Murat Ülgül
Biographic Data
| ID | 1667636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murat Ülgül |
| GIVEN NAMES | Murat |
| FAMILY NAME | Ülgül |
| SIGNATURE | ÜLGÜL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karadeniz Technical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3846-8971 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Clash of Geopolitical Cultures
The existing literature focus primarily on the role of Vladimir Putin or expansionist Western policies to explain deteriorating U.S.-Russia relations and the present Ukraine crisis. To give a different perspective on the current problems between Washington and Moscow, this article will analyze the interactions of two geopolitical cultures, namely American Exceptionalism and Russian Eurasianism, and how this interaction creates an ontological secu…
Joseph Biden's Personal Diplomacy and American Foreign Policy
As part of his transactional, disorderly, and hierarchical foreign-policy decision-making process, Donald Trump's conduct of personal diplomacy was largely criticized during his first administration. However, in the first year of his second term, he has shown that he will not back away from this practice. Personal diplomacy, referring to direct interactions between state leaders for cooperation-building and crisis-resolution purposes, has a long …
The Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism in Türkiye
Since the 1990s, there have been a number of suicide attacks in Türkiye carried out by various extremist organizations, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, al‐Qa‘ida, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Yet, despite the increasing tactical use of and growing scholarly attention to the subject of suicide terrorism, scholars have paid scant attention to its causes within Türkiye. Our analy…
Do leaders really matter? The failure of ambitions in Turkish foreign policy
The field of international relations is recently witnessing an inflation of attention toward political leaders and personalities. Yet, while political leaders mattered to understand foreign policy behaviors, the question is how much they do and under what conditions. This article argues that how leaders and personalities affect foreign policy is up to the variables that can be analyzed at the state and international levels. To illustrate this arg…
Explaining the Decline Of Suicide Terrorism in Turkey
Since the 9/11 attacks, there has been a growing interest in the terrorism problem, in general, and the strategy of suicide bombing, in particular. Between 1996 and 2016, Turkey experienced several deadly suicide attacks by groups like the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, al‐Qaeda, and the Islamic State. These attacks can be explained by individual‐oriented, institutional, socio‐psychological/economical…
The Problem of Overextension
Historically, the U.S. strategy in the Black Sea region has been stable, limited, and not ambitious as American administrations prioritized certain foreign policy objectives over other interests. This careful strategy was transformed during the Clinton Administration in the mid-1990s as the U.S. started following an extensive foreign policy framework, which included all American national interests, formulated by Bruce Jentleson in his 4Ps framewo…
Faith abroad
Religion has always been an important factor in American foreign policy. From the 'holy wars' against the Indians in the pre-independence period to the 'crusade' against Iraq in 2003, faith and religion have shaped the policies of American administrations in all periods. As Bonnell observed in 1971, 'without a single exception. . .all presidents have publicly avowed their trust in God'. And even if the president was not a religious individual bef…
Mixing Grand Strategies
When a new President is elected in the United States, the first thing analysts do is define that President’s grand strategy; yet, naming Donald Trump’s grand strategy was a difficult task as his pre-election speeches often contradicted traditional US foreign policy norms. Trump’s ambiguous grand strategy combines two US foreign policy strategies: nationalism in the sense that his preference is for unilateral policies prioritising American interes…
Keeping the Soldiers at Bay
An Unwilling Commitment
Since his surprising election as President of the United States, in November 2016, Donald Trump’s foreign policy sent shock waves around the world, especially in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where America’s traditional allies felt uneasy about the “America First” strategy. Nevertheless, in spite of a nationalist president who has questioned America’s leadership role in global affairs and his country’s commitment to the protection of allies, t…
Erdoğan’s Personal Diplomacy and Turkish Foreign Policy
In recent years, one of the most popular concepts in Turkish foreign policy has been public diplomacy, which refers to government activities to increase the country's image among foreign societies. While the concept is important, the problem is that a similar emphasis and attention is not given to personal diplomacy, another state practice of modern diplomacy. This article illustrates that personal diplomacy is most effective in crisis periods, w…
Faith abroad
Religion has always been an important factor in American foreign policy. From the 'holy wars' against the Indians in the pre-independence period to the 'crusade' against Iraq in 2003, faith and religion have shaped the policies of American administrations in all periods. As Bonnell observed in 1971, 'without a single exception. . .all presidents have publicly avowed their trust in God'. And even if the president was not a religious individual bef…
Erdoğan’s Personal Diplomacy and Turkish Foreign Policy
In recent years, one of the most popular concepts in Turkish foreign policy has been public diplomacy, which refers to government activities to increase the country's image among foreign societies. While the concept is important, the problem is that a similar emphasis and attention is not given to personal diplomacy, another state practice of modern diplomacy. This article illustrates that personal diplomacy is most effective in crisis periods, w…
Mixing Grand Strategies
When a new President is elected in the United States, the first thing analysts do is define that President’s grand strategy; yet, naming Donald Trump’s grand strategy was a difficult task as his pre-election speeches often contradicted traditional US foreign policy norms. Trump’s ambiguous grand strategy combines two US foreign policy strategies: nationalism in the sense that his preference is for unilateral policies prioritising American interes…
Keeping the Soldiers at Bay
An Unwilling Commitment
Since his surprising election as President of the United States, in November 2016, Donald Trump’s foreign policy sent shock waves around the world, especially in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) where America’s traditional allies felt uneasy about the “America First” strategy. Nevertheless, in spite of a nationalist president who has questioned America’s leadership role in global affairs and his country’s commitment to the protection of allies, t…
Faith abroad
Religion has always been an important factor in American foreign policy. From the 'holy wars' against the Indians in the pre-independence period to the 'crusade' against Iraq in 2003, faith and religion have shaped the policies of American administrations in all periods. As Bonnell observed in 1971, 'without a single exception. . .all presidents have publicly avowed their trust in God'. And even if the president was not a religious individual bef…
The Problem of Overextension
Historically, the U.S. strategy in the Black Sea region has been stable, limited, and not ambitious as American administrations prioritized certain foreign policy objectives over other interests. This careful strategy was transformed during the Clinton Administration in the mid-1990s as the U.S. started following an extensive foreign policy framework, which included all American national interests, formulated by Bruce Jentleson in his 4Ps framewo…
Explaining the Decline Of Suicide Terrorism in Turkey
Since the 9/11 attacks, there has been a growing interest in the terrorism problem, in general, and the strategy of suicide bombing, in particular. Between 1996 and 2016, Turkey experienced several deadly suicide attacks by groups like the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, al‐Qaeda, and the Islamic State. These attacks can be explained by individual‐oriented, institutional, socio‐psychological/economical…
Do leaders really matter? The failure of ambitions in Turkish foreign policy
The field of international relations is recently witnessing an inflation of attention toward political leaders and personalities. Yet, while political leaders mattered to understand foreign policy behaviors, the question is how much they do and under what conditions. This article argues that how leaders and personalities affect foreign policy is up to the variables that can be analyzed at the state and international levels. To illustrate this arg…
The Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism in Türkiye
Since the 1990s, there have been a number of suicide attacks in Türkiye carried out by various extremist organizations, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, al‐Qa‘ida, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Yet, despite the increasing tactical use of and growing scholarly attention to the subject of suicide terrorism, scholars have paid scant attention to its causes within Türkiye. Our analy…
The Clash of Geopolitical Cultures
The existing literature focus primarily on the role of Vladimir Putin or expansionist Western policies to explain deteriorating U.S.-Russia relations and the present Ukraine crisis. To give a different perspective on the current problems between Washington and Moscow, this article will analyze the interactions of two geopolitical cultures, namely American Exceptionalism and Russian Eurasianism, and how this interaction creates an ontological secu…
Joseph Biden's Personal Diplomacy and American Foreign Policy
As part of his transactional, disorderly, and hierarchical foreign-policy decision-making process, Donald Trump's conduct of personal diplomacy was largely criticized during his first administration. However, in the first year of his second term, he has shown that he will not back away from this practice. Personal diplomacy, referring to direct interactions between state leaders for cooperation-building and crisis-resolution purposes, has a long …
Political science (8 works) · Foreign policy (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · State (computer science (4 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (4 works) · Turkish (4 works)