The Middle East Policy of the Justice and Development Party Cover Image

Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi'nin Ortadoğu Siyaseti
The Middle East Policy of the Justice and Development Party

Author(s): Burak Gümüş
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Trakya Üniversitesi - İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi
Keywords: Turkish foreign Policy; Shia crescent; Neo-Ottomanism; Theory of Hegemonic Stability

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the analysis of the current Turkish Foreign Policy towards the Middle East-ern countries, such as Israel, Syria, Iran and Iraq within the theory of the Hegemonic Stability. Ac-cording to this theory, a hegemonic power, which has the objective of formation and establishment of a regional order, urges other countries to share the burden of the forming and managing costs. It is here argued that, the Turkish foreign policy aiming to build up a Sunni front against the Shia states is in line with USA’s interests to develop a Greater Middle East.

  • Issue Year: 4/2013
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 75-99
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish