Theoretical Approaches to Turkish Foreign Policy

Paul Kubicek is Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies at Oakland University, USA. He has published widely on Russian and Turkish politics and has taught at Koç University, Boğaziçi University, and Antalya Bilim University in Turkey. He is the editor of the journal Turkish Studies.

• Introduction: Contrasting theoretical approaches to Turkish foreign policy 1. The motives behind the AKP’s foreign policy: neo-Ottomanism and strategic autonomy 2. Populism, victimhood and Turkish foreign policy under AKP rule 3. The transnational politics of religion: Turkey’s Diyanet, Islamic communities and beyond 4. Erdoğan and the Muslim Brotherhood: an outside-in approach to Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East 5. An examination of the underlying dynamics of Turkey-European Union relations through the lenses of international relations theory 6. Constructing a realistic explanation of Turkish – US relations 7. Structural dynamics, pragmatism, and shared grievances: explaining Russian-Turkish relations 8. Between escalation and détente: Greek-Turkish relations in the aftermath of the Eastern Mediterranean crisis