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Berkay MANDIRACI

@berkaymandiraci.bsky.social

Analyst focussed on international mediation, conflict resolution, middle powers & geopolitics. PhD candidate at Boğaziçi University; Senior Türkiye Analyst at International Crisis Group; Fox International Fellow, Yale University (2025-26).

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Berkay MANDIRACI @berkaymandiraci.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My new article attempts to link shifts in global and regional power structures to middle power mediation incentives. The Turkish case suggests systemic turbulence can open space for agency, but cannot alone explain when mediation occurs. @uidergisi.bsky.social www.ir-journal.com/online-first...

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Berkay MANDIRACI @berkaymandiraci.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

As global power diffuses, mediation gains ground as a tool of middle-power agency. Our @crisisgroup.org piece w/ Dareen Khalifa on Türkiye finds that access, ties and leverage can open diplomatic space but also narrow Ankara’s room for manoeuvre as a mediator. www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/europe/t...

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Türkiye and the Geopolitics of Mediation | International Crisis Group

This commentary is part of Crisis Group’s body of work examining how middle powers are reshaping conflict resolution. It explores Ankara’s foreign policy, the “Turkish way” of mediation, and the stren...

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