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Генезис и развитие на китайската цивилизация

Author(s): Mariana Malinova Tien / Language(s): Bulgarian

Chinese civilization is one of the five great nations that were evident in the ancient human history. Even today Chinese civilization is perceived and described in the academic literature as a civilization that is creating, developing and administering the ideology (religio-philosophical) and the cultural orientation of their neighbor countries. The forming of the cultural areal in East Asia has begun after the discovery of the Chinese hieroglyphs around 1000 years B.C. The author of this monograph is not repeating the known about the history of the Chinese civilization but she rather goes into a topic that is less explored. The chronological range of her research is from 3000 years B.C. to 8th century B.C.; from the end of Neolithic era to the first items made of iron. This book is among the first Bulgarian monographs on Asian topic. It is written by a scholar that speaks Chinese fluently, has diplomas from three Chinese universities and that had specialized Chinese archaeology, Old Chinese history and Old Chinese language. One of the biggest problems before the author and here work with the old texts has been the fact that she had to separate myths from history, because in the East traditionally from myths mark the beginning of history. In this book is reviewed the specific terminology in Chinese archaeology, especially the terminology from the Bronze era and the ancient Chinese bronze. In the book there are pictures of many Chinese archaeological items, or graphics of such with information about their physical characteristics and locations where they have been found. This academic work has contributed to the Bulgarian science society and more directly - to the Bulgarian Asian studies.

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Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Sustainability (IMECS 2016)

Author(s): / Language(s): English

This e-book contains contributions of authors who attended the fourth year of the international scientific conference on Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Sustainability (IMECS 2016) which took a place at the University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic) on May 26-27, 2016.This e-book contains contributions of authors who attended the fourth year of the international scientific conference on Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Sustainability (IMECS 2016) which took a place at the University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic) on May 26-27, 2016. The conference aimed to achieve academic excellence in a regional context and to establish a platform for mutual collaboration, exchange and dissemination of ideas among researchers, professionals and public authorities.

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Zbornik o Marku Dobretiću

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian

U Dobretićima nedaleko od Jajca održan je 8. i 9. lipnja 2007. znanstveni skup posvećen fra Marku Dobretiću (1707-1784), teološkom piscu, biskupu i apostolskom vikaru, u povodu 300. obljetnice njegova rođenja. Razlog komemoriranja obljetnice jest Dobretićevo posebno značenje u duhovnoj, crkvenoj i kulturnoj povijesti bosanskohercegovačkih katolika. Rodio se u Brnjićima, župa Vrhovine, danas Dobretići kod Jajca, najvjerojatnije 1707. godine. Početnu pismenost izgleda da je stekao kod mjesnoga župnika, a potom nastavio školovanje kod franjevaca u Fojnici. Studij filozofije i teologije pohađao je u Dalmaciji i Italiji. Svoj studijski put okončao je u Firenci 1840. godine. Vrhovna uprava Reda njega je, nakon što je položio ispite kojima se kvalificirao za predavača, imenovala profesorom filozofije i teologije. U tom je svojstvu osamnaest godina proboravio na filozofsko-teološkim učilištima u Italiji. Godine 1757. vratio se u domovinu u ulozi kustosa kustodije Sv. Križa Bosne Srebrene, a godinu dana kasnije, nakon rehabilitacije nepravedno degradirane Provincije, nastavio je službu u svojstvu provincijala Bosne Srebrene. Godine 1768. ponovno je izabran za trogodišnju službu provincijala, a 1773. papa ga je imenovao eretrijskim biskupom i apostolskim vikarom u Bosni i Hercegovini. Tu je službu obnašao do konca života. Autor je jedne opsežne teološke knjige koja je bosanskim franjevcima služila u pastoralnom radu. U ovom Zborniku donosimo šesnaest referata. Njih tri svojim sadržajem izravno zahvaćaju život i djelo fra Marka Dobretića: obnašanje službe provincijala i apostolskoga vikara, književnu djelatnost, te genezu roda Dobretić. Ostali tvore širi povijesno-kulturni kontekst, uglavnom onog vremena u kome je Dobretić živio. Uz dvije teme o svecima zaštitnicima Bosne, jednu o pučkoj kulturi jajačkoga kraja te dvije o prilikama bosanskih katolika i franjevaca tijekom XVIII. stoljeća, ostale su uglavnom vezane za književni i jezični aspekt franjevačke djelatnosti. Za organizaciju znanstvenoga skupa o fra Marku Dobretiću kao i za tiskanje zbornika zaslužni su Općina Dobretići i njezin načelnik Petar Jurišić, Bare Pršlja – inicijator održavanja ovoga skupa, fra Jure Aščić, franjevački samostan Jajce i župa Dobretići.

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Yearbook of Slovakia's Foreign Policy 2016

