Burak Gürel
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The paper I coauthored with Baran Şahinli and Deniz Tuzcu, titled "Labor Unrest in Chinese-Invested Enterprises in Turkey: Local Dynamics and Global Implications," has been published in Asian Perspective.
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China’s scientific foundations for controlling rare earth supply were laid in the Mao era. Reform era inter-sectoral conflicts (public vs. private & central vs. local) were ultimately settled in the Xi era in favor of a central government–led state capitalism.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
China’s scientific foundations for controlling rare earth supply were laid in the Mao era. Reform era inter-sectoral conflicts (public vs. private & central vs. local) were ultimately settled in the Xi era in favor of a central government–led state capitalism.
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"The INSS study traced the expansion of North Korea’s AI research infrastructure to the 2010s, when Kim Il Sung University’s Department of Computer Science and Kim Chaek University of Technology established AI laboratories."
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North Korea has developed AI capabilities ready for military use: Report | NK News
North Korea has developed its artificial intelligence capabilities to the point where they can be used in military and cyber operations, boasting technology for facial recognition, voice synthesis and...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"The INSS study traced the expansion of North Korea’s AI research infrastructure to the 2010s, when Kim Il Sung University’s Department of Computer Science and Kim Chaek University of Technology established AI laboratories."
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KUASIA Administrative Assistant Merve Yahşi attended the “Kyushu University Forum: KYUDAI NOW ANKARA,” co-hosted by Kyushu University Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies and J-MENA. We extend our appreciation to the organizers for facilitating meaningful academic exchange.
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
KUASIA Administrative Assistant Merve Yahşi attended the “Kyushu University Forum: KYUDAI NOW ANKARA,” co-hosted by Kyushu University Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies and J-MENA. We extend our appreciation to the organizers for facilitating meaningful academic exchange.
Zhan’s paper successfully challenges the widely held assumption that land expropriation inevitably impoverishes Chinese villagers.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Zhan’s paper successfully challenges the widely held assumption that land expropriation inevitably impoverishes Chinese villagers.
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Chang’s argument (entirely correct, in my view) ultimately hinges on the absence of effective disciplinary planning in India, a dynamic that Chibber explains well in "Locked in Place."
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November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Chang’s argument (entirely correct, in my view) ultimately hinges on the absence of effective disciplinary planning in India, a dynamic that Chibber explains well in "Locked in Place."
frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/i...
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While Çelik’s paper centers on how Industrial Vocational High School students internalize unstable employment prospects as a personal “failure,” it also offers food for thought on the micro foundations of Turkey’s lack of a coherent industrial policy.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
While Çelik’s paper centers on how Industrial Vocational High School students internalize unstable employment prospects as a personal “failure,” it also offers food for thought on the micro foundations of Turkey’s lack of a coherent industrial policy.
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KUASIA continues to publish expert blogs on various aspects of Asian studies. A new blog post by R. Krishnaswamy, Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University (Haryana, India), titled "Liberal Arts in India," is now available on our website. kuasia.ku.edu.tr/liberal-arts...
Liberal Arts in India - Center for Asian Studies
Author: R. Krishnaswamy*20 November 2025Liberal arts are usually contrasted with the useful or technical arts. The rise of the technical subject occurred in a specific social and cultural context. The...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
KUASIA continues to publish expert blogs on various aspects of Asian studies. A new blog post by R. Krishnaswamy, Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University (Haryana, India), titled "Liberal Arts in India," is now available on our website. kuasia.ku.edu.tr/liberal-arts...
"The current slowdown [of the Russian economy] could easily spark a technical recession. But this does not imply a crisis that would require urgent government intervention, rather it would be a return to a slower overall growth trajectory via a downturn." open.substack.com/pub/thebelli...
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"The current slowdown [of the Russian economy] could easily spark a technical recession. But this does not imply a crisis that would require urgent government intervention, rather it would be a return to a slower overall growth trajectory via a downturn." open.substack.com/pub/thebelli...
