The Big Bet

Yiannos Charalambides studied Law and International Relations at Masters Level and is a Doctor in International Relations and European Studies. As a journalist and political analyst he covered the war in Bosnia (1994-1995) and the former Yugoslav Republic (1999-2000), but also in the Middle East (2002). The author keeps addressing the progress of the Cyprus Problem and the Euro-Turkish relations, and has been working as a political advisor for Members of the European Parliament since 2004. His political scientific works include articles regarding the Turkish Accession to the EU as well as the political shift from the Bush to the Obama administration in the context of the political theories of ‘hard’, ‘soft’ and ‘smart’ power.

Contents: EU cohesion - Worst case scenario - EU cohesion model - Turkish accession - Privileged partnership - Crisis - Role of the US in Turkish accession - Structural changes - Turkish army - Redistribution of power - Soviet syndrome - Theory of the "three wedges".