Author(s): / Language(s): English

A year ago I wrote in the foreword to the 2015 Yearbook that with respect to international affairs (and hence Slovak foreign policy), 2016 would not be any easier than 2015, and might be even more difficult. This has proven to be not far from the truth, in various aspects of foreign policy. Within the European Union we once again witnessed the sight of terrorism costing many lives. Internationally, ongoing wars – both far from and near to the EU neighborhood – brought more tension and instability to international relations. The EU itself faced its own internal struggles and challenges. Certainly the most consequential issue was the United Kingdom referendum, and their “yes” on the “Leave” vote. This is an unprecedented situation, whose end is still open and uncertain. Disagreements and misunderstandings among member states as to how to deal with the migration crisis continued, not to mention the ongoing ambiguity regarding the reform of EU institutions, the requests of Germany and France for a multispeed Europe, and the situation in Turkey, as well as an increase in general support among populations for populist leaders – for politicians without solutions that could actually work, or any clear agenda; politicians who, in the case of the UK, were so surprised at their success that they left almost immediately in order not to be held responsible for further developments. For Slovakia, 2016 was an extraordinary year. Not due to the fact that parliamentary elections took place in March, as their impact on Slovakia’s foreign and European policy was negligible. It was extraordinary because the Slovak Republic held its very first Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Slovakia presided during turbulent times, having to deal with issues (and even better with their impact) which no Presidency country has ever had to deal with. One must not forget this context when evaluating our Presidency. The year 2016 has shown us again that we must move fast and be constructive in searching for solutions to the EU’s problems. The EU’s political leaders, as well as its civil society, businesses, and academia – all of them must put an end to competing for the most politically beautiful, and pursue instead expert answers to current issues and problems. All of these matters, and perhaps more, are addressed here in what is now our 18th Yearbook – whether it’s an assessment of our performance in the promotion of our goals and interests in the international environment, an analysis of the actions taken in pursuit of our priority foreign policy goals, or an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of one of the instruments of their implementation. Obviously, the book can only offer its analytical assessments within the natural limits (capacities and financial resources) of a publication of this kind, not able to cover every field and region in which our foreign policy was visible or active. We offer here what we consider the most crucial. As per tradition, the views and opinions of the Foreign Minister are presented first in the Yearbook. In his contribution he presents and assesses various issues and aspects of Slovakia’s foreign policy – which are thoroughly examined by other authors in the book – as well as his opinions on the future of our foreign policy after the Presidency. His piece offers the reader a unique opportunity to see various issues from the angle of the person responsible for implementing foreign policy, as well as from the angle of experts who do not have to take party politics into consideration when writing. As our goal is constructive critical debate and the search for real answers to current challenges, in the following selection of authors you will find mainly experts from NGOs/think-tanks and academia, since we (the editorial board) assume that their distance from the practical implementation of foreign policy (with all the direct and indirect influences involved) might bring a certain added value to their perspective. The expert section of the book opens with an evaluation of Slovakia’s performance in the international environment. The contribution of Zuzana Gabrižová, editor in chief of Euractiv.sk, assessing Slovakia’s performance in 2016 within the EU, serves – as always – as the introductory text for this section. Her piece traces the sequence and milestones that defined those developments relevant both to the Slovak–EU debate and to Slovak actions vis-a-vis the EU. Martin Vlachynský, senior analyst at the Institute of Economic and Social Studies, in his economic analysis of 2016, defines the economic tone of the year as being one played by well-known instruments. The Eurozone financial system, the deficits, quantitative easing, and, of course, the Greek crisis, remained topics of the day. Pavol Szalai, senior editor at Euractiv.sk, focuses on Slovakia’s energy policy, which in 2016 faced a different challenge: to preserve its role as a gas transit country, and resume its role as an electricity exporter. The section focusing on the international environment concludes with an analysis of Slovakia’s security and defense policy in 2016, written by the Slovak Foreign Policy Association’s two security policy analysts, Samuel Goda and Dušan Fischer. The second part of the Yearbook, focused on the priorities of our foreign policy, opens with an article by Tomáš Strážay, head of SFPA’s Central and Southeastern Europe research program. He analyzes Slovakia’s Central European activities during what was the 25th anniversary year of Visegrad cooperation, while focusing also on the future role of the V4 in the EU after Brexit, and on the future of the V4 as such. Slovak involvement in what might be characterized as a turbulent year in the Western Balkans, with its progress shifting from positive hope to negative development, was discussed, as traditionally, by the independent expert Július Lőrincz. The bilateral and multilateral context of our Eastern policy was the main subject of the analysis of Juraj Marušiak from the Institute of Political Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences. He argues that our policy towards the Eastern Europe was largely determined by two things in 2016 – our Council of the EU Presidency and Minister Lajčák’s effort to become the next UN Secretary-General. The third part of the book, devoted to foreign policy instruments, deals with the functioning of our most visible bilateral foreign policy tool – development cooperation. Maroš Čaučík, director of Dobrá novina – the Development Cooperation Program of eRko – an experienced expert as well as practitioner, provides an analysis of the practical fulfillment of our set goals, in his overview of Slovakia’s development assistance activities in 2016. His piece also offers a set of proposals and recommendations for improving the quality and efficiency of Slovak ODA. As usual the expert section is supplemented by appendices, such as a chronology of the most important foreign policy events, a list of international treaties, information on the structure and representatives of state administrative bodies operating within foreign policy, a list of diplomatic missions and representatives of the SR abroad, the diplomatic corps of the SR, information on military missions abroad, etc. I firmly believe that this Yearbook will once again find its readers, and serve all those who are interested in the past, present, and future of Slovakia and her foreign policy. In conclusion, I would like to thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic for its cooperation in this project and its support, and for the fact that thanks to this cooperation we are able to continue in building this much needed tradition.

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Ročenka zahraničnej politiky Slovenskej republiky 2014

