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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-a-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-Ozkanca 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.
Examines a timely topic: scarcely a day passes without a report or headline questioning Turkey's reliability as a Western ally - the author reflects an awareness of this by focusing her research on this from 2010 to 2019
This book is accessible, using ordinary-language explanations and examples throughout, and will therefore appeal to a wide audience consisting of undergraduate students, graduate students, academics, policymakers, and more
Utilizes unique methodology, representing one of the first balancing studies that uses elite interviews as data, conducted with government officials, diplomats, academics, intergovernmental and non-governmental organization officials, and journalists in Turkey, the United Kingdom, Serbia, Bosnia, Germany, the United States, and elsewhere.
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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-a-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-Ozkanca 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.
Examines a timely topic: scarcely a day passes without a report or headline questioning Turkey's reliability as a Western ally - the author reflects an awareness of this by focusing her research on this from 2010 to 2019
This book is accessible, using ordinary-language explanations and examples throughout, and will therefore appeal to a wide audience consisting of undergraduate students, graduate students, academics, policymakers, and more
Utilizes unique methodology, representing one of the first balancing studies that uses elite interviews as data, conducted with government officials, diplomats, academics, intergovernmental and non-governmental organization officials, and journalists in Turkey, the United Kingdom, Serbia, Bosnia, Germany, the United States, and elsewhere.