AidData Lab’s new dataset and report show that after “Made in China 2025” launched, China’s cross-border M&A lending shifted sharply: from 2015 to 2023, funding to weak-screening jurisdictions rose from 64% to 75%, while support for 'sensitive' sectors surged from 46% to 88%.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
AidData Lab’s new dataset and report show that after “Made in China 2025” launched, China’s cross-border M&A lending shifted sharply: from 2015 to 2023, funding to weak-screening jurisdictions rose from 64% to 75%, while support for 'sensitive' sectors surged from 46% to 88%.
"21. yüzyıl her şeyden önce Büyük Depresyon yüzyılıdır. Bu Büyük Depresyon muhtemelen 1930’lu yılların kötü şöhretli depresyonundan bile daha ağır geçecektir."
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Kapitalizmin son yüzyılının ilk çeyreğini geride bırakırken (1)
Yeni yüzyıl göz açıp kapayana kadar ilk çeyreğini tamamladı. Artık 20. yüzyıldan devraldığı dinamiklerle hareket eden, onun kalıntısı niteliğinde eğilimlerin ön planda olduğu bir yüzyıldan değil, kend...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"21. yüzyıl her şeyden önce Büyük Depresyon yüzyılıdır. Bu Büyük Depresyon muhtemelen 1930’lu yılların kötü şöhretli depresyonundan bile daha ağır geçecektir."
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We are recruiting for two positions: a full-time faculty position (any rank) and a full-time Instructor position.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We are recruiting for two positions: a full-time faculty position (any rank) and a full-time Instructor position.
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"Hazelnut is the lamb of nuts — high quality, with a sophisticated aroma. But Turkey did not succeed in building a brand. It always acted as a subcontractor for Europe."
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Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers
Ferrero holds off purchases after poor harvest and infestation of brown marmorated stink bug drove up prices
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November 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"Hazelnut is the lamb of nuts — high quality, with a sophisticated aroma. But Turkey did not succeed in building a brand. It always acted as a subcontractor for Europe."
on.ft.com/3JxErGM Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers
on.ft.com/3JxErGM Nutella maker in hazelnut stand-off with Turkish dealers
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KUASIA direktörü Burak Gürel'in katkıda bulunduğu "Çin’in Hegemon Devlet Olma Potansiyeli" konulu "Panorama Soruyor" bölümü yayımlandı.
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Çin’in Hegemon Devlet Olma Potansiyeli - Filiz Aydın Cevher – Global Panorama
Günümüzde her şeyin hızlıca değiştiği bir döneme tanıklık ediyoruz. Değişip, aynı işleyişin farklı bir dönemine mi adım atıyoruz yoksa dönüşüp tümüyle başka
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October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
KUASIA direktörü Burak Gürel'in katkıda bulunduğu "Çin’in Hegemon Devlet Olma Potansiyeli" konulu "Panorama Soruyor" bölümü yayımlandı.
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"Çin yeni hegemon olur mu?" sorusunu Global Panorama'da yanıtladım.
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Çin’in Hegemon Devlet Olma Potansiyeli - Filiz Aydın Cevher – Global Panorama
Günümüzde her şeyin hızlıca değiştiği bir döneme tanıklık ediyoruz. Değişip, aynı işleyişin farklı bir dönemine mi adım atıyoruz yoksa dönüşüp tümüyle başka
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October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Çin yeni hegemon olur mu?" sorusunu Global Panorama'da yanıtladım.
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China "has some of the lowest prices for drugs in the world. Nearly all of the success of these companies — and their booming stock prices — hinges on their ability to succeed in the US."
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October 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
China "has some of the lowest prices for drugs in the world. Nearly all of the success of these companies — and their booming stock prices — hinges on their ability to succeed in the US."
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Zhu Jianmin: "To overcome such technological challenges...the government, market, and society must be organically integrated—scientifically coordinated, focusing resources, optimizing mechanisms, and advancing collaborative innovation."
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天津日报数字报刊平台-充分发挥新型举国体制优势 加快破解“卡脖子”问题
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October 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Zhu Jianmin: "To overcome such technological challenges...the government, market, and society must be organically integrated—scientifically coordinated, focusing resources, optimizing mechanisms, and advancing collaborative innovation."
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"The West has been late to the game. In April 2020, amid pandemic lockdowns, Xi declared it was Beijing’s strategy to 'tighten international production chains’ dependence on China'."
