Award Topics
The topic of the first Research Award in 2006 was "Turkey's New Geopolitical Environment: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement." A seven-member international jury reviewed all essays. The winner was Lerna K. Yanık from Bilkent University's Department of Political Science for her essay on "Beyond 'Bridges,' 'Crossroads' and 'Buffer Zones': Defining a New International Role for Turkey."
Winners
First Prize : Lerna K. Yanik, Professor, Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara
Essay : "Beyond 'Bridges', 'Crossroads' and 'Buffer Zones': Defining a new international role for Turkey".
Second Prize : Ian O. Lesser, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.
Essay : "Turkey and The United States: From geopolitics to concerted strategy".
Third Prize (a), Demet Yalcin, Assistant Prof. of International Relations, Dept. of International Relations, Koc University, Istanbul
Essay : "The impact of the European Union on democracy in Turkey and its implications for the region".
Third Prize (b), Suat Kiniklioglu, Director, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S., Ankara
Essay : "The Anatomy of Turkish-Russian relations".
Honorable Mention, Leda-Agapi Glyptis, PhD Candidate, Government Department, London School of Economics, London
Essay : "Which way to the Future? Kemalist Westernisation for the New Millenium".
Honorable Mention, Yigit Kargin, M.A. Student, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Public Affairs and Management, Carleton University, Ottawa
Essay : "The forgotten neighbor upstairs: The rising importance of Turkish-Russian in the newly emerging world order".
Honorable Mention, Hugh Pope, Author/Correspondent, Sons of the Turkic World, Istanbul
Essay : "Coming into fashion: Turkey's new edge in the Middle East".
Honorable Mention, Nathalie Tocci and Luigi Narbone, Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European Univeristy Institute, Florence
Essay : "Ebbs and flows in Turkey's turbulent path to Europe".
Jury
Gilles Andréani, Former Director, Policy Planning Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of France, Paris.
Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden.
Dr. Philip Gordon, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, the Brookings Institution.
Strobe Talbott, Former Deputy Secretary of State - President, The Brookings Institution.
Prof. Dr. Ilter Turan, Former President, Istanbul Bilgi University.
Robert Cooper , Director General for Politico-Military Affairs at the EU Council.
Prof. Dr. Ustun Erguder, Director, Istanbul Policy Center / Sabancı University.
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