Turkey and the Balkans: Between Europeanisation and De-Europeanization

ISBN-13: 9781032389363 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 186 str.

Alpan, Başak Z.

Opis

The book delves into Turkey’s increasing ethno-religious, pragmatic, and complicated involvement and activism in Balkans since 2002 under Justice and Development Party (AKP). It will be useful to students, researchers and academics interested in Politics, International Relations and Southeast European Studies.

 

Spis treści

Introduction: Turkey and the Balkans: bringing the Europeanisation/De-Europeanisation nexus into question 1. A rival or an awkward partner? Turkey’s relationship with the West in the Balkan 2. Reconstruction of the ‘regional power’ role during the pandemic: Turkey’s COVID-19 diplomacy towards the Balkans 3. Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst ‘soft power’ and ‘de- Europeanisation’ 4. A delicate balancing act: Turkish- Bulgarian relations within the context of foreign and domestic politics 5. Securitizing the Aegean: de- Europeanizing Greek-Turkish relations 6. Foreign direct investment (FDI) as indicator of regime type: contemporary Serbian-Turkish relations 7. Measuring Turkey’s contemporary influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: myth and reality 8. Relations between Turkey and Kosovo: factors and dynamics 9. Assessing a decade of Romania- Turkey strategic partnership in an era of ambivalence and ‘De-Europeanisation’