Author(s): / Language(s): Slovak

V uplynulom roku sa opäť po chvíli relatívneho pokoja otvorila Pandorina skrinka medzinárodných vzťahov. To, čo sa dialo, deje a bude diať v blízkej budúcnosti u nášho východného suseda, bolo bez akýchkoľvek pochybností udalosťou roka číslo jeden. Nielen v našom regióne. Počas uplynulých 12 mesiacov roku 2014 sme v Európe nemali v politickej debate komplikovanejšiu tému. Všetko ostatné ostalo v tieni bojov na Ukrajine, resp. sme sa na to „ostatné“ dívali cez prizmu situácie na Ukrajine. Pripomenutie si 100. výročia od začiatku prvej svetovej vojny či 70 rokov od vylodenia v Normandii, alebo nášho slovenského povstania v druhej svetovej vojne tak malo trpkú príchuť. Podobne aj oslavy desiatich rokov Slovenska v Európskej únii a NATO mali v ukrajinskom kontexte inú dimenziu. Konflikt na Ukrajine či anexia Krymu, ale aj pomerne rozpačité reakcie toho, čomu hovoríme trochu vágne medzinárodné spoločenstvo, ukázali, že medzinárodný systém a pravidlá, na ktorom stojí, resp. chce stáť, majú veľmi krehké základy. Pre Slovensko, ktoré je dlhodobým podporovateľom integračných ambícií Ukrajiny (bez ohľadu na to, čo hovorí premiér) a zároveň susedom, je tento vojenský konflikt Ukrajiny s Ruskom ešte osobitejší. Po dlhom čase bola zahraničnopolitická téma intenzívnou a pravidelnou témou vnútropolitickej debaty, zasiahla aj ako jediná takáto téma do predvolebnej kampane pred prezidentskými voľbami, rozdelila nielen vládu a opozíciu pri interpretácii toho, čo sa deje, ale charakterizovala ju kakofónia úradu vlády a ministerstva zahraničných vecí, ktorého práca bola touto situáciou poznačená azda na každom kroku. Bohužiaľ, až „vďaka“ Ukrajine sme si (nielen v SR, ale aj na medzinárodnej úrovni) uvedomili, že je potrebné reštartovať v desiatom roku nášho členstva v Aliancii a EÚ upadajúcu debatu o bezpečnosti, o budúcnosti spoločnej zahraničnej politiky EÚ a úlohe Únie vo svete, o budúcnosti Východného partnerstva (a rozširovania vo všeobecnosti). Nielen pre vojnu medzi Ukrajinou a Ruskom, ale aj v jej dôsledku sme sa posunuli vpred i v téme energetickej bezpečnosti, keď Slovensko v septembri spustilo reverzný tok plynu na Ukrajinu. Ukrajina bola aj témou nášho predsedníctva vo V4, počas ktorého sme koordinovali humanitárnu pomoc (a sčasti aj rozvojové aktivity) pre Ukrajinu. Okrem Ukrajiny nám oči pootvorili (pevne v to verím) aj voľby do Európskeho parlamentu. Účasť 13 %, jedna z úplne najnižších v EÚ, len potvrdila to, čomu hovoríme slovenský paradox. Aj to nás čiastočne prebudilo a donútilo (aspoň vo forme vyjadrení plánov a potreby sebareflexie) bilancovať a predefinovať priority. Uvidíme, ako sa s týmito výzvami, ktoré sme v roku 2014 ešte nechali „odležať“, popasuje naša domáca i zahraničná politika v roku 2015. Rok 2014 bol pre zahraničnú politiku bez akéhokoľvek preháňania veľmi ťažký a úvod roka 2015 naznačil (veľmi priamo a bez pretvárky), že nebude o nič jednoduchší. Napokon, odráža sa to aj v nasledujúcich textoch už 16. ročenky. Bohužiaľ, z rozličných dôvodov nie je možné vyskladať publikáciu, ktorá by rok 2014 zhodnotila komplexnejšie, ale snahou bolo poskytnúť priestor témam, ktoré sme spolu s edičnou radou považovali v uplynulom roku za tie najpodstatnejšie (a nie náhodou takmer všetky reflektovali problémy súvisiace so situáciou na Ukrajine). Cieľom bolo, aby autori udalosti nielen opísali, resp. odprezentovali, ale poskytli aj svoju analýzu, videnie či odporúčania. I preto sa do výberu dostali autori s istou mierou odstupu, t. j. z mimovládneho či akademického prostredia, a mali tak prednosť pred úradníckym vnímaním problému. Napokon, pohľad na zahraničnú politiku tu za realizátorov zahraničnej politiky poskytol minister zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí. Ten vo svojom texte prezentuje problémy a aspekty slovenskej zahraničnej politiky z pohľadu inštitúcie zodpovednej za výkon zahraničnej a európskej politiky. Expertná časť ročenky je, ako už býva zvykom, rozdelená do štyroch blokov. Prvý bilancuje a hodnotí slovenské pôsobenie a úspechy pri presadzovaní našich záujmov v medzinárodnom prostredí, druhý analyzuje našu politiku v prioritných oblastiach, resp. regiónoch a tretí diskutuje o kvalite a efektivite nástrojov na realizáciu zahraničnej a európskej politiky SR. Ani v tomto roku nechýba časť pripomínajúca si významné výročia súvisiace s dôležitými osobnosťami alebo udalosťami slovenskej zahraničnej politiky. Prvá časť sa začína príspevkom Zuzany Gabrižovej, šéfredaktorky informačného portálu EurActiv.sk, ktorý analyzuje podstatné udalosti v európskej politike Slovenska počas roka 2014, keď sme oslávili 10 rokov nášho členstva v Únii. Martin Vlachynský, analytik Inštitútu ekonomických a spoločenských analýz (INESS), analyzoval situáciu v eurozóne, jej pozitíva, no aj výzvy, resp. riziká, ktoré na EÚ a eurozónu čakajú. Slovenskú energetickú politiku v kontexte globálnych a regionálnych udalostí s minimálne strednodobým dosahom na SR poskytuje analytik RC SFPA Karel Hirman. Ten za najvýraznejšie udalosti považuje sprevádzkovanie reverzného toku plynu, znižovanie dodávok plynu Gazpromom pre SPP, ako aj situáciu okolo Slovenských elektrární. Svoj pohľad na bezpečnostnú a obrannú politiku Slovenska v roku 2014, ktorý uzatvára časť o pôsobení SR v medzinárodnom prostredí, spracoval Róbert Ondrejcsák, riaditeľ Centra pre európske a severoatlantické vzťahy. Podľa neho rok 2014 znamenal renesanciu diskusií o bezpečnostnej politike na Slovensku. Druhú časť ročenky, ktorá sa venuje prioritným oblastiam našej zahraničnej politiky, otvára príspevok Tomáša Strážaya, vedúceho výskumného programu Stredná a juhovýchodná Európa v RC SFPA, ktorý analyzuje stredoeurópsku spoluprácu v roku 2014. Aj v jeho článku je prierezovou témou situácia na Ukrajine. Riaditeľ RC SFPA a vedúci výskumného programu Východná Európa Alexander Duleba sa sústredí hlavne na zmapovanie politiky SR voči Ukrajine a Rusku, vrátane postojov oficiálnych predstaviteľov SR, parlamentných strán a slovenskej verejnosti k hodnoteniu príčin a priebehu rusko-ukrajinskej krízy, ktorá trvá od konca februára 2014. Slovenské aktivity na západnom Balkáne, kde majú naše aktivity i diplomacia dlhodobo vysokú kvalitu, už tradične hodnotil nezávislý novinár Július Lőrincz. Tretia časť hodnotí fungovanie a efektivitu slovenskej rozvojovej spolupráce. Autori textu Nora Beňáková z občianskeho združenia Človek v ohrození a Peter Brezáni z RC SFPA svoju pozornosť upriamili na hodnotenie uskutočňovania cieľov nastavených v strednodobej stratégii ODA na roky 2014 – 2018, snažili sa poskytnúť sumár aktivít slovenskej rozvojovej pomoci a v záujme skvalitnenia a zefektívnenia ODA predložili niekoľko návrhov a odporúčaní. Naďalej pokračujeme v rubrike Z histórie slovenskej zahraničnej politiky. Keďže v roku 2014 oslávila Slovenská republika desať rokov svojho členstva v Európskej únii a NATO, do tejto edície bola zaradená krátka, ale obsažná analýza trendov v postojoch verejnosti k NATO a EÚ, ako aj vnímania členstva Slovenska v oboch zoskupeniach, ktorú spracovala analytička Inštitútu pre verejné otázky Oľga Gyárfášová. Expertnú časť tradične dopĺňajú prílohy – chronológia dôležitých zahraničnopolitických udalostí, zoznam medzinárodných zmlúv, informácie o štruktúre a predstaviteľoch orgánov štátnej správy pôsobiacich v zahraničnej politike, zoznam diplomatických misií a predstaviteľov SR v zahraničí, diplomatického zboru v SR, informácie o vojenských misiách v zahraničí a podobne. Pevne verím, že aj táto ročenka si nájde cestu k čitateľom a poslúži všetkým, ktorí sa zaujímajú o minulosť, prítomnosť i budúcnosť Slovenska a jeho zahraničnej politiky. Na záver by som sa rád poďakoval Ministerstvu zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí SR za spoluprácu na tomto projekte a za to, že vďaka ich podpore sme v budovaní tejto veľmi potrebnej tradície mohli aspoň v tomto skromnom formáte pokračovať.

