Aof Panel

Soru 1

Which of the following is TRUE about the Northern Caucasus?

I.It has nineteen native national groups according to the last Soviet census recognized
in 1989 and with a significant ethnic Russian Diaspora.

II.The North Caucasus is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse regions of the world.

III.It has the non-titular populations of Cossacks, Nogai and a number of others.

Soru 2

Which of the following was claimed by the Russians as the birthplace of the Russian identity, state and the Orthodox Church?

Soru 3

Which of the following is TRUE about the Caspian Basin?

I. During the Soviet era, the majority of gas and oil reserves remained unexplored in it.

II.Iran is the most interested in the current developments of Caspian oil deposits.

III. Iran had no interest in the distribution and transportation of the Caspian energy resources.

IV. Turkmenistan is not currently interested in developing its potential Caspian oil reserves.

Soru 4

I. Fukuyama (1992)

II. Huntington (1996)

III. Firedmann (2000)

Which one(s) of these scholars has/have a similar point of view arguing that a potential clash between major civilizations replaced the ideological rivalry during the Cold War?

Soru 5

Which one of the following terms is based on a prior idea of sovereignty as responsibility which deals with the notion of sovereignty from a normative perspective rather than a free pass for the independent states in the conduct of their foreign policies?

Soru 6

Which one of the following terms refers to a shift from emphasis upon state’s own national security concerns to the protection of the security of the individuals in international politics?

Soru 7

"...the political concept, that uses natural-geographical data (configuration and the size of the territory and aquatory, climate, material and natural resources, racial and ethnical composition of the population for explanation of national interests of the states and coalition interests of military-political alliances" (Sinayskiy, 1992, 2).

Which one of the following countries embraces the definiton of geopolitics above?

Soru 8

Which one of the following terms refers to the intricate ties and bonds between the states and intergovernmental organizations that cannot be possibly ignored in the analysis of world politics?

Soru 9

"Whoever controls the “Heartland”, controls the “world island”, and whoever controls the World Island, will soon rule the world."

Which of the followings is considered to have been caused by the Heartland Thesis in 20th century?

Soru 10

"Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) was established in June 1992, and it includes all six countries on the Black Sea as well as six neighbouring countries."

Which of the followings is one of the six neighbouring countries included in BESC?

Soru 11

"Central Asia covers the area extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the border of western China in the east. There was a brief discussion after the independence of the regional countries in 1991 about how to refer to them.

Prior to the independence of the countries in the region, which of the followings was one of the terms used by Czarist Russia to identify the region?

Soru 12

Which of the following pairs is the one that struggled for supremacy over the Black Sea during the most of the 18th and 19th centuries?

Soru 13

Which of the followings is not one of the countries/epires that invaded the Caucasus throughout history?

Soru 14

Which of the followings is the main element in developing a sense of national identity among the newly-independent states after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

Soru 15

Which of the followings is the place where historically modern Russia emerged into the historical stage?

Soru 16

Which of thefollowings is the Turkish minority living in into Moldova as an autonomous region since the new constitution of 1994?

Soru 17

Which of the follwoings is the country on the coast of Caspian Sea that is the least interested in the current developments of Caspian oil deposits due to its own oil reserves?

Soru 18

Which of the following countries did the United States of America aim to surround via Dual Containment Policy during the 1980s and 1990s?

Soru 19

What were the subjects of ancient Chinese and Indian writings?

Soru 20

Which philosophers had the idea of uniting nations under one political administration?

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