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Sureyya Yigit

Sureyya Yigit is a professor of Politics and International Relations School of Politics and Diplomacy New Vision University Tbilisi, Georgia. He is an Editorial Board member of the IGI Book Series Conflict Management - 3 Volumes, an International Academic Board member of RIPEA - Journal of Argentine Foreign Policy Research, an Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Green Business, a member of the Editorial Board of AcademCraft - Open access journal of education research and case studies. He is also the senior consultant to ZDS – Women's Democracy Network Public Fund, a non-governmental organisation based in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, and a consultant to Aeropodium, a London-based business. Professor Yigit recently published a book entitled India-Mongolia Relations: Beyond Greater Central Asia in 2023, and his newest book entitled Africa at Crossroads; Society, Security and Geopolitics will be published in April 2024. His research interests include Nonquantitative Research: A Modern Primer, Village Institutes: A Turkish Contribution to Modern Education and Development, Can the European Union's Global Gateway Challenge China's Belt and Road Initiative?, Miscalculated Cause-and-Effect Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Finland's Accession to NATO, and States, Sustainable Development and Multilateral Environmental Agreements, all published as book chapters in 2024.

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Nonquantitative Research: A Modern Primer

In the field of qualitative – hermeneutic - social research there are a variety of different approaches and currents stemming from various philosophical and disciplinary...

Village Institutes: A Turkish Contribution to Modern Education and Development

Village Institutes were established in 1940 to raise pioneers with highly civilized abilities. These teachers would provide village children with a vocational education that...

Can the European Union's Global Gateway Challenge China's Belt and Road Initiative?

This chapter examines China's technological advance and its relevance to European strategic sovereignty. The following sections deal with the shifting paradigms and how they...

Miscalculated Cause-and-Effect: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Finland's Accession to NATO

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 22 came as a shock to the international community. As unexpected as it was, it contained multiple uncertainties related to the...

Soft Power: An Enduring Notion in Contemporary International Politics

Soft power is a term coined by Joseph Nye whereby, in addition to command and obedience, power is primarily shown in the ability to influence the behaviour and goals of the other...

States, Sustainable Development, and Multilateral Environmental Agreements

If the internet were a state, it would be the sixth largest consumer of energy and the seventh largest emitter of CO2 on the planet. Facing an ongoing climate change emergency...

Multi-Dimensional Understandings of Migration: Threats or Opportunities?

This chapter will identify and elaborate on the migratory phenomenon, or migration, in general, indicating the displacement of one person or group of people, which can happen...

From Schengen to Lisbon: The European Union's Responses to Migration

The complex phenomenon of migration has always accompanied human existence, concerning movements of entire populations or tribes migrating to different regions in the hope of...

Anglophone Shattered Hopes and Lost Illusions: Post-Pandemic Political Leadership

This chapter investigates within the realm of political communication transformational and transactional leadership during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. It attempts to...

New Perspectives on Public Diplomacy

Diplomacy, in its international meaning, refers to the art and practice of negotiations between representatives of states or international organisations. In international...

Soft Power and the Olympics: Opportunities and Challenges

The explanation of the post-cold war era in international relations has been characterised by using the notion of soft power. Originally put forth by Joseph Nye, it provides a...