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Ročenka zahraničnej politiky Slovenskej republiky 2011

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Rok 2011 bol pomerne bohatý na udalosti, na ktoré slovenská zahraničná politika musela bezodkladne reagovať. Priniesol tiež množstvo tých, ktoré si nevyžadujú okamžité riešenie, rutinných i takých udalostí, ktorých hladký priebeh považujeme už za samozrejmý. Dlhodobou ambíciou ročenky je zanalyzovať všetky tieto úrovne, avšak limity, ktoré máme, nám nedovoľujú zmapovať všetky oblasti a regióny, v ktorých bola naša zahraničná politika viditeľná či aktívna, ale len tie, ktoré považujeme v príslušnom roku za kľúčové. Takouto kľúčovou európskou témou s dosahom nielen na zahraničnú, ale aj domácu politiku v roku 2011 bolo schvaľovanie eurovalu a s tým súvisiaca debata o hľadaní východiska zo stále pretrvávajúcej krízy a koniec koncov aj o budúcnosti Európskej únie. To, že išlo o naozaj významnú tému, potvrdzuje fakt, že na Slovensku sa konsenzus o riešení tejto otázky dosiahol len za cenu predčasných parlamentných volieb. Za jeden z úspechov našej európskej politiky možno označiť podpísanie prístupovej zmluvy, a teda aj splnenie integračných ambícií Chorvátska, ktoré Slovensko dlhodobo a aktívne podporovalo. Treba vyzdvihnúť i skutočnosť, že aj vďaka podpore slovenskej diplomacie, vrátane aktivít slovenských mimovládnych organizácií, sa podarilo urobiť významný pokrok v prístupovom procese Čiernej Hory. V roku 2011 bolo tiež nevyhnutné sledovať vývoj v blízkom južnom susedstve EÚ, kde dozrievala arabská jar, ktorý naznačil, že ďalší spoločenský, politický a bezpečnostný vývoj bude ešte dosť komplikovaný. Slovensko muselo zaujať stanovisko k občianskej vojne v Sýrii, ozbrojenému zásahu NATO v Líbyi či iránskemu jadrové- mu programu. V oblasti regionálnej spolupráce možno vyzdvihnúť zvládnuté slovenské predsedníctvo vo V4 vrátane dôstojnej oslavy 20. výročia vzniku tohto zoskupenia. Slovensko celkom aktívne pristupovalo k regionálnej spolupráci najmä v oblasti energetiky či Východného partnerstva. Aj vďaka SR sa podarilo navýšiť rozpočet Medzinárodného vyšehradského fondu na projekty zamerané na krajiny Východného partnerstva. Počas nášho predsedníctva sa podarilo v Bratislave podpísať tretiu vyšehradskú deklaráciu. Aj v roku 2011 platilo, že naše vzťahy so susedmi boli dobré. Vláda i MZV SR pokračovali v nekonfrontačnom štýle komunikácie s Maďarskom, čo však neznamená, že sa problémy podarilo vyriešiť. Tieto i ďalšie udalosti roka 2011 si našli priestor v 13. ročenke, a to tak v časti o bilancovaní nášho pôsobenia a presadzovania cieľov, resp. záujmov v medzinárodnom prostredí, analýze uskutočňovania prioritných oblastí našej zahraničnej politiky, ako aj pri hodnotení efektivity nástrojov na jej realizáciu. Už po piatykrát je úvodným odborným príspevkom analýza Vladimíra Bilčíka, vedúceho európskeho programu Výskumného centra Slovenskej spoločnosti pre zahraničnú politiku (RC SFPA), ktorý hodnotí podstatné udalosti v slovenskej európskej politike. Pri svojej analýze berie do úvahy tri rôzne kontexty – miesto SR v súčasnej EÚ, perspektívy budúcej integrácie a domácu tvorbu európskej politiky. Analýzu bezpečnostnej a obrannej politiky Slovenska v roku 2011 s čiastočným presahom do roku 2012 spracoval Ivo Samson, vedúci výskumného programu Medzinárodná bezpečnosť v RC SFPA. Vo svojom príspevku analyzoval jednak slovenskú reflexiu vonkajšieho bezpečnostného prostredia, ako aj vývoj na domácej politickej scéne vrátane vývoja v Ozbrojených silách Slovenskej republiky. Druhú časť ročenky, ktorá sa venuje prioritným oblastiam našej zahraničnej politiky, otvára príspevok Juraja Marušiaka z Ústavu politických vied SAV ponúkajúci pohľad na vývoj slovensko-maďarských vzťahov, v ktorých striedanie spolupráce s konfliktnými momentmi pokračovalo aj v roku 2011. Zameriava sa na analýzu našej bilaterálnej relácie, vnútropolitickej dimenzie týchto vzťahov, ako aj vzájomnú spoluprácu. Tomáš Strážay, vedúci výskumného programu Stredná a juhovýchodná Európa v RC SFPA, už tradične analyzuje naše stredoeurópske aktivity. Jeho text sa primárne zameriava na kľúčové témy z oblasti sektorových priorít, dôraz kladie aj na teritoriálne priority, respektíve formát V4 + a aktivity Medzinárodného vyšehradského fondu. Neobchádza však ani aktuálne výzvy, ktoré súvisia so súčasným dianím v rámci EÚ. Riaditeľ RC SFPA a vedúci výskumného programu Východná Európa Alexander Duleba mapuje vzťahy Slovenska s východnými susedmi v roku 2011 jednak v kontexte nášho predsedníctva vo V4, ako aj v rámci bilaterálnych vzťahov, pričom hlavnú pozornosť venuje vzťahom s Ukrajinou. Ponúka i stručnú charakteristiku vzťahov s Ruskou federáciou. Slovenské aktivity na západnom Balkáne, kde majú naše aktivity i diplomacia určitú autoritu, hodnotil nezávislý novinár Július Lőrincz. Tretiu časť, ktorá je venovaná nástrojom zahraničnej politiky, otvára spoločný príspevok Nory Beňákovej z občianskeho združenia Človek v ohrození, Petra Brezániho z RC SFPA a Jána Mihálika z PDCS, ktorí svoju pozornosť upriamili na fungovanie rozvojovej spolupráce. Zhodnotili uskutočňovanie cieľov nastavených v dokumentoch, snažili sa poskytnúť sumár aktivít slovenskej rozvojovej pomoci v roku 2011 a v záujme skvalitnenia a zefektívnenia ODA predložili niekoľko návrhov a odporúčaní. Stať venovanú nástrojom zahraničnej politiky uzatvára príspevok Ondreja Gažoviča z Ústavu európskych štúdií a medzinárodných vzťahov FSEV Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, ktorý sa zameral na hodnotenie slovenskej verejnej diplomacie. Rozhodli