EU Responses to Protests in Serbia, Turkey, and Beyond  The End of Values-Based Engagement was an event that took place on the 24th of March of 2026. It sought out discussion regarding protests in Turkey and Serbia, as well as political instability in the Balkan region as a whole. Hosted and organized by Ozan Poşluk…

Introduction Since the election of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi – AKP) in November 2002, Turkey has emerged as a paradoxical case among the world’s rapidly growing upper-middle-income economies. It has achieved significant technological upgrading in many of its export-oriented sectors, including transportation, consumer electronics, and defense, despite an institutional environment…

 ABSTRACT This article explores the enduring mechanisms through which the United States maintains control over Puerto Rico, positioning the island as a case study for broader imperialistic strategies in the Caribbean. Through a historical, military, economic, and cultural analysis, it examines how U.S. dominance persists via soft power, institutional control, and economic dependency. Puerto Rico’s…

Ideas, opinions, stereotypes, misconceptions, misinterpretations… and we might endlessly go ahead enlisting the wide range of attitudes towards Africa. There’s the need of objectivity; there’s the need of appropriate study; there’s the need of keeping minds wide open. Possibly this was the attitude behind the necessity of organizing a lecture about “Discovering Africa” that Ca’Foscari…