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Arin Savran, ‘When Power Symmetry Doesn’t Advance Negotiations: Discussing the Failure of the Peace Process Between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), 2009-2015’

Hamilton Hall, Room 271 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In 2006, secret talks began between Turkey and the Kurdish PKK rebels with the aim of negotiating a political solution to the armed struggle. The negotiations lead to significant progress that concluded in a ceasefire and PKK withdrawal from Turkey. In 2014, the … Read more

Saori Katada, ‘Can Japan Save the Liberal Economic Order in the Asia Pacific: Geoeconomic Strategy of a Mature Developmental State?’

Hamilton Hall, Room 271 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Once attacked for having protectionist and mercantilist economy, Japan is now the champion of liberal economic order that led the successful conclusion of the TPP-11 after the U.S. withdrawal from the agreement. How did Japan transform, and can Japan lead … Read more