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DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

November 24, Thursday

09:30 Opening Remarks

Prof. Dr. Hamza Kandur, Vice Rector, Marmara University
Prof. Dr. Günay Göksu Özdoğan, Director, MURCIR

10:00 Keynote Address

"Alternative Approaches to IR: Where Next?"
Ken Booth (Prof., Director of David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University)

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Session I: Transnational Social Actors and Processes 

Chair: Talip Küçükcan (Prof., Institute for Middle East Research, Marmara University)

Discussant: Ayhan Kaya (Prof., Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University) 

• “Transnationalizing the Social Research Agenda: The Case of Migration”
  Suna Gülfer Ihlamur-Öner (Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Understanding Transnational Islamist Terrorism: The Role and Impact of Informal Networks and Alliances” 
  Ahmet Tolga Türker (Assist. Prof., Department of International Relations, Arel University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Religious Beliefs and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: A Study on the role of the Christians United for Israel (CUFI)”
  Mohd Afandi Salleh (PhD, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law and International Relations, University of Sultan Zainal Abidin)
  Abstract & Biography

13:00 Lunch Break

14:30 Session II: New Themes and Perspectives in Security 

Chair: Büşra Ersanlı (Prof. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University)

Discussant: Pınar Bilgin (Assoc. Prof., Department of International Relations, Bilkent University)

• “Sectoralisation of Security or Securitisation of Sectors? On the Operability and Political Implications of Sector Specific Approach to Security” 
  Alper Kaliber (Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Yaşar University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Private Armies: Legal, Political, and Moral Implications to the Provision of National and International Security” 
  Azuolas Bagdonas (Ph.D., Central European University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Digital Westphalia: Sending Missiles for Securing Gigabytes”
  Salih Bıçakçı (Assoc. Prof., Department of International Relations, Işık University)
  Abstract & Biography

November 25, Friday

10:00 Session IV: Alternative Perspectives in Turkish Foreign Policy

Chair: Ayşegül Sever (Assoc. Prof., Department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University)

Discussant: Fuat Keyman (Prof., Director of Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University)

• “Revising the Regional Security Complex Theory and Turkey's Position: Turkey as an Interface Actor”
  Ebru Vural (Research Assistant, Center for European Studies, Ph.D. candidate, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Stable Peace and Turkey”
  Reşat Bayer (Assist. Prof, Department of International Relations, Koç University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Fathers and Sons: A Feminist Perspective on Ahmet Davutoğlu's ‘Strategic Depth’”
  Doğu Durgun (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, Sabancı University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Politics of Hegemony in/as the New Turkish Foreign Policy”
  Mustafa Küçük (Assist. Prof, Department of International Relations, Ege University)
  Abstract & Biography

12:00 Lunch Break

13:30 Session III: Beyond Traditional Diplomacy?

Chair: Erhan Doğan (Assist. Prof., Department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University)

Discussant: Chris Brown (Prof., Department of International Relations, London School of Economics)

• “Rebuilding the International Relations through Science Diplomacy”
  Güliz Sütçü (Ph.D., Scientific Programmes Expert, TÜBİTAK International Co-operation Department)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Track-II as a Method to Break Barriers: Pakistan-India Relations since 1980s” 
  Talat Ayesha Wizarat (Prof., Social Sciences Department, Institute of Business Administration Karachi) 
  Abstract & Biography

• “From Twinning to Global Approach. Local Government in New Diplomacy Paradigm” 
  Agnieszka Dybowska (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Journalism and Political Science, Warsaw University)
  Abstract & Biography

• “Turkish Foreign Policy as a Network-based System”
  Johanna Nykänen (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Contemporary History, University of Turku)
  Abstract & Biography

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 Concluding Session

(The language of the conference is English. Translation will not be provided.)