Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides analyses with respect to a wide range of contemporary issues, from China to Eurasia, including Turkey's foreign policy, conflicts in the Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasia, Central Asia, Russia, EU, migration, Middle Eastern issues, current conflicts and influences over global competition, energy security and the future of struggles on energy resources, the structure of intra-state conflicts and foreign terrorist fighters. In the study, many interesting questions, such as whether China will turn to a maritime great power in the Pacific Sea, possible impacts of China's BRI project on global politics, the future of the new great game in China's westward politics, and possible effects of North-South corridor on regional power struggle are also examined.
Trade ReviewThis far-ranging volume discusses numerous security issues across Eurasia. With a focus on Turkish foreign policy, which has been active in the Balkans, the Middle East, the Caucuses, and Central Asia, this work usefully illustrates the importance of Turkey as a "rising power" and how various contemporary developments create possibilities for both conflict and cooperation among global and regional powers.
-- Paul Kubicek, Oakland University
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Orientation of Turkish Foreign Policy: Disengagement From or Re-Engagement to the West by Tayyar ARI
Chapter 2: The Legal Foundations of Turkey’s Eastern Mediterranean Policy by Mehmet DALAR
Chapter 3: Turkey’s Foreign Policy Towards the Balkans: Policy Principles, New Agendas, and Perceptions by Bülent Sarper AĞIR
Chapter 4: Energy Security, Geopolitics, and Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Caspian Basin by Gökhan ÖZKAN and Fatma SARIASLAN
Chapter 5: Turkey’s Approaches on the Safe Zone Plans in the North of Syria: 2011-2014 by Ömer Göksel İŞYAR
Chapter 6: Soft Power, Domestic Dividends, and Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of Palestine by Sabri ÇİFTÇİ
Chapter 7: The Middle East in the Republic of Poland Foreign Strategy in the Post-Cold War Era by Magdalena KUMELSKA-KONIECKO
Chapter 8: The Structure of Intra-State Conflicts in the Post-Cold War Era by Muzaffer Ercan YILMAZ
Chapter 9: Nonviolent Action and Nonviolent Resistance: Nonviolent Peacekeeping and Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) The Analysis of Non-Violent Mechanisms in Peacekeeping by Sezai ÖZÇELİK
Chapter 10: Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Possible Threats They May Pose by Saadat DEMİRCİ
Chapter 11: The Integration Issue of the Syrian Refugees Who Acquired Turkish Citizenship: A Field Study by Veysel AYHAN
Chapter 12: Turkey-EU Relations: Preference or Necessity? by Kamuran REÇBER and Samet YILMAZ
Chapter 13: Will China be able to Transform Itself into a Great Maritime Power? by Mesut Hakkı CAŞIN
Chapter 14: Energy Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Choice: Turkmenistan’s Relations with China by Yaşar SARI
Chapter 15: Turkish World and the Future of the New Great Game in China’s Westward Politics by Mehmet Seyfettin EROL
Chapter 16: Transboundary Water Problem and Environmental Security in Central Asia by Giray Saynur DERMAN
Chapter 17: The Turkic Republics in the Eurasian Security System by Kamer KASIM
Chapter 18: Possible Effects of North-South Corridor on Regional Power Struggle in Eurasia by Göktürk TÜYSÜZOĞLU
