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Using discourse analysis as its methodology, this article demonstrates how the Turkish political elite sought to play a 'Western nation role' towards Afghanistan in order to appeal indirectly to the US political elite. In that sense, this article underlines how, under coalition (1999–2002) and the Justice and Development Party (2002–) rule, the Turkish governments used security and humanitarian narratives to underscore Turkey's contributions to Western security after the 11 September 2001 attacks. Continuing on from those narratives, the article explains how a non-Western Muslim country could consider fellow Muslim nations as 'others' in order to present itself as a Western actor. This document also details how queer international relations theory and securitisation theory explain the Turkish elite's decision-making during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's presence in Afghanistan over the last two decades. To that end, this article highlights how the Justice and Development Party government continued the pro-Western narratives of its predecessor coalition government, which decided to send Turkish military forces into Afghanistan in order to appeal to the US political elite.

This chapter shows how contestation over migration has influenced discursive constructions of 'Europe' in mainstream politics and media. ; Respond

This comparative report draws together the research outputs of seven partners from the EU Horizon 2020 project RESPOND. Researchers in Hungary, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Greece, Poland and Italy had undertaken analysis of how contestation of migration was impacting on discursive constructions of "Europe" in mainstream politics and media. Drawing on post-functionalist theories of European order, we aimed to capture the growing politicisation and contestation of areas of EU governance that had previously been depoliticised in national politics. This analysis is then extended to examine the impact of contestation on European self-understanding at the supranational level.

The project of European integration has undergone a succession of shocks, beginning with the Eurozone crisis, followed by reactions to the sudden growth of irregular migration, and, most recently, the Coronavirus pandemic. These shocks have politicised questions related to the governance of borders and markets that for decades had been beyond the realm of contestation. For some time, these questions have been spilling over into domestic and European electoral politics, with the rise of "populist" and Eurosceptic parties. Increasingly, however, the crises have begun to reshape the liberal narrative that have been central to the European project. This book charts the rise of contestation over the meaning of "Europe", particularly in light of the Coronavirus crisis and Brexit. Drawing together cutting edge, interdisciplinary scholarship from across the continent, it questions not merely the traditional conflict between European and nationalist politics, but the impact of contestation on the assumed "cosmopolitan" values of Europe