Overview

This book explores shifts in Turkey's foreign policy and the relevance of Turkey's reconnect offensive with Asia. With the end of the Cold War, Turkey and the West had lost the mutuality of interests and threat perceptions, particularly towards Russia. Western countries are now occupied by the rise of China and are in search of new allies in the Asia Pacific. Turkey is left in its region to deal with Russia and crises that are primary outcomes of Western failures in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Qatar. In the absence of its Western allies, Turkey engaged with Russia alone to deconflict and stabilise Syria, Libya, and Azerbaijan. Turkey's ruling conservative AK Party, however, had won elections from 2002 to 2012 on a strong pro-EU and pro-West agenda. Now, it is talking about ‘strategic autonomy’, ‘multidimensionalism’, ‘diversification’, or ‘the world is bigger than five’. The new foreign policy gestures are underpinned by the rise of the domestic defence industry, nationalistpolitics at home, and increased trade relations with key Asian economies, China, India, and Indonesia. At an international level, the ruling party has instrumentalised strong criticism of the West for injustice and neglect of the Turkish, Muslim, Islamic, and non-western world. Although this reminds of the history of Turkey's failed quests to shift from a West-centric foreign policy to an unknown direction, the book argues that Turkey's reconnect with Asia is rather to complement and strengthen its relations with the West.

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Author:   Omair Anas
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.452kg
ISBN:  

9783030935177

ISBN 10:   3030935175
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   23 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: FIRST SECTION-THE NARRATIVES IN TRANSITIONS.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Three Transitions in Turkey's Foreign Policy.- Chapter 3: “Ottoman – Asia Relations: A Study of the Ottoman and Mughal Relations”.- Chapter 4: A post-Cold War Era Context of Turkey’s Asia Relations.- Chapter 5: Turkey's Foreign policy in Asian Media opinions.- Part II: STRATEGİC DİVERSİFİCATİON.- Chapter 6: Turkey’s relationship with Afghanistan and the Pakistan factor: An examination of historical and geopolitical factors.- Chapter 7: Turkish-Asian Cooperation in ""Diversified Strategic Environment"".- Chapter 8: Turkey's Conflict Management in Kashmir, Rohingya, Uyghur, and Moro.- Chapter 9: Turkey's Soft Power Prospects in Asia.- Chapter 10: Belt and Road in Turkey's Asia Policy.- Part III: THE TRANSACTIONS Chapter 11: Between the Two Worlds: Turkey's Repositioning in the Global Economy.- Chapter 12: Turkey's Balancing Efforts in Its Economic Relations with Asia.- Chapter 13: Energy Security inTurkey’s Asia Relations.- Chapter 14: Conclusion.

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Omair Anas is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey. Prior to joining AYBU, Ankara, he worked as Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi.

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