Sureyya Yigit

Sureyya Yigit is a Professor of Politics and International Relations at the School of Politics and Diplomacy at New Vision University in Tbilisi, Georgia. He has lectured at several universities in Scandinavia, Turkey, and Central Asia. 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 and an Editorial Advisory Board Member for IGI Global Cases on Security, Safety and Risk Management. 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.

Publications

The Origins of Structural Reform: Structural Adjustment, What and Where Did It Come From?
Sureyya Yigit. © 2025. 32 pages.
The 1970s witnessed economic programs aimed to help governments refinance their debts owed to the American international banking system by ending the Bretton Woods system and the...
European and African Evaluation of Security Risks
Sureyya Yigit. © 2025. 32 pages.
This chapter evaluates European and African security risks, aiming to contribute to the multidimensional understanding of security that is much needed in today's world. The...
Nonquantitative Research: A Modern Primer
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 20 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 15 pages.
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?
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 21 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 13 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 16 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 19 pages.
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...
It Takes Two to Tango: 2010 British Con-Dem Coalition
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 24 pages.
British politics has traditionally been identified as a two-party political system throughout the post-war period. Single parties have formed governments in the United Kingdom...
United States Pivots to Asia: Underlying Reasons
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 37 pages.
The Obama administration announced in 2011 its intention to pivot strategically towards Asia. Ten years later, it was clear that this strategy had evolved, moving from strategic...
Empowered Women and Political Leadership
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 20 pages.
When referring to empowerment, one focuses on women's greater autonomy, recognition, and the visibility of their contributions. Empowering women involves their full...
Sisyphean Goal: Sustainable Development
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 22 pages.
Intact and functional ecosystems are habitats for people, animals, and plants form the natural basis of humanity's existence. Ecosystems provide food, building materials...
Water as Life for Susceptible Sustainability and Dithering Development
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 23 pages.
Climate change has modified biological rhythms, species distribution areas, ecosystem functioning, food chains, biogeochemical cycles, and ecosystem services. Thus, it could...
A Sustainable World: Imperative, Improbable, or Both?
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 21 pages.
The concept of sustainable development reflects a complex balance between different perspectives on the relationship between the environment and economic and social development....
The Journey Towards Sustainable Development
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 23 pages.
In February 2024, international news channels announced that global temperature rises for the past year had passed 1.5 degrees Celsius, which should have been avoided. This...
Globalisation: Four Theoretical Schools of Thought
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 30 pages.
Globalisation is a process whereby events in one part of the world increasingly affect societies in other parts far away. Digitalisation is an increasingly important feature of...
Post-Pandemic Higher Educational Challenges: Lessons Learnt From COVID-19
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 34 pages.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, universities acted in a differentiated and efficient manner. To contain the pandemic, the central measures related to contact restrictions...
Margaret Thatcher and Domestic Politics: Thatcher, the Milk Snatcher
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 26 pages.
Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. She established an intellectual corpus focusing on three primary principles. First, the state must...
Margaret Thatcher and Foreign Policy: Iron Lady
Sureyya Yigit. © 2024. 26 pages.
During her three terms in office, Margaret Thatcher pursued a proactive foreign policy heavily influenced by the dynamics of the Cold War. She strategically reassessed...
Multi-Dimensional Understandings of Migration: Threats or Opportunities?
Sureyya Yigit. © 2023. 18 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2023. 20 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2023. 24 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2023. 29 pages.
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
Sureyya Yigit. © 2023. 16 pages.
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...