OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Mobilizing Diasporas: Insights from Turkey’s Attempts to Reach Turkish Citizens Abroad	43
Beyond a Deterrence Approach towards the Undeclared Economy: Some Lessons from Bulgaria	28
Crisis of Greece or crisis of the euro? A view from the European ‘periphery’	21
I/NGOs’ Assistance to Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Opportunities and Challenges	21
Corruption and public procurement: example from Croatia	16
‘My Muslim Kurdish brother’: colonial rule and Islamist governmentality in the Kurdish region of Turkey	16
Conquering the state and subordinating society under AKP rule: a Kurdish perspective on the development of a new autocracy in Turkey	12
State and Labour under AKP Rule in Turkey: An Appraisal	12
One state, one nation, one flag—one gender? HDP as a challenger of the Turkish nation state and its gendered perspectives	11
The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) in Turkey: An Alternative Perspective on the Major Rationales of GAP	11
From autonomy to independence: the evolution of international thinking on Kosovo, 1998–2005	9
Left-wing populism within horizontal and vertical politics: the case of Kurdish-led radical democracy in agonistic pluralism	8
Europe and the impasse of centre-left politics in Turkey: lessons from the Greek experience	8
Learning from eParticipation initiatives of regional and local level authorities in Greece and Spain	8
Participatory policy process design: lessons learned from three European regions	8
Forced Politicization of Television Celebrities in Turkey	7
Clashes, collaborations and convergences: evolving relations of Turkish and Kurdish women’s rights activists	7
From Source to Corridor: Changing Geopolitical Narratives about Migration and EU-Western Balkans Relations	7
Migration of the skilled from Albania: brain drain or brain gain?	7
Editorial Introduction: Migration in the Western Balkans – Trends and Challenges	6
EU peace-building in the north of Kosovo and psychosocial implications for the locals: a bottom up perspective on normative power Europe	6
Constructing the Partnership with Turkey on the Refugee Crisis: EU Perceptions and Expectations	6
Refugees at the Gates of the EU: Civic Initiatives and Grassroots Responses to the Refugee Crisis along the Western Balkans Route	5
The state of the Kurds in Erdoğan’s ‘new’ Turkey	5
Balkan Regional Development: Moderate or Radical Islam for the Balkans	5

Nuclear Energy as a Hegemonic Discourse in Turkey	5
The Black Sea Region: The Neighbourhood too Close to, yet still Far from the European Union	4
Gendered Life-Course Patterns in Post-Socialist Romania: An Illustration from Households Situated in Precarious Prosperity	4
Securitizing Migration in the European Union: Greece and the Evros Fence	4
When local becomes general: Turkey's 31 March 2019 elections and its implications for dynamics of polarization and sustainability of competitive authoritarianism	4
From Engagement to Containment: EU–Iran Relations and the Nuclear Programme, 1992–2011	4
Misunderstanding of FDI in the Western Balkans: Cart before the Horse and Wheels without Suspension	3
Europeanization of Turkey’s Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Mediation in the Israel–Palestine Conflict	3
The Greek Debt Crisis and Albanian Return Migration	3
Foreign Policy Activities of China in the Middle East: Establishing Energy Security or Being a Responsible Emerging Power?	3
From stabilization to consolidation: Albanian state capacity and adaptation to European Union rules	3
The Floating Pumpkin Syndrome: Forced Migration, Humanitarian Aid, and the Culture of Learned Helplessness	3
From Humanitarian Crisis Management to Prison Island: Implementing the European Asylum Regime at the Border Island of Lesvos 2015-2017	3
Coalition-Building in Iran’s Foreign Policy: Understanding the ‘Axis of Resistance’	3
The Production of Space during the Period of Autonomy: Notes on Belgrade Urban Space, 1817–67	3
(Im)possibility of negotiating peace: 2005‒2015 peace/reconciliation talks between the Turkish government and Kurdish politicians	2
Neo-liberal Globalization and Income Inequality: Panel Data Evidence from OECD and Western Balkan Countries	2
From Positive Neutrality to Silk Road Activism? The Continuities and Changes in Turkmenistan’s Foreign Policy	2
‘Everyone is a Possibility’: Messy Networks of Refugees from Syria in Urfa, Turkey	2
Ottoman Credit System and Usurers in Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century: Practices of Usury Contracts (Selem)	2
The State and Modes of Regulation in Greece from the Post-War Period to the 2009 Financial Crisis	2
Geopolitics of the New Middle East: Perspectives from Inside and Outside	2
(Not) Learning from the Past? The Diffusion of the EU’s Rural Development Policy in its Neighbouring Countries	2
Albanian Returned Asylum-Seekers: Failures, Successes and What Can Be Achieved in a Short Time	2
From Carasovan to Croat: The ‘Ethnic Enigma’ of a (Re)Invented Identity in Romania	2
Defending Cyprus in the Early Postcolonial Era: Makarios, NATO, USSR and the NAM (1964–1967)	2
Pseudo-Historicism and Architecture: The New Ottomanism in Turkey	2
Corporate Governance following the Slovenian Transition: From Success Story to Failed Case	2