Introduction

Abstract

The June 2024 issue of our journal brings together our esteemed readers with five different articles. In this issue, there are two research articles on immigrant discourse and China's energy policies, an opinion article on the impact of Scandinavian countries' energy policies on the foreign policies of the Baltic countries and two publication reviews.

The first research article, prepared by authors Suat Taşkesen and Poyraz Çini, focuses on the effects of the language used in the media on the perception of immigrants by analysing the immigrant discourse in Turkey with a special focus on Nevşehir province. The discourse analysis covering the years 2011-22 deals with the discourses in the news produced about Syrian and Afghan asylum seekers in the digital media organisation FİB Haber. While analysing the change from 2011 to 2022, the reasons for this change and which parameters are related to this change are tried to be determined.

Our author Dinara Tullekova, who has made a significant contribution to the dynamics of the interaction between the regions regarding China's energy cooperation with Central Asia, has written the second research article of this issue. The analysis reveals not only China's potential resources, but also the important role of Central Asia in energy diversity.

The review essay by Dilek Yılmaz focuses on the impact of the energy policies of the Nordic countries on the foreign policies of the Baltic states. It is assessed that a number of energy projects being carried out by the Nordic countries will play an important role both in helping the Baltic countries to reach the Union standard of prosperity and in reducing their dependence on energy resources from the Russian Federation.

The first book review in the publication review section is by Melisa Yüca. Yüca made a comprehensive review of the book titled ‘Global Actor China/China-US Competition’, edited by Rafet Akgünay and Mehmet Fatih Ceylan and published by Nika Publishing House in 2023. The second book review belongs to Özlem Yaş and is the book ‘Changing “World and Palestine-Israel Problem” written by Üzeyir Türk, published by MGV Publications in 2022.

We would like to thank all the authors who have contributed to this issue of our journal by submitting their works and all the referees who have laboured in the evaluation process of these works; we hope that the ongoing interest in our journal from the national and international academic community will continue.