sme sa pokračovať aj v rubrike Z histórie slovenskej zahraničnej politiky vytvorenej v minulom roku, ktorej zaradenie je podmienené pripomenutím si významného výročia súvisiaceho s dôležitými osobnosťami alebo udalosťami slovenskej zahraničnej politiky. Keďže v roku 2011 uplynulo 265 rokov od narodenia a 225 rokov od úmrtia prvého šľachtica s identifikovaným slovenským pôvodom, ktorého v modernej terminológii medzinárodných vzťahov možno označiť za ekonomického diplomata, do tohtoročnej edície sme zaradili stať o Móricovi Beňovskom, ktorú spracoval skúsený diplomat a historik Miroslav Musil. Expertnú časť tradične dopĺňajú prílohy – chronológia dôležitých zahraničnopolitických udalostí, zoznam medzinárodných zmlúv, informácie o štruktúre a predstaviteľoch orgánov štátnej správy pôsobiacich v zahraničnej politike, zoznam diplomatických misií a predstaviteľov SR v zahraničí, diplomatického zboru v SR, informácie o vojenských misiách v zahraničí a pod. Pevne veríme, že aj táto ročenka si nájde cestu k čitateľom a poslúži všetkým tým, ktorí sa zaujímajú o minulosť, prítomnosť i budúcnosť Slovenska a jeho zahraničnej politiky. Na záver by som sa rád poďakoval Ministerstvu zahraničných vecí SR a Nadácii Konrada Adenauera za spoluprácu na tomto projekte a za to, že vďaka ich podpore sme v budovaní tejto veľmi potrebnej tradície mohli pokračovať aj v tomto roku.

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Historiography in Motion. Slovak Contributions to the 21st International Congress of Historical Sciences

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Slovak historians have participated in the activities of International Committee of Historical Sciences/Comité international des sciences historiques (ICHS/CISH) at the very outset of “that global community of historians”, that is, since 1926. Until 1993, Slovak historians were represented in ICHS/CISH by joint Czechoslovak National Committee of Historians; since 1993, by Slovak National Committee of Historians. Size of the Slovak participation was diverse in different periods. During the First Czechoslovak Republic, Slovak professional historiography was only at its starting stage, so it was not visible on the international forum. After 1948, there were good conditions for a professional progress of the Slovak historical science, but it was politics that entered that process. Violent interferences into the spontaneous development of historiography deformed the historical knowledge, but restrained the greater participation of Slovak historians on international activities as well. In the period of 1950-1954, the Czechoslovak National Committee of Historians, as well as other national committees in the Soviet bloc, did not exercise its membership in ICHS/CISH. The contacts between the Slovak historians and global historical community branched out intensively after 1989. A choice of a represent to The World Congresses was not dependant on political institutions, but solely on historians. Till 1989, the representation was determined by totalitarian regime that favoured historians mostly without any scientific background. Starting from Madrid congress in 1990, Slovak historians, who were able to communicate with the global historical forum, successively participated in international activities. However, it was not a rapid but a consecutive process, because Slovak historiography needed some time for reaching the standards of international historical science and its dominant trends. The World Congresses of ICHS/CISH reflect trends, tendencies and thematic shifting in international historiography. It is manifested at the individual associations, commission sessions and round table programmes. Participation of the Slovak historians in The World Congresses was not numerous even after 1989. At present, there exists any substantial difference in the thematic area more, which we have felt yet at the Montreal congress in 1995, but problem of the Slovak participation is of another nature now: Slovak academic institutions are not able to send more historians to congress, because their budgets are sill very short. Meanwhile, there are competent historians either of the elder, but mainly of the younger generation, who could react and contributed to the challenges of the world historiography. We have realised this before the 19th congress at Oslo in 2000. Slovak National Committee of Historians arranged a publication for Oslo Congress: Slovak contributions to the 19th congress of historical sciences, Bratislava 2000 (ed. Dušan Kováč), 243 pp. Slovak historians, in eighteen studies, contributed to the twelve thematic sessions chosen for the congress. The 21st World Congress of ICHS/CISH in Amsterdam is a breakthrough event for the Slovak historiography. There are six contributions by Slovak historians to the programme, one of them is in major theme One, and a Slovak historian is an organiser of one of the sessions. However, Slovak historiography, who the congress programme regards as a challenge and as a demonstration of the running trends in the world historiography as well, has already branched that far that it is able to deal with the chosen themes in much more extent than the active participation at the congress allows. It is a reason why the Slovak National Committee of Historians decided to publish a special volume in which we offer some congress themes to the world community in Amsterdam. Electronic form of the volume is not only economical ant time-saving, but handy as well. We are ready to present this e-publication to the participants of the congress.

