Alper Kaliber
| Address: | Istanbul Bilgi University, EU Institute, Dolapdere Campus,Pir Husamettin Sokak No 20, Beyoglu Istanbul Turkey |
| E-Mail: | alper.kaliber@bilgi.edu.tr |
| Telephone: | +902123115055 |
Project
DE-SECURITIZING FOREIGN POLICY UNPACKING THE IMPACT OF EUROPEANIZATION: THE CYPRUS CASE
The Cyprus conflict is characterized by mutual/extensive securitizations through which the other is represented as existential threat against which the national identity and security should be secured. Owing to various reasons, this protracted conflict has turned out to be an integral part of the EU’s political and security agenda. This research project departs from the assumption that sustainable peace and security in Cyprus requires politics of de-securitization and cooperation, for which the EU presents the most appropriate institutional, political and normative setting. This project is designed mainly to understand to what extent the EU’s involvement can be instrumentalized to move the Cyprus question irreversibly out of the security field and to build mutual trust among the disputant parties. In this sense, the project will comprehensively analyze the factors limiting and enabling the EU’s capacity to de-securitize and will identify the necessary policy tools to be utilized by the EU.
Expertise
Publications
2010
- Kaliber, Alper: How Europe Affects: The Case of Civil Society in Turkey’, in “Ruptures et Continuité: Les Politiques Internes et Externes de la Turquie en Perspective [Rupture and Continuity: Turkish Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in Perspective], special issue in EurOrient
2009
- Kaliber, Alper: Re-imagining Cyprus: The Rise of Regionalism in Turkey’s Security Lexicon, Cyprus: A Conflict at the Crossroads, T. Diez and N. Tocci (eds.), (Manchester: Manchester University Press)
2008
- Kaliber, Alper: Conflict Society and the Transformation of the Turkey’s Kurdish Question , Case study report, SHUR, EU 6th Framework Programme, available at http://www.luiss.it/shur/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/shurwp01-08.pdf
2005
- Kaliber, Alper: Securing the Ground Through Securitized ‘Foreign’ Policy: The Cyprus Case Revisited, Security Dialogue 36 (3) 2005, pp. 297-315
- Kaliber, Alper: Turkey, Europeanisation and Civil Society, with Thomas Diez and Apostolos Agnantopoulos, South European Society and Politics 10 (1) 2005, pp. 1-15.
- Kaliber, Alper: Türkiye’de Güvenlikleştirilmiş Bir Alan Olarak Dış Politikayı Yeniden Düşünmek: Kıbrıs Örneği, Uluslararası İlişkiler 2 (7) Fall
2004
- Kaliber, Alper: Co-translator of Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Principles, Mechanisms and Practices , Handbook For Parliamentarians No. 5, H. Born, Ph. Fluri, A. Johnsson (eds.), Inter-Parliamentary Union/Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (IPU/DCAF), (Istanbul: TESEV).
2002
- Kaliber, Alper: 'Türk Modernleşmesini Sorunsallaştıran Üç Ana Paradigma Üzerine', [On Three Main Paradigms Problematising Turkish Modernization] , Türkiye’de Modernleşme ve Batıcılık [Modernization and Westernism in Turkey], (Istanbul: Iletişim Yayinlari), pp. 107-125.
CV
Other Information
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of International Relations, Yasar University
2010-2011-2012- Lecturing on EU-Turkey relations
Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), University of Birmingham, UK
*Spring 2007—Lecturing on European Security (POLS G33)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul Turkey
*Fall 2005—Lecturing on European Security (POLS 596)
Conference Papers and Workshops
*‘Reassessing Europeanisation As A Quest For A New Paradigm Of Modernity: The Arduous Case of Turkey’, paper presented at the UACES Annual Conference, ‘Exchanging Ideas on Europe: Common Values-- External Policies, Portsmouth, 3-5 September 2007.
\'Reassessing Europeanisation As A Quest For A New Paradigm Of Modernity: The Arduous Case Of Turkey’, seminar delivered at POLSIS, University of Birmingham, 22 March 2007.
‘De-securitizing Foreign Policy Unpacking the Impact of Europeanization: The Cyprus Case’, presented at World International Studies Committee First Global International Relations Conference, Bilgi University, Istanbul, 24-27 August 2005.
\' Security As An Intersubjective And Political Act: The Case Of Turkish Foreign Policy\', seminar delivered in Intensive Programme In Peace Studies, “Peace And Conflict Case Studies: Europe And Beyond”, Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, June 30-July 9 2005.
‘Turkish Security Culture and the Military Dimension of Foreign Policy-Making in Turkey’, workshop organized and chaired in Sabancı University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 25 May 2005.
‘Turkey In Search of A New Paradigm of Modernity? Problematising the Impact of Europeanisation on Turkish Civil Society’, seminar delivered at Sabancı University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2 December 2004.
‘Europeanisation of Turkish Civil Society and Its Impact on Turkish-Greek Civic Dialogue’ presented at The European Union\'s Impact on Greek-Turkish Relations EUBORDERCONF Project Conference, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 22-23 October 2004.
‘Turkey: In Search of A New Paradigm of Modernity? The Turkish-EU Relations and Europeanisation Revisited’, presented at the Second Pan-European Conference of the ECPR-SGEU, John Hopkins University, Bologna, 24-26 June 2004
\'Securing State-Society Relations Through Securitized Foreign Policy: A Critical Outlook To Turkey\'s Official Discourse on the Cyprus Question\' presented at the British International Studies Association (BISA) 28th Annual Conference, the University of Birmingham, 15-17 December 2003.
\'Securing Domestic Order Through Securitized Foreign Policy: A Critical Outlook To Turkey\'s Official Discourse on the Cyprus Question\' presented at the Second METU Conference on International Relations: Regional Perspectives, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey, 23-25 June 2003.
Translations
- Co-translator of Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Principles, Mechanisms and Practices (from English to Turkish) Handbook For Parliamentarians No. 5, H. Born, Ph. Fluri, A. Johnsson (eds.), Inter-Parliamentary Union/Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (IPU/DCAF), (Istanbul: TESEV, 2004).
Conference Papers and Workshops
-‘ The Reorganization of Geopolitics: Understanding the New Activism in Turkish Foreign Policy’, paper presented at ‘Debating Security: Changes and Challenges for Turkey’, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, 22-23 October 2010.
‘Re-imagining Cyprus: The Rise of Regionalism in Turkey’s Security Outlook on Cyprus’, paper presented at European Foreign and Security Policy Studies, Autumn Seminar, “Challenges for European Security in 2020”, University of Goteborg, 24-26 September 2009.
‘Reassessing Europeanisation As A Quest For A New Paradigm Of Modernity: The Arduous Case of Turkey’, paper presented at the 49th annual convention of International Studies Association, San Francisco, 26-29 March 2008.
‘Reassessing Europeanisation As A Quest For A New Paradigm Of Modernity: The Arduous Case of Turkey’, paper presented at the UACES Annual Conference, ‘Exchanging Ideas on Europe: Common Values-- External Policies, Portsmouth, 3-5 September 2007.
- ‘De-securitizing Foreign Policy Unpacking the Impact of Europeanization: The Cyprus Case’, presented at World International Studies Committee First Global International Relations Conference, Bilgi University, Istanbul, 24-27 August 2005.
\' Security As An Intersubjective And Political Act: The Case Of Turkish Foreign Policy\', seminar delivered in Intensive Programme In Peace Studies, “Peace And Conflict Case Studies: Europe And Beyond”, Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, June 30-July 9 2005.
‘Turkish Security Culture and the Military Dimension of Foreign Policy-Making in Turkey’, workshop organized and chaired in Sabancı University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 25 May 2005.
‘Turkey In Search of A New Paradigm of Modernity? Problematising the Impact of Europeanisation on Turkish Civil Society’, seminar delivered at Sabancı University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2 December 2004.
‘Europeanisation of Turkish Civil Society and Its Impact on Turkish-Greek Civic Dialogue’ presented at The European Union\'s Impact on Greek-Turkish Relations EUBORDERCONF Project Conference, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 22-23 October 2004.
‘Turkey: In Search of A New Paradigm of Modernity? The Turkish-EU Relations and Europeanisation Revisited’, presented at the Second Pan-European Conference of the ECPR-SGEU, John Hopkins University, Bologna, 24-26 June 2004
\'Securing State-Society Relations Through Securitized Foreign Policy: A Critical Outlook To Turkey\'s Official Discourse on the Cyprus Question\' presented at the British International Studies Association (BISA) 28th Annual Conference, the University of Birmingham, 15-17 December 2003.
- \'Securing Domestic Order Through Securitized Foreign Policy: A Critical Outlook To Turkey\'s Official Discourse on the Cyprus Question\' presented at the Second METU Conference on International Relations: Regional Perspectives, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey, 23-25 June 2003.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of International Relations, Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey Fall 2010—Lecturing on European Union, Customs Union and Turkey (ECO 475)
Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), University of Birmingham, UK Spring 2007—Lecturing on European Security (POLS G33)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul Turkey Fall 2005—Lecturing on European Security (POLS 596)
Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), University of Birmingham, UK Spring 2004—Co-teaching module Advanced Topics on European Integration (POLS G19)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS March 2008- to date: Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Birmingham.
AWARDS RECEIVED
July 2006- September 2008: Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino/Italy, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Stockholm/Sweden, and VolkswagenStiftung, Hanover/Germany, post-doctoral research fund granted within the framework of European Common Foreign and Security Policy Studies. May 2005: Sabancı University, Internal Grant for Academic Activities. 2003-2004 : The European Commission, Jean Monnet Scholarship for financing post-doctoral research at POLSIS, University of Birmingham; covers tuition fee and living expenses. 1998-2003: Bilkent University, Full Graduate Scholarship for financing PhD study at Bilkent University; covers tuition fee and living expenses. 1996-1998: Bilkent University, Full Graduate Scholarship for financing M.A. study at Bilkent University; covers tuition fee and living expenses. 1992-1996: Bilkent University, Full Undergraduate Scholarship including tuition waiver. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS British International Studies Association—Member since 2003. International Studies Association—Member since 2006. Observatory of Interdisciplinary Research on Contemporary Turkey—member and vice-president since 2009.