Turkeys Pivot to Eurasia
This book discusses and analyses the dimensions of Turkeys strategic rapprochement with the Eurasian states and institutions since the deterioration of Ankaras relations with its traditional NATO allies.
Do these developments signify a major strategic reorientation in Turkish foreign policy? Is Eurasia becoming an alternative geopolitical concept to Europe or the West? Or is this pivot to Eurasia an instrument of the current Turkish government to obtain greater diplomatic leverage? Engaging with these key questions, the contributors explore the geographical, political, economic, military and social dynamics that influence this process while addressing the questions that arise from the difficulties in reconciling Ankaras strategic priorities with those of other Eurasian countries like Russia, China, Iran and India. Chapters focus on the different aspects of Turkeys improving bilateral relations with the Eurasian states and institutions and consider the possibility of developing a convincing Eurasian alternative for Turkish foreign policy.
The book will be useful for researchers in the fields of politics and IR more broadly and particularly relevant for scholars and students researching Turkish foreign policy and the geopolitics of Eurasia.
Emre Eren is an Associate Professor at Marmara Universitys Department of Political Science and International Relations in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sekin Kstem is an Assistant Professor of international relations at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. He received his PhD from McGill University in 2016.
Rethinking Asia and International Relations
Series Editor Emilian Kavalski, Li Dak Sum
Chair Professor in China-Eurasia Relations and International Studies, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
This series seeks to provide thoughtful consideration of both the growing prominence of Asian actors on the global stage and the changes in the study and practice of world affairs that they provoke. It intends to offer a comprehensive parallel assessment of the full spectrum of Asian states, organisations, and regions and their impact on the dynamics of global politics.
The series seeks to encourage conversation on:
- what rules, norms, and strategic cultures are likely to dominate international life in the Asian Century;
- how global problems will be reframed and addressed by a rising Asia;
- which institutions, actors, and states are likely to provide leadership during such shifts to the East;
- whether there is something distinctly Asian about the emerging patterns of global politics.
Such comprehensive engagement not only aims to offer a critical assessment of the actual and prospective roles of Asian actors but also seeks to rethink the concepts, practices, and frameworks of analysis of world politics.
This series invites proposals for interdisciplinary research monographs undertaking comparative studies of Asian actors and their impact on the current patterns and likely future trajectories of international relations. Furthermore, it offers a platform for pioneering explorations of the ongoing transformations in global politics as a result of Asias increasing centrality to the patterns and practices of world affairs.
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Turkeys Pivot to Eurasia
Geopolitics and Foreign Policy in a Changing World Order
Edited by Emre Eren and Sekin Kstem
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Contents
Emre Eren and Sekin Kstem
Tark Ouzlu
Emre Eren
Pavel K. Baev
ada ngr
Altay Atl
Nicola P. Contessi
Sekin Kstem
Pnar pek
Glriz en
Harsh V. Pant and Ketan Mehta
Mustafa Kutlay
The editors
Emre Eren is an Associate Professor at Marmara Universitys Department of Political Science and International Relations in Istanbul, Turkey. He received his PhD from the same department. He also conducted research at the Higher School of Economics (Russia), Institute for Human Sciences (Austria), University of Kent (United Kingdom) and Jagiellonian University (Poland) as a visiting scholar. He has written for a number of academic publications including Geopolitics, Turkish Studies, Energy Policy, Insight Turkey, Journal of Eurasian Studies and Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs. He has also contributed many conference papers on Turkish-Russian relations, Eurasianism and Turkish geopolitics.
Sekin Kstem is an Assistant Professor of international relations at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. He received his PhD from McGill University in 2016. In fall 2018, he was a George F. Kennan Fellow at the Kennan Institute in Washington, DC. He has been a visiting researcher at Columbia Universitys Harriman Institute, New York Universitys Jordan Center, Kings College Londons Russia Institute and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). His research focuses on Russian and Turkish foreign economic policies, regional and rising powers and Turkish-Russian relations. His articles have been published in journals such as Review of International Political Economy, Foreign Policy Analysis, Global Policy and Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs.
The contributors
Altay Atl is a Lecturer at the Department of International Relations in Ko University, Istanbul, and a partner at the consulting firm Reanda Turkey. Having graduated from the German High School in Istanbul, he earned his BA degree in economics at Boazii University, completed his graduate studies in international business at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, and his PhD at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Boazii University. He is teaching courses at the both undergraduate and graduate levels on international political economy, international business, Asian economies and international relations in the Asia-Pacific region. His research interests also cover Turkeys relations with Asian countries and the economic dimensions of Turkish foreign policy.
