Nil S Satana
Biographic Data
| ID | 249744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nil S Satana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nil S |
| FAMILY NAME | Satana |
| SIGNATURE | SATANA N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bilkent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0458-3907 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Challenger’s Winning Coalition
When is shared religion mobilized in ethnic civil war? Most civil wars are fought between distinct ethnic groups, but in the last half century mobilization of religion is increasingly common, mostly in conflicts between ethnic groups that share religion. While the literature explains the role of religion in conflict onset—especially between groups segmented by religion—the reason why religion becomes an organizing principle in an ongoing violent …
Military Counterterrorism Measures, Civil–Military Relations, and Democracy
This study examines how military counterterrorism (CT) measures affect the quality of democracy by altering civil–military relations (CMR) and focuses on CMR as the main causal mechanism. We argue that the use of military measures in CT jeopardizes democracy at the societal level by increasing the belief that only the military is equipped to deal with the threat at hand. Therefore, erosions of civil liberties are tolerated in exchange for securit…
Uluslararası İlişkilerde Bilimsellik, Metodoloji ve Yöntem
Uluslararası İlişkiler, sadece kuramsal açıdan değil, bilim felsefesi anlayışı konusunda da derin fikir ayrılıkları yaşayan bir disiplindir. Öyle ki, epistemoloji, ontoloji ve metodoloji konularında yaşanan anlaşmazlıklar Uluslararası İlişkilerin disiplin olma özelliğini dahi sorgulatmaktadır. Bu makale, Uluslararası İlişkilerde özellikle metodoloji ve yöntem konularında yaşanan tartışmaları özetlemeyi, metodolojiyle ilgili kavramları açıklığa ka…
Religion and Coalition Politics
The literature holds that coalition-building parties prefer the policy distance of coalition partners to be as small as possible. In light of continued importance of religion in electoral politics cross-nationally, the distance argument is worrisome for minorities seeking political access because many minorities are of different religion than the majority representatives forming coalitions. The authors suggest plurality parties’ objectives to dem…
Religion, Government Coalitions, and Terrorism
When ethnic minority parties are excluded from government coalitions, are group attributes such as religion related to the groups' use of political violence? We argue that extremist factions within minority groups make use of divergence in religion to mobilize support for violent action when the group is excluded from government. Thus, we posit that while religion per se is not a source of violence, extremist elements of ethnic minorities, whose …
The Kurdish Issue in June 2011 Elections
This article analyzes the Kurdish issue in various aspects before the June 2011 elections. The main research questions include what constitutes the major grievances of the Kurds; how the ongoing conflict is framed as “Kurdish issue” versus a “terrorism problem” and how major political parties in Turkey approach the issue and its solution in their 2011 election manifestos and rallies. This article contributes the literature on the Kurdish issue in…
Civil-Military Relations in Europe, the Middle East and Turkey
This article seeks to understand the transformation of Turkish civil-military relations in a comparative perspective. The analysis is based on two criteria: institutional/legal mechanisms and political oversight of the military's autonomy. Comparison of European and Middle Eastern civil-military relations models to the Turkish paradigm unveils grave differences between Turkish and Middle Eastern civil-military relations. The Turkish model in tran…
Civil Wars, American Interests and Actions
In his provocative study, Steven David raises the question of what the most imminent concern for the United States’ interests is in an age when international conflict is no longer a major threat for states. David's answer to the puzzle is widely-accepted. Civil wars, instead of inter-state wars, have been the reality of the post-Cold War international system. Civil wars of other states are to be taken more seriously particularly because terrorist…
International Conflict Mediation
This book examines how new empirical approaches to mediation can shed fresh light on the effectiveness of different patterns of conflict management, and offers guidelines on the process of international mediation.International conflict mediation has become one of, if not the most prominent and important conflict resolution methods of the early twentyfirst century.This book argues that traditional approaches to understanding mediation have been in…
Transformation of the Turkish Military and the Path to Democracy
Democratization scholars argue that Turkey has successfully transitioned to democracy and is consolidating liberal democracy. The political elite and the parties are deemed important factors in crafting democracies. However, the Turkish political leadership has not changed much until recently; therefore, it remains a puzzle why consolidation is taking place. There are two explanations: (1) there is no consolidation of democracy (2) a factor other…
Religion, Government Coalitions, and Terrorism
When ethnic minority parties are excluded from government coalitions, are group attributes such as religion related to the groups' use of political violence? We argue that extremist factions within minority groups make use of divergence in religion to mobilize support for violent action when the group is excluded from government. Thus, we posit that while religion per se is not a source of violence, extremist elements of ethnic minorities, whose …
Religion and Coalition Politics
The literature holds that coalition-building parties prefer the policy distance of coalition partners to be as small as possible. In light of continued importance of religion in electoral politics cross-nationally, the distance argument is worrisome for minorities seeking political access because many minorities are of different religion than the majority representatives forming coalitions. The authors suggest plurality parties’ objectives to dem…
Transformation of the Turkish Military and the Path to Democracy
Democratization scholars argue that Turkey has successfully transitioned to democracy and is consolidating liberal democracy. The political elite and the parties are deemed important factors in crafting democracies. However, the Turkish political leadership has not changed much until recently; therefore, it remains a puzzle why consolidation is taking place. There are two explanations: (1) there is no consolidation of democracy (2) a factor other…
The Kurdish Issue in June 2011 Elections
This article analyzes the Kurdish issue in various aspects before the June 2011 elections. The main research questions include what constitutes the major grievances of the Kurds; how the ongoing conflict is framed as “Kurdish issue” versus a “terrorism problem” and how major political parties in Turkey approach the issue and its solution in their 2011 election manifestos and rallies. This article contributes the literature on the Kurdish issue in…
The Challenger’s Winning Coalition
When is shared religion mobilized in ethnic civil war? Most civil wars are fought between distinct ethnic groups, but in the last half century mobilization of religion is increasingly common, mostly in conflicts between ethnic groups that share religion. While the literature explains the role of religion in conflict onset—especially between groups segmented by religion—the reason why religion becomes an organizing principle in an ongoing violent …
Civil-Military Relations in Europe, the Middle East and Turkey
This article seeks to understand the transformation of Turkish civil-military relations in a comparative perspective. The analysis is based on two criteria: institutional/legal mechanisms and political oversight of the military's autonomy. Comparison of European and Middle Eastern civil-military relations models to the Turkish paradigm unveils grave differences between Turkish and Middle Eastern civil-military relations. The Turkish model in tran…
International Conflict Mediation
This book examines how new empirical approaches to mediation can shed fresh light on the effectiveness of different patterns of conflict management, and offers guidelines on the process of international mediation.International conflict mediation has become one of, if not the most prominent and important conflict resolution methods of the early twentyfirst century.This book argues that traditional approaches to understanding mediation have been in…
Transformation of the Turkish Military and the Path to Democracy
Democratization scholars argue that Turkey has successfully transitioned to democracy and is consolidating liberal democracy. The political elite and the parties are deemed important factors in crafting democracies. However, the Turkish political leadership has not changed much until recently; therefore, it remains a puzzle why consolidation is taking place. There are two explanations: (1) there is no consolidation of democracy (2) a factor other…
Civil Wars, American Interests and Actions
In his provocative study, Steven David raises the question of what the most imminent concern for the United States’ interests is in an age when international conflict is no longer a major threat for states. David's answer to the puzzle is widely-accepted. Civil wars, instead of inter-state wars, have been the reality of the post-Cold War international system. Civil wars of other states are to be taken more seriously particularly because terrorist…
Civil-Military Relations in Europe, the Middle East and Turkey
This article seeks to understand the transformation of Turkish civil-military relations in a comparative perspective. The analysis is based on two criteria: institutional/legal mechanisms and political oversight of the military's autonomy. Comparison of European and Middle Eastern civil-military relations models to the Turkish paradigm unveils grave differences between Turkish and Middle Eastern civil-military relations. The Turkish model in tran…
The Kurdish Issue in June 2011 Elections
This article analyzes the Kurdish issue in various aspects before the June 2011 elections. The main research questions include what constitutes the major grievances of the Kurds; how the ongoing conflict is framed as “Kurdish issue” versus a “terrorism problem” and how major political parties in Turkey approach the issue and its solution in their 2011 election manifestos and rallies. This article contributes the literature on the Kurdish issue in…
Religion and Coalition Politics
The literature holds that coalition-building parties prefer the policy distance of coalition partners to be as small as possible. In light of continued importance of religion in electoral politics cross-nationally, the distance argument is worrisome for minorities seeking political access because many minorities are of different religion than the majority representatives forming coalitions. The authors suggest plurality parties’ objectives to dem…
Religion, Government Coalitions, and Terrorism
When ethnic minority parties are excluded from government coalitions, are group attributes such as religion related to the groups' use of political violence? We argue that extremist factions within minority groups make use of divergence in religion to mobilize support for violent action when the group is excluded from government. Thus, we posit that while religion per se is not a source of violence, extremist elements of ethnic minorities, whose …
Uluslararası İlişkilerde Bilimsellik, Metodoloji ve Yöntem
Uluslararası İlişkiler, sadece kuramsal açıdan değil, bilim felsefesi anlayışı konusunda da derin fikir ayrılıkları yaşayan bir disiplindir. Öyle ki, epistemoloji, ontoloji ve metodoloji konularında yaşanan anlaşmazlıklar Uluslararası İlişkilerin disiplin olma özelliğini dahi sorgulatmaktadır. Bu makale, Uluslararası İlişkilerde özellikle metodoloji ve yöntem konularında yaşanan tartışmaları özetlemeyi, metodolojiyle ilgili kavramları açıklığa ka…
Military Counterterrorism Measures, Civil–Military Relations, and Democracy
This study examines how military counterterrorism (CT) measures affect the quality of democracy by altering civil–military relations (CMR) and focuses on CMR as the main causal mechanism. We argue that the use of military measures in CT jeopardizes democracy at the societal level by increasing the belief that only the military is equipped to deal with the threat at hand. Therefore, erosions of civil liberties are tolerated in exchange for securit…
The Challenger’s Winning Coalition
When is shared religion mobilized in ethnic civil war? Most civil wars are fought between distinct ethnic groups, but in the last half century mobilization of religion is increasingly common, mostly in conflicts between ethnic groups that share religion. While the literature explains the role of religion in conflict onset—especially between groups segmented by religion—the reason why religion becomes an organizing principle in an ongoing violent …
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Consolidation (business (3 works) · Democratic consolidation (3 works)