Turkey's Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East

Under the Shadow of the Arab Spring

Buch | Hardcover

185 Seiten

2016 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4438-4360-7 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the effects of the Arab Spring on Turkish foreign policy using a multidimensional approach that draws on a wide range of disciplines from international relations to sociology and economics.The demands for democracy that began in Tunisia, when Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in 2010, rapidly spread across the Arab Middle East and Northern Africa. In countries dominated by authoritarian regimes, a freedom and sovereignty movement led by middle-class urbanites changed the quality of politics in the region. The focus and dynamics of the Arab Spring varied across countries where large-scale demonstrations were held, such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Jordan and Bahrain. While protests in Jordan and Bahrain had few consequences, they brought about changes in governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. After the regime in Syria exerted all its strength to stay in power, the issue gained a regional, then international, dimension. The most bloody and complicated struggle caused by the wave of changes continues in Syria, with undoubtedly serious implications for Turkish foreign policy. As a counter-stance against the status quo in the Middle East, the Arab Spring has stimulated many discussions and this has led to the emergence of new regional actors.

Idris Demir is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Sciences of International Relations at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey. He received his first MSc in international relations from the Middle East Technical University Graduate School of Social Sciences, Turkey, and he obtained his second MSc in energy studies from the University of Dundee Centre for Energy Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, United Kingdom. He completed his PhD in International Relations at the Gazi University Graduate School of Social Sciences, Turkey. His research interests include energy politics, Turkish foreign policy and the political economy of international oil. He is the author of International Oil Politics, Markets and Prices and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum on Global Energy Geopolitics, and the editor of Turkey’s Foreign Policy: New Trends, New Orientations, New Approaches.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.03.2017
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-4438-4360-1 / 1443843601
ISBN-13	978-1-4438-4360-7 / 9781443843607
Zustand	Neuware