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The Role of Magic in the Past. Learned and Popular Magic, Popular Beliefs and Diversity of Attitudes

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Magic in the past in its various forms, perceptions and definitions has been a popular subject of modern Western scholarship for a long time. In the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in contrast, the issue of magic is still a rather neglected area of study. Apart from the study of witchcraft and apart from ethnologists or anthropologists, whose research interests usually include present or recent case studies and phenomena, the subject of magic has not yet received due attention from historians and other scholars of the humanities of the region. This can be partly explained by the fact that while communist policy with its stress on the class struggle preferred certain topics, mainly political, economic and social history, it practically brought other fields and research interests to a standstill.

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Yearbook of Slovakia's Foreign Policy 2017

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Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. As an old Latin adage has it, times change, and we change with them. The year 2017 was no different in that regard, and change continued to be the buzz word in the realm of international relations. Political trends became unpredictable and complex, sometimes even tectonic. It does not come easy to me to say that the world did not become a more stable and safer place last year. We saw turmoil and regional tensions, with the international community starting to lose consensus on some key issues previously understood as common interests. These changes are no longer situational. They are early warnings of new, long-term tendencies, stemming from protracted conflicts, social inequality, isolationism and lack of trust. Changing constants have placed new demands on our foreign policy, and on us as diplomats.

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Rat u brojkama - demografski gubici u ratovima na teritoriji bivše Jugoslavije od 1991. do 1999.

Author(s): Ewa Tabeau,Marcin Żółtkowski,Jakub Bijak,Arve Hetland,Henrik Urdal,Helge Brunborg,Neda Lončarić,Fritz Sheuren,Patrick Ball,Wendy Betts,Jana Dudukovich,Meghan Lynch,Amelia Hoover / Language(s): Bosnian,Serbian

Hronološki prvi demografski ekspertski izveštaj pojavio se na saslušanju u Međunarodnom krivičnom sudu za bivšu Jugoslaviju (ITCY) juna 2000. godine. Izveštaj se odnosio na nestala lica prilikom pada Srebrenice 1995. i predstavljen je u slučaju “Krstić” (IT-98-33). Potpisala su ga dva norveška demografa – Helge Brunborg, viši istraživač Statističkog zavoda Norveške, koji je pre toga radio kao demograf pri Tužilaštvu tribunala u Hagu (ITCY), i Henrik Urdal, u to vreme pomoćni istražitelj Tužilaštva, a potom istraživač Instituta za mirovne studije (Peace Research Institute) u Oslu. Izveštaj je napisan za potrebe Tužilaštva u slučaju “Krstić” s ciljem da rezimira odmazdu prilikom pada Srebrenice. Iako su se podaci korišćeni u izveštaju isključivo odnosili na nestala lica, a ne na potvrđen broj ubijenih na osnovu ekshumacija (jer ti podaci gotovo da i nisu bili dostupni u vreme suđenja Krstiću; do tada je bilo identifikovano samo 70 stradalih), izveštaj i svedočenje eksperta Tužilaštva Helge Brunborg pokazali su se izuzetno uspešnim; u obrazloženju presude generalu RADISLAVU KRSTIĆU, osuđenom na 46 godina zatvora (odnosno 35 po žalbi) našlo se nekoliko bitnih demografskih pokazatelja iz izveštaja, izvedenih u dokaznom postupku.

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Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian

Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development

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Politics and Law in Turkish Migration

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Increasingly more scholars and analysts argue that migration controls are deemed to fail simply because of the dynamic nature of human mobility. Nevertheless, migration remains to be a hot topic on political agenda as well as a key area of legislation. Turkey has recently implemented some serious structural changes through a new law of migration and creation of a specialist central general directorate responsible for handling almost anything and everything about migrants and foreigners in the country. On the other hand, politics and political participation of the Turks abroad is part and parcel of the integration debates strongly shaping the mainstream politics of immigration countries in Europe and beyond. This book offers a number of research accounts investigating the political participation and integration, new legislations, and implications of policy and law on migration practices. CONTENT  Introduction – Philip L. Martin and Ibrahim Sirkeci  Chapter 1: Irregular Immigration in the EU Legal Framework: Where are the Human Rights? – Annalisa Morticelli and Dr Jessica Guth  Chapter 2: The Making of Immigration Policies in Turkey: An analysis of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection Drafting Process – Deniz Eroğlu  Chapter 3: The principle of non-refoulement a comparative analysis between Turkish national law and international refugee law – Doğa Elçin  Chapter 4: To What Extent Are Migrant Workers’ Rights Positioned within the Discourse of Human Rights? – Süreyya Sönmez Efe  Chapter 5: In the Nexus of Stigma or Prestige: Politicians with Migration-background – Devrimsel Deniz Nergiz  Chapter 6: How Berlin’s local politicians of Turkish background perceive their access to party networks and ability to succeed? – Floris Vermeulen and Ayten Doğan  Chapter 7: After the Hamburg Cell: the Integration Debate and Turkish-German Representation in Post-9/11 Media and Politics – Emily Joy Rothchild  Chapter 8: Can Turks be Germans? – Symbolic Boundary Perception of Turkish Residents in Germany – Nils Witte  Chapter 9: The Second Generation’s Discovery of Transnational Politics via Social Media – Necdet Coşkun Aldemir  Chapter 10: Political integration of the German-Turkish youth in Berlin – Mine Karakuş  Chapter 11: The role of Turkish community organisations in Berlin: Their role in Turkey-Germany and Turkey-European Union relations – Selcen Öner  References 

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Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

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Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of buildings, architecture, urban and territorial development.

