The 'New Turkey' in the Broader Middle East

Reflections on International Relations Theory
Herausgegeben:Tziarras, Zenonas; Göksel, Oguzhan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

1. This book rethinks Turkish foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) through both mainstream and critical International Relations (IR) theories.

2. It offers region-specific case studies such as Turkey s policy towards Syria, Iraq, Israel, the Gulf, and the Eastern Mediterranean to explore a wide range of foreign policy drivers from various theoretical approaches.

3. Bringing together perspectives like Neo-Realism, Constructivism, Neo-Marxism, Critical Geopolitics and Ontological Security, the volume tests and expands the boundaries of traditional IR theory.

4. Accessible to both specialists and general readers, this volume enriches IR scholarship while providing fresh insights into Turkey s shifting role in a transforming Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 89553744, 978-3-032-03348-2
• Seitenzahl: 283
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm
• ISBN-13: 9783032033482
• ISBN-10: 3032033489
• Artikelnr.: 74925567

Autorenporträt

Dr Zenonas Tziarras is a Lecturer in the Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cyprus. He holds a PhD in Politics and international Studies from the University of Warwick, UK, with a focus on Turkish Foreign Policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Zenonas attained a BA in Mediterranean Studies from the University of the Aegean, Greece, and an MA in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr Oguzhan Goksel is Assistant Professor of Political Economy at Marmara University, Turkey. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of New Middle Eastern Studies journal based in the UK. He completed his multi-disciplinary Ph.D. degree in Political Science and Political Economy at Durham University, UK in 2015.

Inhaltsangabe

1) Introduction.- Part I Ideological and Conceptual Discussions on the Broader Region.- 2) Islamic Idealism and Neoliberalism: AKP s Middle Eastern Strategies.- 3) State- Society Nexus in Turkish Foreign Policy: A neo- gramscian perspective.- 4) Back to Basics? Reading New Turkey s Changing Foreign Policy through the Lenses of Ontological Security Theory.- 5) Theory, Practice and Paradoxes of Neo-Ottomanism in Turkish Foreign Policy- Liberal Idealist Perspective.- 6) The Construction of the Mediterranean as a Strategically Vital Geopolitical space in Turkish Foreign Policy discourse under the AKP Administration.- PART II Case Studies of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Broader Middle East.- 7) Turkish Foreign Policy towards Israel: A Neorealist Account.- 8) Neoclassical Realism and Turkish Foreign Policy, The Euphrates Shield and Buffer Zone in Northern Syria.- 9) The Geopolitics of Turkish National Identity: A Post-Structural Constructivist Analysis of Turkey s Perception of Containment towards its Southern Borders.- 10) A Quest for Marxist Understanding of Turkish Foreign Policy; Strategic Depth at work in Iraq.-11) Conclusion.