ASIAN Journal of International Peace & Security (AJIPS)

Dynamics of Transformation in Turkey’s Foreign Policy

Asia Khatoon — 2024-03-15

Turkey is an economically and strategically significant country that is located in Eurasia
and Western Asia. It has a unique synthesis of Western and Islamic culture and
civilization. It focused on relations with the West and the European Union since 1924.
However, under the government of Erdogan, its foreign policy is being shifted to the
Muslim world and to purse a balanced approach to growing multilateralism. The paper
is focused to exploring the growing changes in political, economic, social and diplomatic
aspects of Turkish foreign policy. Turkey’s growing energy demands, expanding
economic linkages and changing patterns in relations with regional and global
countries and institutions are some prominent factors that depict a new form and
picture of Turkey. This paper aims to discuss the underlying causes of political,
economic, social and diplomatic change in Turkey as well as the country’s policies on
various fronts. The ongoing transformation in Turkey and its impacts on regional and
global levels have been analyzed. The descriptive-analytical method has been used to
describe the policies and events and to analyze these with arguments.

Role of Regional Powers in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Khudija Saleem — 2024-04-10

The mountainous region Caucasus is one of the most diverse areas in the world that can
be described as the hub of ethnic conflicts. One conflict is Nagorno-Karabakh, a
longstanding dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over a mountainous and
landlocked disputed territory. The region is predominantly ethnically Armenian,
escalating the ongoing tensions and violence between the two countries, with caustic
effects on the area. The involvement of regional stakeholders such as Türkiye, Iran and
Russia plays a significant role in either intensifying or mitigating the conflict. This
article provides an analysis of their influence, examining both constructive and
destructive impacts. This research relies on qualitative data to offer an in-depth
analysis, characterizing its nature as exploratory. The significant findings of this paper
show that the influential roles of Iran, Türkiye and Russia is contributing both
destructively and constructively to the conflict dynamics. Ultimately, the study
concludes that these regional stakeholders, driven by political, financial and national
interests, influence the conflict’s trajectory, impacting it in varying degrees of
constructive and destructive aspects ways.

Religion as a Determinant of Female Voting Behaviour in District Karak: A Case Study of The 2018 General Election

Rifat Nazir — 2024-04-10

This study investigates the role of ‘religion’ as a determinant influencing female voting
behaviour and analyses its impact on the 2018 General Elections in District Karak. To
understand voting behaviour, the researcher has connected this determinant with
voting behaviour theory, namely, the theory of religion. As regards the application of
the theory, it is argued that the theory is applicable (63.65%) in the electoral politics of
District Karak. This study is based on published and unpublished data. This article
answers the question i.e., is religion the determinant of female voting behaviour in the
2018 General Election in NA-34 District Karak? Moreover, what are the impacts of
female voting behaviour on the 2018 General Elections in NA-34 District Karak?
Primary and secondary data have been collected for this research work. A quantitative
research approach has been applied. The population was the registered female voters
of District Karak. Through the Yamoni formula, data is collected from 400 respondents.
A stratified sampling technique is used to collect data from registered female voters.
There are three Tehsil: Banda Daud Shah, Takht-e-Nasrati and Karak. Therefore, the
study used a proportional allocation method of sampling, i.e. n1=N1/Ni x ni, to select
the respondents according to the sample size from each tehsil. Data has been arranged
in Tables, which are further analyzed.