SOFT BALANCING IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY:  THE CASE OF THE 2003 IRAQ WAR

Murat YEŞİLTAŞ

Makale detayları

SOFT BALANCING IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY: THE CASE OF THE 2003 IRAQ WAR

Yazarlar:

Murat YEŞİLTAŞ

Yayıncı:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2009 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.25-51

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000586058

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641

Özet:

 

This paper argues that soft balancing theory provides the best framework to understand Turkey’s foreign policy towards the US in terms of its unilateral policy on the issue of Iraq in the post 9/11 era. To put the matter bluntly, Turkish foreign policy regarding the Iraqi crisis can be examined through the lens of soft balancing - in order to prevent the war and minimize its negative effect on the region as well as its own interests. I argue that Turkey’s soft balancing policy is a strategic effort in overall structural terms to increase influence vis-a-vis the US via non-military means. In this respect, this article is divided into two sections. The first section will give an overall explanation about the theory of soft balancing. The second section will examine Turkish foreign policy regarding the Iraqi crisis as soft balancing against the US before the 2003 Iraq war. This being said, the second section will treat Turkish foreign policy as three soft balancing strategies which are composed of diplomatic soft balancing at the regional level, institutional soft balancing at the international level, and territorial denial as an instrument of soft balancing at the national level.

Makale detayları

SOFT BALANCING IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY: THE CASE OF THE 2003 IRAQ WAR

Yazarlar: Murat YEŞİLTAŞ

Yayıncı: T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi: PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2009 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.25-51

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2009

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000586058

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2651-3315

pISSN: 1300-8641

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Murat YEŞİLTAŞ

Yayıncı:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2009 Vol.14 Issue 1, pp.25-51

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000586058

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641