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Anthropological Perspectives on Transnational Encounters in Turkey: War, Migration and Experiences of Coexistence

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This book includes studies conducted on the basis of field research by academics specialized in social anthropology in various universities in Turkey. Anthropological studies on migration date back a long way. Leaving their desk in the office, anthropologists have taken to the field, placing participatory observations and in-depth interviews at the center of their research. The story of this book emerged from the thoughts of anthropologists, who had made presentations on migration, coming together during a symposium and discussing how to write about such a topic. A qualitative research method was used in work containing examples from Ankara, Istanbul, Burdur, Van, Ardahan, Sivas and Hatay. The focal groups had been displaced and/or had witnessed war. This book is composed of eleven chapters. The majority of the studies were conducted with the participation of Syrian immigrants. The wave of compulsory emigration from Syria due to the continuing conflict in the country has affected Turkey deeply. Syrians under temporary protection have been living in almost every Turkish city since the early years of the war. The book also includes papers on groups who have come from Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia to Turkey, settling in various places in the country, in addition to Syrian immigrants. Content PREFACE Meryem Bulut and Kadriye Şahin CHAPTER 1 – RETHINKING MIGRATION WITHIN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK Ceren Aksoy Sugiyama and Seher Çataloğlu CHAPTER 2 – ARTIFICIAL BORDERS AND NATIONALISM: TURKMEN MIGRATION FROM IRAQ TO ISTANBUL Seher Çataloğlu and Meryem Bulut CHAPTER 3 – GENDER PERCEPTIONS OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS RESIDING IN SİVAS PROVINCE CENTRE AND PATRIARCHAL NEGOTIATIONS Çağdaş Demren and Ünsal Karbuz CHAPTER 4 – “THE GUEST DOESN’T LIKE ANOTHER GUEST, AND THE HOST LIKES NEITHER” : SOMALI REFUGEES FORGOTTEN IN A SATELLITE TOWN Ayşe Yıldırım CHAPTER 5 – CONTRIBUTION OF NGOs TO THE INTEGRATION OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS IN MARDİN Süleyman Şanlı CHAPTER 6 – RECONSTRUCTION OF DAILY LIFE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES: SYRIAN WOMEN LIVING IN ANTAKYA Aylin Eraslan CHAPTER 7 – AFGHANISTANI IMMIGRANTS SEEKING PEACE IN VAN Fuat Leventoğlu CHAPTER 8 – “TURKISH-GERMAN” FAMILIES: AN INSIDER VIEWPOINT ABOUT WAR, MIGRATION AND THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY BUILDING EXPERIENCE Oya Topdemir Koçyiğit CHAPTER 9 – PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ‘WAR MIGRANTS’ FROM SYRIA IN ANTAKYA: ANXIETY, FEAR, EMPATHY Mustafa Çapar CHAPTER 10 – MIGRANT WOMEN IN VAN: HOME AND DAILY LIFE AS A REFLECTION OF BELONGING Berivan Vargün CHAPTER 11 – THE CUISINE OF UZBEKS WHO EMIGRATED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO OVAKENT (HATAY): PRESERVED, CHANGED AND REMEMBERED Kadriye Şahin

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Beyond ISIS: History and Future of Religious Minorities in Iraq

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This book shares papers from a conference taking a deeper look at the victims of ISIS and beyond that all religious minorities of Iraq. This is the first book that considers all the religious minorities that existed in modern Iraq, including both historic communities and new groups that recently came with labour migration, especially to the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan. The book resulted from a conference in 2018 organized exactly at the site of the Simele Massacre in 1933. The campus of the American University of Kurdistan is located on the site of the first big massacre against a religious minority in Iraq. The conference entitled ‘Beyond ISIS: Minorities and Religious Diversity in Iraq and the Future of Êzîdî, Christians, Shabak, Yarsan, Mandeans and other Religious Minorities in the Middle East’ brought together Iraqi and international scholars, activists, and religious and community representatives. This book contains papers presented at the conference that included contributions on Iraq’s religious diversity and the historical and contemporary consequences of genocide and persecution on the religious minorities of Iraq.

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Göç Üzerine Yazın ve Kültür İncelemeleri

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Ali Tilbe and Sonel Bosnian breathe new life into Turkish migration studies and generally related writing. 13 articles examining immigration, immigration, immigration and related themes in summer and cultural areas offer important and interesting contributions to the field. Migration can be considered voluntary migration in a way, as it is carried out by the individual or the community's own decision. In some cases, however, the necessity of leaving the individual or the community and living elsewhere can be imposed as a political sanction. The first of these cases, called mandatory migration, is the one described as "exile" and "sat outside a certain place or in a certain place as punishment". It is very important for us to better understand the phenomenon of migration, and to examine this important phenomenon, which is synonymous with such people and concerning all aspects of human life, culturally and especially in writing. In this review, we bring together a series of summer review studies with readers on the axis of migration phenomenon. Early versions of the studies in this review cover the papers presented at the Turkish Migration Conference at the University of Vienna. The Migration Conference in Vienna in 2016 was on the campus of Harokopio University in Athens in 2017.

