Deniz Gulay
ugulay@binghamton.edu
88 Articles
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Let history speak for itself in documentaries
There are, in my experience, two kinds of documentaries. The first type is what anyone would think of when hearing the word “documentary” — a 45-minute to an hourlong film where an...
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Japan is not a capable deterrent
The current situation in the Far East is exceedingly precarious. There may not be any visible signs of it today, but the bigger game of geopolitics between China and the United States...
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Isolating Russia is a failing strategy
It has been three years since the invasion of Ukraine began. While the war between Russia and Ukraine goes back much further than that, 2022 is the first time many people have...
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Religions must rediscover their public role
When talking about the future of nations, people generally focus on large trends and big events that frequently make headlines. Of course, it is important to grasp how trade, economics and diplomacy...
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The Kardashev scale must be reimagined
The study of history frequently finds itself intertwined with other subjects. It is encouraged, if not necessary, to look at human development not only from the perspective of culture or politics but...
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Normalization of growing Nazi sympathy is inexcusable
In Binghamton, just across the river from our campus, is St. Michael’s Church, built in 1904 by Slavic immigrants who fled ethnic persecution in Eastern Europe to find a safer, more prosperous...
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Visualizing stories in games requires depth and variety
Sometimes games are about the action: the entertainment that comes from shooting, blasting, racing, flying or generally doing some kind of physical movement. However, on the other end of the spectrum, games’...
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'The Paul Street Boys' warns us of imagined borders
To be inspired by art is, at times, to have a new pair of eyes and, at other times, to gain a new brush and new tins of paint. There is a...
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France must brace for the 'Sixth Republic'
France is perhaps the symbolic epitome of European political culture. The economic power of the European Union is led by Germany, the defense of the continent is dependent on the United States...
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Fall of Ba'athism will jeopardize the Middle East
It would have been unthinkable, even a mere few months ago, that Syria’s civil war would suddenly reach a new stage. The rapid collapse of the Bashar al-Assad government is the beginning...