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Why China keeps winning the trade war
Beijing, Brussels and Washington are all searching for the most efficient way to gum up their adversaries’ supply chains
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October 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"The West has been late to the game. In April 2020, amid pandemic lockdowns, Xi declared it was Beijing’s strategy to 'tighten international production chains’ dependence on China'."
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During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, "over 80% of the participants in national key R&D programs were under the age of 45, and 43.3% served as project leaders."
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创新答卷彰显新型举国体制优势（科技视点）
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October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, "over 80% of the participants in national key R&D programs were under the age of 45, and 43.3% served as project leaders."
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"In 2024, Eagle Semiconductor took the lead in achieving mass production and supply of single-wavelength 100G VCSEL chips, becoming the first domestic company to break this technological barrier and end the long-term monopoly held by American firms."
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October 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"In 2024, Eagle Semiconductor took the lead in achieving mass production and supply of single-wavelength 100G VCSEL chips, becoming the first domestic company to break this technological barrier and end the long-term monopoly held by American firms."
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"Türkiye’nin yüksek teknolojili ürünlerdeki açık sorununun esasen 'Çin kaynaklı' olmaktan ziyade, Türkiye’nin küresel sanayi hiyerarşisindeki yarı-çevre konumuna işaret etmektedir."
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Türkiye’de sanayisizleşme ve Çin’le dış ticaret açığı
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October 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Türkiye’nin yüksek teknolojili ürünlerdeki açık sorununun esasen 'Çin kaynaklı' olmaktan ziyade, Türkiye’nin küresel sanayi hiyerarşisindeki yarı-çevre konumuna işaret etmektedir."
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"Meanwhile, China faces an international environment of 'strong winds and rough waves'...Only by embedding technological self-reliance and self-strengthening into the fabric of industrial development can we firmly grasp the initiative in global competition."
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以高水平科技自立自强引领发展新质生产力——论深入学习贯彻党的二十届四中全会精神
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October 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Meanwhile, China faces an international environment of 'strong winds and rough waves'...Only by embedding technological self-reliance and self-strengthening into the fabric of industrial development can we firmly grasp the initiative in global competition."
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"The red canon and Silicon Valley canon never contradict — they coexist seamlessly within the same enterprise. This dual fluency...represents a uniquely Chinese form of corporate bilingualism.
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The China Tech Canon—Asterisk
How does the *paideía* of the Chinese tech elite differ from their counterparts in Silicon Valley?
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October 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"The red canon and Silicon Valley canon never contradict — they coexist seamlessly within the same enterprise. This dual fluency...represents a uniquely Chinese form of corporate bilingualism.
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Tarım Ekonomisi Derneği'nin etkinliğinde Journal of Peasant Studies’in tarihini ve yayın politikasını konuşacağız. Etkinliğin JPS’in Küresel Güney’de tarımın ve kırsalın dönüşümü üzerine çalışan araştırmacıları desteklemeye yönelik uzun soluklu çabalarına mütevazı bir katkı sunmasını umuyorum.
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tarım Ekonomisi Derneği'nin etkinliğinde Journal of Peasant Studies’in tarihini ve yayın politikasını konuşacağız. Etkinliğin JPS’in Küresel Güney’de tarımın ve kırsalın dönüşümü üzerine çalışan araştırmacıları desteklemeye yönelik uzun soluklu çabalarına mütevazı bir katkı sunmasını umuyorum.
"Data from the 2025 list of China’s Top 500 manufacturing enterprises show that their R&D intensity [R&D spending as a share of revenue] reached 2.45%, an increase of 0.03 percentage points compared with the previous year."
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October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Data from the 2025 list of China’s Top 500 manufacturing enterprises show that their R&D intensity [R&D spending as a share of revenue] reached 2.45%, an increase of 0.03 percentage points compared with the previous year."
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"Nexperia's core design and wafer manufacturing have always been in Europe...It is necessary to simultaneously introduce the design and manufacturing links into China, which involves complex technology transfer, and European factories are not likely to cooperate."
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October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"Nexperia's core design and wafer manufacturing have always been in Europe...It is necessary to simultaneously introduce the design and manufacturing links into China, which involves complex technology transfer, and European factories are not likely to cooperate."
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