Securitizing Energy in Turkey and the EU: Cheap Talk or New Policies?

Lecture -- Securitizing Energy in Turkey and the EU: Cheap Talk or New Policies?”
Dr. Alpan, a visiting scholar in the Center’s International Research Scholar Exchange Scheme, will discuss how energy emerges as a practical security concept and is represented in policy discourses in Europe and Turkey. Ever since the end of Cold War and since 9/11 in particular, the concept of ‘security’ has experienced a profound conceptual change. This talk will examine the securitization of ‘energy’ within the EU and Turkey and its impact on from a comparative perspective.

Presenter: Dr. Basak Alpan, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration/Centre for European Studies, Middle East Technical University, Turkey