The dissertation consists of three essays on the foreign militants who joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The first essay examines the within-group role preference of ISIS soldiers. I look at the characteristics of the Islamic's States members who volunteer to be…
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The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 until 1995 has variously been described as civil, political and ethnic. The impetus of the war was a desire for a mono-ethnic country; the method employed was ethnic cleansing; and the result was economic devastation and social annihil…
Democracy is in crisis around the world. Boosted by global phenomena such as globalization and the development of internet, along with a series of crises, which widened the gap between the elite and citizens, this trend was characterized by the rise of populism in both mature de…
Baas Partisi, Arap dünyasında ilk ideolojik parti olarak Suriye'de doğdu ve Arap politik düşüncesinde büyük bir boşluğu doldurdu. Baasçılar, bir ideoloji oluşturmak ve Suriye ve diğer Arap devletlerinde pek çok kişiyi çekmek için etkili bir ideoloji üretmeyi başardılar. Baasçı A…
This project provides a comprehensive analysis of the Kurdish ethno-nationalist movements of Iran. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Kurdish experts, leaders and members of major Iranian Kurdish organizations, and archival data: First, it will be argued that the level of polit…