how crisis-ridden Greece defines and defends its national interest. The constellation of the twin economic and migration crises coupled with the increasingly transactional nature of the global order have forced Greece's hand in sticking to its guns with regard to its membership in both NATO and the European Union. While deterrence vis-a-vis Turkey remains a high priority Greece has had to labour to regain its status and credibility within both aforementioned organizations by evolving away from its traditional policy of balancing between its membership obligations in NATO and the EU and its more nuanced approach to relations with Russia in contrast to many other countries. This has been done with the consensual adoption across the mainstream political spectrum of a policy of strategic realism which sees a distancing from the Euro-Atlantic context as an anathema albeit the persistence of the reflex of exceptionalism and ethno-centrism. Its flank state status and the danger of further marginalization at a time of a changing Turkey have forced its hand while also presenting opportunities for the adoption of a renewed positive agenda with its neighbours.
National identities, regional fragmentation and the prospect of building a security community in the South Caucasus Güney Kafkasya'da ulusal kimlikler, bölgesel çözülme ve güvenlik topluluğu kurma perspektifi
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2020) Trıantafyllou, Dımıtrıos; Triantafyllou, Dimitrios
Despite sharing geographical borders and a common historical legacy, the South Caucasus remains a divided region in political terms, as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia do not share a common regional identity and have different visions of the future. This thesis aims to find the correlation between national identities and the current regional fragmentation of the South Caucasus, as well as to define the elements necessary for the formation of a security community in the region. In this regard, the thesis comprises two discussions in analysis of the factors that are interrelated with the national identities of the three states. The first discussion introduces the role of domestic factors in the current situation in the South Caucasus and analyzes the influence of societies and national identities in regional relations. The second discussion analyzes to what extent their foreign policy orientations are defined by national identities, including linguistic and cultural affinities and memory of the past, or the existing global order and pragmatic calculations. The methodology of the study includes analysis of the recent history of the South Caucasus and the theoretical basis of security communities, explaining different aspects necessary for successful regional cooperation. Interviews with local and international experts contribute to the study by presenting different visions of the origins of regional fragmentation and different solutions to the existing situation. While the establishment of cooperation at the level of a security community requires both domestic transformation and favorable international conditions, this thesis aims to show that proper policies of the states of the South Caucasus can significantly contribute to the transformation of the national self-images and the attitudes of the nations toward their immediate neighbors.