The Mutual Existence of Nascent and Senescent World Orders

Authors

Burak Akcaper

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Description

In this essay I will address the issue of change in the international system which the scholars of International Relations have grappled with however inadequately. Accordingly, I will argue that this deficiency stems in no small part from the frequent mutual distance between scholars and practitioners of international affairs. I will, therefore, try to bridge this gap. Ultimately this essay will:

a) Suggest a model (mutual existence of nascent and senescent orders) equipped with a number of hypotheses (laws) of systemic change in the international ―order;

b) Provide a baseline for bringing scholarly and practitioners‘ perspectives closer together, including by identifying the crossover or mediating activities of the think-tanks and official Policy Planning units.

Publication Date

10-2009

Publisher

Center for Turkish Studies & The Contemporary Turkish Studies Program, Portland State University

Subjects

International relations -- 20th Century, International order -- Philosophy, International politics

Disciplines

International Relations | Islamic World and Near East History

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16268

Comments

This working paper is based on a presentation made by the author in Ankara in June 2009 at the Middle East Technical University‘s eighth annual Conference on International Relations.

Occasional Paper Series Vol. 1- No. 1

Editor in Chief: Birol Yesilada