[PDF] Top 20 Political Islam in Turkey. CEPS Working Document No. 265, April 2007

... The AKP is not the only party in the Turkish political landscape that has a pro-Islamic orientation. The party that it split from – now functioning under the name of the Saadet [Felicity] Party (SP) – tries to ... See full document

... their political manoeuvring is intended to make them suitable partners for politically beleaguered militaries and security forces that might one day find themselves in need of such ...suggest political ... See full document

... For Syrian public opinion in general, including the Islamists, European policy in the Mediterranean basin represents a counter-weight capable of balancing unfair and biased American policy in the Israeli-Arab conflict. ... See full document

... in April have included into the scope of the law spouses living under separate roof and the workplace; also, they have introduced medical consultation or treatment in a health institution as a new measure that can ... See full document

... such, Turkey considers Iran a potential rival in pipeline ...enabled Turkey to open a strategic window for Azerbaijan in the latter’s quest for more effective integration into the international ...and ... See full document

... personal political survival to the fate of the Armenian nation in a perceived hostile ...with Turkey are also of much relevance regarding the region’s balance of power, and for the ... See full document

... since April 2001 ceased its activity in late 2003, despite EU financial ...instances, political imperatives from the secessionists prevailed over the offer of EU financial ... See full document

... The Islamist movement in Morocco is far from homogenous. 1 Pluralistic by nature, Moroccan Islamism can be divided between two groups: the Justice and Development Party (Hizbo alaadalati wa atanmia, or PJD in its French ... See full document

... 1 April, a splinter group of countries emerged that opposed the speedy move towards the independence of ...recently, Turkey added new complications, reiterating its unwillingness to support a technical ... See full document

... In their views of the EU and its policies and initiatives in the region, it is clear that the MB and Wasat formulate these views on the basis of their Islamic framework and in response to their experience of EU policies ... See full document

... on political parties that banned any ideological use of Islam, Hamas became the Movement of Society for ...powerful political party in the ... See full document

... the working-age ...of working lives is central to addressing the public finance challenge of ...of working lives by three to four years over the next 25 years – equivalent to the increase in life ... See full document

... March 2007 energy price hike against Spain, as well as the September cancellation of the Repsol-Gas Natural contract, reflects a new assertiveness and ‘payback’ for the Zapatero government’s markedly more ... See full document

... May 2007 DfID launched a new strategy on ‘Governance, Development and Democratic Politics’, predicated upon a more explicit commitment to democracy support than ...February 2007, worth 100 million pounds ... See full document

... a working party consisting of various scholars 60 and highlights the limitations of the current US migration policy, stating quite clearly and cogently why the present strategy needs to be changed if America’s ... See full document

... This yields a US debtor position in terms of FDI of around $500 billion for the simple reason that US firms have reported almost $1 trillion dollars of reinvested earnings over the past [r] ... See full document

... Differences in relative endowments (RELENDOW) are measured here by the absolute difference in GDP per capita 3 ; one could question the validity of this proxy, since, as noted in Helpman (1987), this method is accurate ... See full document

... The total sum of the unexplained parts over $1.4 trillion is actually somewhat larger than the figure mentioned above because the phenomenon of disappearing foreign investment in the US [r] ... See full document

... The European Union (EU) and Russia today are empires, more or less, the term being used here in a technical sense – without value judgement. The first is still growing and immature. The second has gravely degenerated and ... See full document

... January 2007, the European Commission has another tool at its disposal: a fully-fledged integration ...period 2007-13, will make local capacity-building in member states a clear priority and thus ensure ... See full document