Turkey–West Relations
The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition

Explains the trajectory of Turkish foreign policy behavior vis-à-vis the West, identifying the major factors behind intra-alliance opposition.

Oya Dursun-Özkanca (Author)

9781108488624, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 November 2019

140 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 table
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.47 kg

'… this book's most interesting contribution is one that is less visible yet all the more critical.' Juliette Tolay, International Affairs

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-à-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-Özkanca 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.

Introduction
1. Framework of Intra-Alliance opposition
2. Turkish foreign policy in the Western Balkans
3. The Turkish veto over the EU-NATO security exchange
4. The EU-Turkey deal on Refugees
5. Turkey's energy policies
6. Turkish rapprochement with Russia in security
7. Turkey's foreign policy on Syria and Iraq
Conclusion: Turkey and the West – what next?

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS], Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]