Dialogue instead of mutual neglect? International political economy meets foreign policy analysis - Stephan Fouquet, R Melis Baydag, Klaus Brummer, Stefan A Schirm, Sibel Oktay, Francesco Niccolò Moro... This forum opens up a dialogue between two subfields of International Relations (IR) that have so far talked past, rather than with, each other: international p...

Co-edited forum in Cooperation and Conflict—a fantastic set of contributions; the forum title says it all.
with @StephanFouquet
@coco-journal.bsky.social
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The political economy of aid giving: a literature review - Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft Foreign aid is an important component of international economic exchange and has historically been a central topic in International Relations (IR) scholarship. This phenomenon prompts fundamental ques...

The year ends on a good note... My new publication "The political economy of aid giving: a literature review" has been published open access by ZPol:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Turkey, the EU, and China in the world: Does Turbulence lead to Convergence?  - newettg November, 2025 Authored: Niels Keijzer, Melis Baydag (IDOS) In today’s geopolitically buzzing and unstable world, what seemed unthinkable one month ago can be old news only weeks later. A small […]

How are the 𝗘𝗨, 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 adapting their international cooperation in a fragmenting world? Are their 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 converging or diverging?

Read the latest blog by @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social & @melisbaydag.bsky.social bit.ly/3K6tdJG (@idos-research.bsky.social)

It was such a great event!
#FrontiersOfResearch

When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.

At last someone is writing about this topic. @projectsyndicate.bsky.social @drodrik.bsky.social

In Turkey, Critics of Erdogan See Democracy Eroding After Istanbul Mayor’s Detention Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is trying to prevent a top contender from running for president.

@nytimes.com

📚 How does #populism shape national roles in times of #GlobalCrises? Melis Baydag and Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard explore how populist leaders redefined the role of middle powers during the #COVID19 pandemic: idos-research.de/en/others-pu...

Politics & Policy | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library This article examines the populist influences on middle power roles, focusing on two charismatic populist leaders, Presidents López Obrador in Mexico and Erdoğan in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandem...

🎉Kicking off the year with exciting news!🚀Check out my new publication (with R. Villanueva): "Populist Narratives and Personalized National Role Conception in Middle Powers: The Cases of Mexico and Turkey" in Politics & Policy 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Domestic ideas and interests in development cooperation of emerging donors: the case of Mexican development policy As emerging donors play a growing role in international development cooperation, attention has turned to understanding their motivations and strategies. While current studies predominantly draw on ...

✨ First Post Alert! ✨
Thrilled to announce my new article: "Domestic ideas and interests in development cooperation of emerging donors: the case of Mexican development Policy" is now published by @tandfonline.bsky.social in Contemporary Politics. Check it out! 🚀
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....