Turkey-West Relations

The Politics of Intra-Alliance Opposition
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-72672-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 355 g

This timely book fills an important gap in the literature of international relations, providing a thorough, up-to-date, empirically supported, and theoretically grounded analysis of how and why Turkish foreign policy has changed in recent years vis-à-vis the West. Presenting one of the first balancing studies that employs elite interviews as data, Turkey–West Relations develops a framework of intra-alliance opposition, classifying the tools of statecraft into three categories - boundary testing, boundary challenging, and boundary breaking. Six case studies are examined regarding Turkish foreign policy over the past nine years, exploring an array of topics including Turkey's foreign policy in relation to various nations and organizations, the refugee crisis, defense procurement, energy policies, and more. Dursun-Özkanca demonstrates how international, regional, issue-specific, and domestic factors may serve to explain Turkey's increasing boundary-breaking behavior. This book is crucial for anyone who seeks to understand the recent growing rifts between Turkey and the US, the EU, and NATO.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dursun-Özkanca, Oya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Framework of Intra-Alliance opposition; 2. Turkish foreign policy in the Western Balkans; 3. The Turkish veto over the EU-NATO security exchange; 4. The EU-Turkey deal on Refugees; 5. Turkey's energy policies; 6. Turkish rapprochement with Russia in security; 7. Turkey's foreign policy on Syria and Iraq; Conclusion: Turkey and the West – what next?

Über Autor(innen)

Dursun-Özkanca, Oya
Oya Dursun-Özkanca is a Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. She served as LSEE Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and has received grants from Georgetown University, European Commission, and various other sources. She has had articles featured in Foreign Policy Analysis, Civil Wars, and elsewhere.