The geopolitical statute of Iran and Turkey in the Post-Cold War era
Subtitle: focus on the Caucasus and Central Asia
By: Andreea-Paula Ibǎnescu
Publisher: Mega Publishing House
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cluj-Napoca, [Romania]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9786065435780
Subjects: Foreign relations; Politics and government; Diplomatic relations
Description: "The book aims to approach the duet Iran-Turkey in a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary manner, whilst shifting with historical information and data collection, data analysis from the perspective of international relations theory and geopolitics. In addition, it is the purpose of research to attempt generating valid predictions on potential proclivities of the world international system, balance of power and alternatives of Iran and Turkey's positioning in this equation." --
Notes: Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph.D.) under title: Comparative study on the geopolitical statute of Iran and Turkey in the Post-Cold War era: focus on the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: The international system, international relations paradigms and power approaches -- -- 2.; title: Emphasizing aspects of global and regional power in the post-1990 era. Iran and Turkey in the equation -- -- 3.; title: A geopolitical duet and foreign policy approaches - Iran and Turkey -- -- 4.; title: Strategic regions, country profiles and geopolitical perspectives. Relations with Iran and Turkey and implications -- -- 5.; title: Inter-connections around Iran and Turkey and geopolitical challenges in the 21st century -- -- 6.; title: Great players around the Caucasus and Central Asia's new great game. Comparative implicaitons for Iran and Turkey -- -- 7.; title: Comparative perspective on Iran and Turkey. Foreign policy, diplomacy and geopolitics -- -- 8.; title: Explorative scenarios and prospective analysis.