Turkey in the 21st century quest for a new foreign policy (Ashgate, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Ozden Zeynep Oktav -- A framework for understanding the changing Turkish foreign policy in the 2000s / Ozlem Tur-Ahmet Han -- From strategic partnership to successive crises: Turkish-Israeli relations in the 2000s / Mesut Ozcan -- Turkish-American relations and Northern Iraq: relief at last? / Helin Sari Ertem -- Regionalism or shift of axis? Turkish-Syrian-Iranian relations / Ozden Zeynep Oktav -- Turkish-Russian relations in the new century / Emre Ersen -- Turkish-Armenian impasse in the Caucasus security complexity / Emre Iseri -- Turkish foreign policy towards the Balkans: overestimated change within underestimated continuity? / Inan Ruma -- Turkey and the European Union: a stumbling accession process under new conditions / Cigdem Nas -- The basic rights and freedoms issue in Turkish-EU relations / Berivan Gokcenay
This timely book is a much needed account of how pragmatism rather than ideology is the main determinant in Turkey's current foreign policy and should be read by all looking for a fresh and stimulating take on Turkey's response to globalization and the internationalization of security in the 21st Century