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Kuramsal ve Uygulama Boyutları ile Türkiye’de Sığınmacı, Mülteci ve Göçmenlerle Sosyal Hizmetler

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Kadınlar, çocuklar, yaşlılar, engelliler, hastalar, ekonomik yok-sunluk içinde bulunanlar, öğrenciler vb. değişik gruplar için göç etmek ya da zorunlu göçün parçası olmak, yaşadıkları ya da potansiyel olarak yaşamak durumunda oldukları problemlerin şiddetinin artması anlamına gelmektedir. Bu bağlamda kitapta göçmenler ve sığınmacılara yönelik sosyal hizmetler farklı boyutları ile ele alınarak kuramsal ve uygulamaya dönük açılardan tartışılmıştır. Kitap 13 bölümden oluşmaktadır. İlk üç bölümde kavramsal ve kuramsal zemin tartışılmaktadır. İzleyen 10 bölümde ise sağlık, aile, ekonomi ve çalışma hayatı, eğitim, kadın ve çocuk, yaşlılar, hizmetlere erişim, LGBTİ gruplar ve uzmanlarının yeterlilikleri sosyal hizmet bağlamında irdelenmektedir.

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Movilidad humana en Latinoamérica: nuevos patrones, nuevos retos

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Migration as a process has countless approaches and edges to study, from forced migration caused by war, failed states or natural disasters, to the migration of retirees to paradisiacal sites in order to improve quality older adults' lives. However, the bulk of migration studies persist in analyzing and clarifying labour force migration from the economic south to the north. In this sense, the present book "Human Mobility in Latin America; new patterns, new challenges" implies a serious effort on the part of publishers to bring new discussions to human mobility from multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary, so that, the reader will find a series of ten articles that address the problem of migration in Latin America, as an expulsion region of migrants, but always attending to the object of study in a rigorous and new way.

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Global Atlas of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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Dive into the intricate and globally significant topic of asylum and refugees with the “Global Atlas of Refugees and Asylum Seekers.” This compelling collection of essays, curated by a diverse group of renowned scholars, offers an extensive exploration of migration patterns, paradigms, and lessons from around the world. As you journey through the chapters, you’ll gain unique insights into how countries have responded to the unprecedented refugee crisis, examining notable cases such as Costa Rica, the United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico, and many more. Discover the complexities of asylum systems and the changing landscapes of migration policies in nations as diverse as Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Spain, and North Macedonia. Delve into the geopolitical implications of seeking refuge and asylum, with a comprehensive analysis of the Palestinian diaspora and an exploration of Pakistan, India, Turkey, and the communitarian-based strategy in refugee laws.This essential compendium provides a comprehensive understanding of the intricate dynamics and global challenges surrounding asylum and refugees. With its diverse range of topics and expert contributors, the “Global Atlas of Refugees and Asylum Seekers” is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the complexities of global migration and the policies that shape the lives of those seeking refuge.“The authors of this book identify two main paradigms shaping states’ narratives regarding asylum seekers and refugees. Along the horizontal axis, discourses range from national security to humanitarian aid. On the vertical axis, they extend from the pursuit of ideals, as traditionally defined for refugees and asylum seekers, to personal survival due to economic, climate-related crises, family violence, gender violence, or organized crime. This shift, as highlighted in the chapter on Germany by Professor Knerr, is altering the original vision of agreements that stemmed from post-World War II Europe.Finally, the rise of populist and authoritarian states in Latin America, which cannot be solely explained by repressive authoritarianism but rather create conditions of difficult survival for their nationals, is exerting additional pressures. Additionally, religiously motivated civil wars, such as those in Afghanistan, Iran, and Syria, pose complex challenges. Should countries reconsider the principles on which they are acting?Less obvious is the role of migration and refugee policies in influencing asylum seekers’ choice of their future destination. Many authors mention support networks and family ties as factors influencing refugees and asylum seekers’ decisions to leave their countries and select their destination. However, it remains unclear whether these networks operate in the same capacity as support networks for irregular migrants. Many chapters raise issues that have received little attention, primarily because of the focus on refugees and asylum seekers as agents. These issues include the reasons prompting the decision to leave one’s country of origin, who must leave, the influence of family or social support networks on this decision, their role in selecting possible settlement locations, and the role of civil society organizations in supporting and guiding these decisions. This is especially crucial considering that unaccompanied children represent 30-35% of asylum applicants. The chapters in this Global Atlas provide an overview of refugee and asylum regimes to enhance understanding and better plan for the ongoing and future challenges of human mobility.”

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A Century of Greek–Turkish Relations – A Handbook

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“A Century of Greek-Turkish Relations is an important handbook written by leading authorities from both shores of the Aegean Sea. Greek and Turkish scholars present in a balanced and objective way, as well as in a graspable and meaningful manner, the main periods in which key events brought the two sides into dispute or even conflict. These events, which are integrated in parallel and conflicting national narratives, fuel the historicity of the two national rivals. A century since the end of the Greek-Turkish war, the trauma of the Greek military defeat and the “disaster of the Asia Minor Greeks”, the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and the emblematic Treaty of Lausanne, render this kind of handbook undoubtedly essential. It opens the discussion to the wider audience in a rational and composed way and most importantly, the reader can follow through the pages, the dialogue between Turkish and Greek scholars. A book of this kind was missing from public history.” – Prof. Sia Anagnostopoulou, Panteion University“As an expert on the subject of “minorities” for the past fifty years with a number of publications in Turkish, English, and French, and based on the experts that are participating in the A Century of Greek-Turkish Relations: A Handbook, there is no doubt that this will become an indispensable tool, and above all, an objective account of the Greek-Turkish relations for both experts and the wider public.” – Prof. (emeritus) Baskin Oran, Ankara University“As editors of this important and timely book, Nikos Christofis and Anthony Deriziotis assert that uneducated narratives have perpetuated misunderstandings within Turkish-Greek relations. In their enlightening work, they dismantle these misconceptions, offering a nuanced exploration of the historical and contemporary complexities between the two nations. By featuring insights from leading experts, this book provides a crucial resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Turkish-Greek relations, presenting new historical insights and analytical viewpoints on bilateral relations.” – Prof. Evren Balta, Özyeğin University“A comprehensive and insightful survey of Greek-Turkish relations. A number of distinguished academics have offered their expertise succeeding in the formidable task of touching upon several sensitive issues avoiding stereotypes and easy readings of problems that are burdened by history. A must read for students and experts alike.” – Prof. Sotiris Roussos, University of Peloponnese

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