📢New in #SEEBSS ✊ How do civil society and social movements contest the EU in migration governance? 🇹🇷 Büke Boşnak examines activism in #Turkey - showing how EU externalization policies and shrinking civic space challenges migrant rights advocacy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📢New in #SEEBSS ⚖️ How do international actors respond to norm contestation? 🇪🇺🇹🇷burcu özdemir sarıgil & Marella Bodur Ün🐞 examine the reactions of #CouncilofEurope to #Turkey’s withdrawal from the #IstanbulConvention - and the role of containment. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📚 New in #SEEBSS 🌈Ayşenaz Fındık reviews Maryna Shevtsova’s #LGBTI Politics and Value Change in #Ukraine and #Turkey - a comparative analysis of #queerness, #activism, and #resistance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #BookReview #PrideDay #PrideMonth

📢 New in #SEEBSS 🌊 How does geography continue to shape Turkish-Russian power dynamics over the Straits? 🇷🇺🇹🇷 Morgado & Varga apply neoclassical geopolitics to analyze the Bosphorus in 3 key conflicts, revealing persistent strategic patterns. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📢 New in #SEEBSS 🧭 How has the war in #Ukraine reshaped #EU enlargement politics? 🇦🇱🇲🇰 Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă unpacks the curious case of (un)blocking Albania & North Macedonia’s path, showing how crises and geopolitics reframe EU integration. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📢 New in #SEEBSS 🇪🇺 Can #Turkish civil society help restore the EU’s normative power? Hüsrev Tabak , KaanRenda & Özçelik show how EU-engaged CSOs push for norm diffusion and hold the EU accountable as a normative anchor. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📢 New in #SEEBSS 🗳️ Can preferential voting foster intra-party democracy? 🇽🇰🇧🇦 Zlatko Vujovic & Savic examine Kosovo & BiH—finding that strong party control over candidate selection limits the democratizing effects of electoral personalization. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📢 New in #SEEBSS 🌍 How strong is the EU’s influence on Türkiye’s climate policy? 🇪🇺🇹🇷 Karakir & Gözde Kaya examine EU efforts to diffuse climate norms in Türkiye, showing both normative impact and limitations through a 10-year policy analysis. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📢 New in #SEEBSS: ⚖️ How do volatile party systems drive electoral reforms? 🇹🇷🇱🇹 Esra Ekinci compares Turkey & Lithuania, showing reforms reflect strategic party responses to competition shifts. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

📢 New in #SEEBSS: 🕊️ How is de-Europeanization shaping Roma rights in Turkey? 🇹🇷Ozge Onursal-Besgul & Gökçe-Kızilkaya show norms are renegotiated—not rejected—in evolving national policies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #RomaRights #TurkeyEU #NormContest #MinorityRights

📢 New in #SEEBSS: 🌍 How effective is the #EU at diffusing liberal democratic norms amid populist backlash? 🇪🇺 Cerem Cenker-Özek & Didem Çakmaklı İşler show the EU’s liberal bias slows democratic consolidation in #Hungary, #Poland & candidate states like #Türkiye. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838…

🌊What happens when the state fails to protect both workers and water? 📚 New political-ecological study by Nita Luci and linda gusia explores #Kosovo's enduring struggles linking past and present - mining and hydropower, resistance and hope. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #SEEBSS

📌Our new article is out! We explored how Zelenskyy's securitization via twitter during Russia-Ukraine war influenced international/European responses! 📝Now published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies Southeast European & Black Sea Studies Âzâde Emrah Karaoguz tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🗺 How are liberal norms reinterpreted through an anti-Western lens? 📚 Ozan Kuyumcuoğlu examines Türkiye’s engagement in the Horn of Africa, merging anti-colonial rhetoric with Ottoman-inspired humanitarianism. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #SEEBSS

🏙 Can cross-border cooperation heal decades of division? 📚 Nuri Korkmaz explores how Europeanization unfolds in the Bulgarian-Greek borderland—where Kardzhali & Komotini reconnect urban spaces once split by the Cold War. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #SEEBSS

🏙 How do cities in Southeast Europe shape , not just receive , Europeanization? 📚Ana Pajvancic Cizelj & Dorian Jano introduce a special issue on urban transformation, from spatial planning to gender dynamics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #SEEBSS

🌍 How does China challenge the EU’s normative influence? 📚 Gözde Yılmaz examines Chinese engagement with Türkiye & the Western Balkans, revealing how China fills gaps left by the EU’s hesitant enlargement policy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #SEEBSS

🏛️ How does imperial nostalgia shape urban change in post-socialist Balkan cities? New research by Miloš Jovanović explores Europeanization, city branding & gentrification in Rijeka, Belgrade, Vienna & Istanbul. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #SEEBSS #UrbanStudies #PostSocialism

⚖️How do multiple veto players shape norm contestation in domestic politics? Ali Baydarol 's new article examines #Turkey’s privatization debates in the 1990s–2000s, showing norm adoption as a strategic process amid conflicting interests. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146838… #SEEBSS

We’re proud to feature this timely study on Zelenskyy’s digital diplomacy & securitization strategy during the Russia-Ukraine war. A must-read for understanding how social media shapes international crisis responses. x.com/sinemacikmese/… #SEEBSS