The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy (BCSIA Studies in International Security)
Contributors: Lenore G. Martin (Editor); Dimitris Keridis (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: July 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780262134026
Subjects: International relations; Turkey - History; History; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Turkey; Americas (North Central South West Indies); International Relations - General; Public Policy - Economic Policy; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Middle East - General; Foreign Relations
First sentence: The tectonic forces that reshaped international relations at the end of the twentieth century-the collapse of the Soviet Union, ethnic conflicts in the Balkans and Eurasia, the growing stridency of Islamic fundamentalism, globalization of national economies, and increasing demands for democratization and civil society-also thrust Turkey into an increasingly pivotal role on the geopolitical stage.