Seçkin Köstem
skostem.bsky.social
Seçkin Köstem
@skostem.bsky.social
Associate Prof of IR at Bilkent University, Ankara. Co-editor, Review of International Political Economy

kostem.bilkent.edu.tr
Happy to announce that our article on the EBRD has been published in Third World Quarterly 👇
I am delighted to see this article co-authored with @skostem.bsky.social published in Third World Quarterly. We focus on the changing views of the state in the EBRD's development finance practices after Covid-19. The article is open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Crypto currencies and development mode in flux: unfolding bitcoin mining in Georgia, by Ia Eradze
Crypto currencies and development mode in flux: unfolding bitcoin mining in Georgia
Cheap energy, absence of regulations on mining, low taxes, free industrial zones made Georgia an attractive place for Bitcoin mining and home to such big companies as Bitfury and Binance. This pape...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The Chinese are coming! US think tanks and the Belt and Road Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa, by Neil Ketchley, Morten S. Andersen & Ole Jacob Sending
The Chinese are coming! US think tanks and the Belt and Road Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa
It is now common for US government officials and policy analysts to cite China as the most significant current threat to US foreign policy interests. This article examines how the US foreign policy...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My department is hiring 👇
My department is further expanding:

Two open rank positions:
1) Open specialization:stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR2026

2) Historical approaches in IR:stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR202…

The positions come with perks incl. teaching reduction, free housing, and IB schooling options for children
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Introducing new BISA Chair @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social - Priorities and plans for 2025-2027 🌟

Join us as BISA Chair Professor Juanita Elias @warwickpais.bsky.social introduces herself and her 3 top priorities for BISA during her tenure! 🎉

Read here: buff.ly/612GRk9

@ripejournal.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Layering of informal organisations in international regimes: the G20 Common Framework and the sovereign debt regime, by
Isabel Rodriguez-Toribio & Alexandra O. Zeitz
Layering of informal organisations in international regimes: the G20 Common Framework and the sovereign debt regime
Given that informal organisations are thought to be easy to reform, why do states sometimes choose to create new informal institution rather than reforming existing ones? We argue states may introd...
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September 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Grateful for the recognition of our article “Unique Offerings: Ideological Competition and Rebel Governance” by @apsa.bsky.social 2025 Conflict Section Best Paper Award.

It has recently become online first. If you are inquiring about rebel strategies, then:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Unique offerings: Ideological competition and rebel governance - Seden Akcinaroglu, Jeremy Berkowitz, Carlos E. Moreno Leon, Sema Hande Ogutcu-Fu, Evgeny Sedashov, Efe Tokdemir, 2025
This study examines the factors influencing non-state armed actors’ (NSAAs) ability and willingness to implement rebel governance, with a focus on the group...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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“Green Microfinancial Regimes” by @danielagabor.bsky.social and @benbraun.bsky.social leads RIPE Altmetric score for 2025. Check out the entire SI on Macrofinance and the Green Transformation edited by @leahdowney.bsky.social Leah Downey and @markblyth.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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RIPE had 194695 downloads in Q2 2025, as opposed to 143240 in Q2 2024, an increase of 35.92%. Thanks to our authors, reviewers and readers!
August 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Thrilled to publish RIPE 32:4 ahead of schedule and summer vacations, as it contains another brilliant special issue: China’s Rise and the Reconfiguration of Global Economic Governance, edited by Eugénia C. Heldt and Susan Park. Most articles are open access!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rrip20/3...
Review of International Political Economy
Volume 32, Issue 4 of Review of International Political Economy
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June 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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We're thrilled to host the @all_azimuth Online Workshop: Uncovering the Deep Structure of Turkish International Behavior on June 13, 2025.

Explore the full program below.

To engage in this substantive discussion, please register by completing this form: forms.gle/Z4tRoEXEcj2a...
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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🚨 New #OpenAccess publication in @ripejournal.bsky.social, together with Tony Heron (York) and Darrin McDonald (Leeds Beckett).

Do have a read by clicking on the link below! ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Performing trade: ‘Global Britain’ and the UK’s post-Brexit free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand
Why did the United Kingdom (UK) prioritise post-Brexit free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand, despite the almost negligible economic benefits on offer? We address this puzzle ...
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April 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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✏️New Publication! Our latest research article, "Power Shifts and Knowledge Production: India’s Rise and Scholarship in International Relations", by Aksel B. Hvid, Fabricio H. Chagas-Bastos, and Peter Marcus Kristensen is now online!
February 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Publication Alert – Our latest article titled, "All Azimuth Debate: Gradual Reform or Revolution? Pathways to Global IR," by
@aysezarakol.bsky.social l and Ersel Aydınlı is now online !

www.allazimuth.com/2025/02/06/a...
February 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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to understand the 'green capitalism' part of how the US got here, read our @benbraun.bsky.social account:

colliding macrofinancial regimes - when China's Big Green State meets Biden's Robust Derisking, there is one winner.

New @ripejournal.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Green macrofinancial regimes
Debates about climate policy have neglected the question of macrofinancial pathways to decarbonisation, not all of which are economically and politically viable. We propose a theory of macrofinanci...
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February 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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As we enter the New Year, RIPE editors have some good news to report!!! Our editors are:
@juanitamarieelias.bsky.social
@hozic.bsky.social Alison Johnston
@skostem.bsky.social @manuelamoschella.bsky.social @stefanoponte.bsky.social @kevinyoung.bsky.social and Hongying Wang
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
RIPE 2024 diversity statement
Published in Review of International Political Economy (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
January 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Come and join the Political Economy of Aid and Development Society in Scotland 23-24 April 2025 next year! Find the call for papers below ⬇️
CfP: Political Economy of Aid and Development Society

Please submit full papers or extended abstracts to samuel.brazys@ucd.ie.

Deadline: 15 December 2024.
Decisions by: 15 January 2025.

When: 23-24 April 2025
Where: Atholl Palace Hotel in Pitlochry, Scotland

#ipesky #cpesky #cipesky #polisky
December 3, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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1. from last year, but found an issue in @ripejournal.bsky.social this year: with @mattiylonen.bsky.social and Ringa Raudla, we traced how secrecy-seeking capital shifts strategies amidst a global backlash against tax havens and the rise of Fintech: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From tax havens to cryptocurrencies: secrecy-seeking capital in the global economy
The global backlash against tax havens has pushed secrecy-seeking capital to explore alternative opportunities in non-tax-haven countries and new financial technologies (FinTech). We identify two m...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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To adapt to a new global order, the EU has adopted a more geopolitical approach to its economic statecraft.

The new @carnegieendow.bsky.social report that I co-edited with Rosa Balfour explores the challenges to the EU economic political model in various thematic areas.

bit.ly/3ZdB8K0
Geopolitics and Economic Statecraft in the European Union
In response to great-power rivalry and the weaponization of interdependence, the EU has adopted a geopolitical approach to economic statecraft. To build resilience and maintain its international credi...
carnegieendowment.org
November 19, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Join us in the IPE & friends starter pack!
November 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM