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Due to the significant and often deliberate human impact on the natural environment, there are serious problems facing both present and future generations of people. Today, ethical, religious, political and economic arguments in favor of preserving and protecting the environment are unfortunately not taken seriously enough in society. Our responsibilities towards other people explain why we have responsibilities towards the environment. On the other hand, there is a growing voice in favor of recognizing that our duties to nature derive from the rights of the very components of nature, its flora and fauna. This raises the question of recognizing the rights of nature. The constitutions of individual states interpret nature as a subject of rights. The assumed interconnectedness of humans and nature introduces a systemic worldview. This shift to a holistic narrative serves as a catalyst for the growing acceptance of the new systemic worldview. The "rights of nature" embody a distinctive position of agricultural and environmental ethics that sets limits on human activity and justifies a partnership with the planet. Legal equality is perceived as a prerequisite for a symmetrical conceptualization of human relations with the planet.The environmental policy of the "green state" is aimed at ensuring sustainable development, which, among other things, includes ensuring environmental human rights, reducing socio-economic inequalities, eradicating environmental injustice (both within nation-states, regionally and globally, as well as between generations) and ensuring that the needs of the human economy do not exceed the regenerative capacity of the ecosystems on which this economy depends. In this context, there is a need for research on the political and institutional dynamics of the nation-state towards moving away from unsustainable development paths. Living in a sustainable ("green") political order, different from the current liberal-democratic one based on the laws of the free market, requires new legal, primarily constitutional, and institutional innovations. The purpose of this article is to invite a broad debate on the nature of the ecological state, its content and correlation with traditional principles of constitutionalism, and its impact on national security policy. Such a discussion will contribute to the recognition that the greening of the constitution is aimed at protecting national environmental interests and will contribute to improving environmental security.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Origins of Conflict In Somalia: A Historical Context -- Chapter 3: Clan Configuration and Identity Networks in Somalia -- Chapter 4: Spatial (Un)Governance and Its Application in Somalia -- Chapter 5: Complexity of Somalia Conflict: Features and Actors -- Chapter 6: Socio-Economic and Political Consequences of the Somali Conflict -- Chapter 7: Impact of the Somali Conflict on National and Regional Security -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Do we need yet more analysis of the responses to the September 11, 2001 (hereafter 9/11), terrorist attacks? Those tragic events occurred more than a decade ago, and their 10-year memorial focused on bringing "closure" to the event. For many, those attacks have become an increasingly distant, if still poignant, memory. For still others—such as the new cohort of undergraduate students who were only nine years old on the day of the attacks—9/11 is social history.Our contention in putting together this volume is that there continues to be significant reason to scrutinize 9/11 in terms of its consequences for the dynamics of surveillance. The aftermath of that tragic event played a major role in policy changes and in international relations. Wars were fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, sparked by 9/11, and many thousands more people died as a result. "National security" was elevated to a top priority in the United States and elsewhere, and this approach has had wave and ripple effects throughout the world. This is the "War on Terror," and, unlike other wars, this one has no visible end point. These developments certainly affected surveillance practices internationally and have been the cue for the United States to demand that other countries fall in line with its approach. On the other hand, for many countries, especially in the global south, 9/11 is not a top-of-mind matter, nor is "national security" a vital concern.

YÖK Tez No: 652294 ; Devletlerin günümüzde toplumsal refahı ve sürdürülebilir kalkınmalarını gerçekleştirebilmeleri için sürekli artış gösteren enerji taleplerini karşılamaları gerekmektedir. Bu açıdan değerlendirildiğinde Türkiye'nin sürekli artan dinamik nüfusu, şehirleşme yaşamı ve sanayi alanında yapmış olduğu yeni atılımları giderek artan enerji açığını da beraberinde getirmiştir. Enerji faktörü Türkiye'nin sürdürülebilir güvenlik ve kalkınmasının sağlanabilmesi için artık hayati öneme haiz bir güç konumundadır. Bu kapsamda Türkiye'nin ihtiyaç duyduğu enerjiyi karşılamak, enerjide dışa bağımlılığını azaltmak ve ithal enerji kaynaklarında enerji arz güvenliğini sağlayabilmek için bir yandan kaynak çeşitliliği, tedarikçi ülke ve güzergâh çeşitliliği gibi uluslararası birçok alanda çalışmalarını sürdürürken, diğer yandan ise egemenlik sınırları içerisinde yürütmüş olduğu milli enerji hamleleri ile yeni enerji yatakları arama, kullanımdaki mevcut enerji kaynaklarının kapasitelerini iyileştirme, yenilenebilir ve nükleer gibi alternatif enerji kaynaklarına yönelik yatırımlarını arttırma stratejileriyle enerji arz-talep dengesini sağlamaya çalıştığı görülmektedir. 21. Yüzyıl Türkiye'sinin enerji üretim kapasitesini ve kaynak çeşitliliğini artırabilmek için yürüttüğü en önemli projesi ''Nükleer Güç Santrali'' kurma projesidir. Türkiye tüm engellemelere rağmen uzun zamandır istediği nükleer teknolojiye sahip olma konusundaki yürütmüş olduğu başarılı ve somut çalışmaları ile ulusal güvenliği ve küresel güç mücadelesinde stratejik öneme sahip bir güç çarpanı olan nükleer teknolojiyi elde etmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye'nin temel enerji politikaları kapsamında sürdürülebilir güvenlik ve kalkınmasında nükleer enerjinin gereklilik durumu ile bölgesel güvenlik boyutu sorunsalı jeopolitik bir bakış açısıyla değerlendirmektir. Bu bağlamda çalışmanın hipotezi; nükleer enerjinin jeopolitik açıdan Türkiye'nin sürdürülebilir kalkınması ve güvenliğinde vazgeçilmez ve zorunlu bir kaynak olduğu, ayrıca nükleer enerjinin bölgesel güvenliğe katkı sağlayacağı savından oluşmaktadır. Yine araştırmada nükleer enerjinin Türkiye'de hem barışçıl hem de askeri güç kapsamında kullanılmasının çok boyutlu değerlendirmesi yapılarak etki ve sonuçlarının neler olduğunun tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma temelde nitel araştırma yöntemine göre yapılmış olup, yerli ve yabancı literatürden faydalanılarak veriler kaynak taraması yoluyla elde edilmiştir. Ayrıca çalışma enerji alanında faaliyet yürüten ulusal ve uluslararası kurum ve kuruluşların istatistik raporlarının analiz edilmesi sonucu oluşturulan grafik ve tablolar kullanılarak desteklenmiştir. Türkiye'nin nükleer enerjiye sahip olması sonucunda; enerji kaynak çeşitliliğinin sağlanarak enerji arz güvenliğine ciddi katkı sağlayacağı, enerjide ortalama % 75 oranında dışa bağımlı olan ülkemizin enerji kaynağı ithalinin azalması sebebiyle önemli bir dış ticaret açığını kapatacağı, bu bağlamda daha esnek ve bağımsız bir dış politika yürütebileceği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu nedenle nükleer enerjiye sahip olmanın Türkiye açısından bir tercihten ziyade bir mecburiyet olduğu değerlendirilmiştir. Yine Türkiye'nin nükleer enerji alanında yürüttüğü projeler ile teknik altyapısının geliştirilmesi sonucu ve yetiştirdiği nitelikli insan kaynakları sayesinde ileri teknoloji gerektiren hem ağır sanayisinin gelişmesine, hem de inşaat, çelik üretimi, tarım, tıp, savunma ve uzay gibi sektörlerin gelişimine ve ülkenin kalkınmasına önemli katkı sağlayacağı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca Türkiye'nin nükleer alanda kazandığı tecrübe ve bilgi birikimiyle birlikte imkân ve şartların olgunlaşması durumunda yakın gelecekte hem kendi yeraltı kaynaklarını kullanabileceği, yerli imkânlarla ''Nükleer Güç Santrali'' yapabilmesi, hem de askeri alanda yürütebileceği nükleer güç çalışmalarına zemin hazırlaması açısından ve milli güç unsurlarının nükleer güç çarpanıyla desteklemesi bakımından önemli bir kazanım elde edeceği görülmektedir. Çalışmada Türkiye'nin bölgesel gerçekleri ve jeopolitik durumu nazara alındığında nükleer enerjinin ekonomik olduğu kadar aynı zamanda bir güvenlik meselesi olduğu, bu sebeple Türkiye'nin bölge ülkeleri ile karşılaştırmalı üstünlüğü bakımından nükleer güce sahip olmasının zorunlu olduğu görülmüş ve nükleer enerjinin Türkiye'nin güvenlik ve kalkınmasında vazgeçilmez bir enerji kaynağı olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. ; States are responsible for meeting the continuous growth in the demand of energy in order to realize social welfare and sustainable developments. In this perspective, Turkey's ever growing dynamic population, urban life and new developments in the industrial field has also generated a gradual increase in energy demand. The energy factor has become a vital resource in securing Turkey's sustainable security and development. In this context, while Turkey continues its research internationally in many fields including diversity in its supplying countries and routes to meet its