Damien Dean
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AMERICAS
What we see in Venezuela is the faith of hybrid regimes
By Damien Dean The untimely death of Hugo Chavez in 2013, who grabbed the political power with a popular support in…
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INTL CONFLICTS
The populist explosion: How the great recession transformed American and European politics
By Damien Dean A specter is haunting not only Europe but the entire world –the specter of populism, unsettling ordinary citizens…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Turkey in Trump’s Middle East and a few suggestions
By Damien Dean After it became clear that Donald Trump would take the presidential seat in the United States, countries in…
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ENERGY
Democracy matters in procuring nuclear energy, but only slightly
By Damien Dean Amongst the energy production methods, nuclear power is by far the most contested one. One of the contention…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Syria: still not safe for Turkey
By Damien Dean Having forcefully understood that the military solutions are far from being solutions, parties involved in the Syrian conflict…
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ENERGY
Do you want less corrupt governments? Then diversify your energy export
By Damien Dean It seems straightforward that a country with plethora of natural resources can advance her economy by mobilizing them.…
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EUROPE
The longest year of Turkey: 2016 in review
By Damien Dean A failed coup attempt, unremitting terrorist attacks, military operations, faltering economy, a tumbling currency, constitution change debates, ever-lasting…
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EUROPE
Here is what feminist foreign policy is not
By Damien Dean After the term “feminist foreign policy” was popularized in 2014 by Margot Wallström, the foreign minister of Sweden,…
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MIDDLE EAST
Turkey needs to overhaul her Syrian politics after the Erdogan and Putin meeting
By Damien Dean After the failed coup attempt, President Erdogan’s first visit was to St Petersburg and is a significant indicator…
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EUROPE
The shaky axis of Turkish foreign policy after the coup attempt
By Damien Dean There is no doubt that the recent military coup attempt that ended with an embarrassing fiasco for the…
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