The Lisbon Treaty entered into force on December 1, 2009, marking a new level of EU’s initiatives on institutional change and policy reforms in 2000’s. The purpose of this study is to provide an outline of the changes in the institutional structure of EU with the Lisbon Treaty, considering...

The Convention on the Future of Europe has completed its work and submitted the “Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe” to the Presidency on the 18th of July, 2003. This “draft” which brings forth certain fundamental changes to the institutional structure of the Union will...

Turkey’s candidacy has been approved in Helsinki Heads of State and Government Summit between the dates of 10-11 December 1999. After the Summit, it felt like as if Turkey was going to be a full member immediately as it was in the Customs Union case. Although the first six months is over,...

The Republic of Azerbaijan is one of the oil and gas rich countires of the former Soviet Union. After the second stage of the Shah Deniz gas field, natural gas exltation and exportation became one of the key issues in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas stategy. Diversification of the oil and gas...

Bu calisma, 1995’de Turkiye ve Avrupa Birligi (AB) arasinda imzalanan Gumruk Birligi (GB) anlasmasi sonrasi Turkiye’nin Bati Avrupa’ya olan ihracatinin yapisinda degisme olup olmadigini sektorel seviyede analiz etmektedir. Turkiye’nin toplam ithalati icinde AB’nin payi 1995’de %47.2...

Economic integration theory suggests that each member benefits from establishing a customs union; because the country that has relatively lower income will grow faster than the others, income and growth rates of all member countries will be equalised in the long-run. However, endogenous growth...

Ortadoğu, hem dinlerin kesişme noktası olması hem de petrol zenginliği nedeniyle yıllar boyunca egemenlik mücadelelerine sahne olmuş ve bu nedenle de istikrarsızlaşmış bir bölgedir. Petrolün 20.yüzyılda enerji kaynağı olarak kömürün yerini alması nedeniyle, bölge tüm...