energy demand, reducing its foreign dependency on energy and ensuring the security of supplies of imported energy sources on one hand, on the other hand we see that Turkey is attempting to provide the supply-demand balance in energy with its strategies of searching for new energy sources with its national energy moves conducted within its own borders; improving the capacity of existing energy sources and increasing investments for alternative energy sources such as renewable and nuclear energy. The most important project planned to increase the energy production capacity and resource diversity in the 21st century Turkey is the "Nuclear Power Plant" establishment project. Despite all the drawbacks, with its successful and substantial efforts in possessing the long awaited nuclear technology, Turkey aims to secure a power factor nuclear technology that will have strategic importance in its national security, and raise its status as a global power. In this study, the necessity of nuclear energy in sustainable security and development as a part of Turkey's main energy policies and the question of the dimension of regional security will be assessed from a geopolitical perspective. In this respect, the hypothesis of the study forms the argument that in geopolitical terms nuclear energy is an essential and indispensible source for Turkey's sustainable development and security, and nuclear energy will also contribute to regional security. This study also aims to determine the effects and results of both the peaceful and military use of nuclear energy in Turkey by conducting a multidimensional evaluation. Basically, this study was carried out according to qualitative research method and data was obtained from literature reviews using both local and foreign literature. In addition, the study was also supported using graphics and tables formed as a result of the analyses of statistic reports by national and international institutions and organizations that are active in the energy field. As a result of Turkey possessing nuclear energy, it is concluded that this will contribute significantly to energy demand security by providing a resource diversity; fill a significant gap in foreign trade due to the reduction in the energy resource imports of Turkey that is on average 75% dependent on imported energy, and subsequently will be able to enforce more flexible, independent foreign policies. Therefore, possessing nuclear energy is considered to be a requirement for Turkey rather than a preference. As a result of the projects developed by Turkey in the nuclear energy field together with the development of technical infrastructure, and owing to the qualified human resources it was concluded that this will contribute significantly not only to the development of heavy industry, but also the development of sectors including construction, steel production, agriculture, medicine, defense and space, and therefore the development of the country. Moreover, with the accumulation of experience and information Turkey has gained in the nuclear field, providing there is an improvement in opportunities and conditions it appears that in the near future the country will secure a major achievement both in terms of establishing a "Nuclear Power Plant" with its own resources where Turkey will be able to use its own underground sources and preparing the groundwork for nuclear power research for development in the military field, and in terms of supporting the national power factors with nuclear energy. Taking the regional facts and geopolitical situation of Turkey into consideration, in this study it was concluded that nuclear energy is not only more economical, but at the same time a security requirement; so in terms of the comparative advantages over other regional countries, it is essential that Turkey has its own nuclear power and nuclear energy is an essential source of energy for both the security and development of the country.

It has often been pointed out that terrorist attacks place democratic values under pressure. Indeed, terrorists may well have the aim of forcing democracies to reveal their lack of commitment to such values & their readiness to embrace authoritarian measures. This chapter will argue that the AntiTerrorism, Crime & Security Act 2001 (ATCSA), introduced by the Labour government as a response to the 11 September (2001) attacks, satisfies this aim because it comes into conflict with a number of the guarantees of the European Convention on Human Rights received into domestic law under the Human Rights Act 1998. Indeed, the tension between those rights & the ATCSA measures is such that to introduce the latter the government had to derogate from the fundamental guarantee of the right to liberty of the person. The mounting tension discerned by commentators between the Labour government's increasingly authoritarian measures & the Human Rights Act that it itself introduced currently reaches its climax, it is argued, in Part 4 of ACTSA. An exploration of that tension forms the central theme of this chapter. Adapted from the source document.