Turkish-American strategic partnership: is Turkey still a faithful ally?

IF 0.8 2区社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES Southeast European and Black Sea Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-13 DOI:10.1080/14683857.2022.2088081

M. Kara

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Abstract

ABSTRACT It has been widely argued that Turkish foreign policy has undergone a shift of axis under the ruling AKP, moving Turkey away from its Western alliance towards new alignments. The article employs neoclassical realism to explain the Turkish foreign policy behaviour, particularly Turkey’s policies vis-à-vis the United States and Russia in recent years. It aims to provide an account of Turkey’s military operations in Syria, the changing nature of Turkish-American relations, and Turkish-Russian strategic rapprochement, which has been raising concerns over Turkey’s faithful ally role in the transatlantic alliance. The tensions between Turkey and the US have gradually escalated following the American refusal to hand over Fethullah Gülen, Turkey’s military operations in Syria, Turkey’s decision to purchase Russian S-400 antiaircraft systems, and its removal from the F-35 fighter jet programme. The article analyzes both the unit-level variables and the systemic variables to explain Turkey’s evolving security and defence policies against the changing power structures and the implications of these policies on the country’s deteriorating relations with the US, competitive cooperation with Russia, and the future of the transatlantic alliance.

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摘要人们普遍认为，在执政的正义与发展党领导下，土耳其的外交政策发生了轴心转变，土耳其从西方联盟转向了新的联盟。本文运用新古典现实主义理论来解释土耳其的外交政策行为，特别是近年来土耳其对美国和俄罗斯的政策。它旨在介绍土耳其在叙利亚的军事行动、土美关系性质的变化以及土俄战略和解，这引发了人们对土耳其在跨大西洋联盟中忠实盟友角色的担忧。在美国拒绝移交费特胡拉·葛兰、土耳其在叙利亚的军事行动、土耳其决定购买俄罗斯s-400防空系统以及将其从F-35战斗机计划中删除后，土耳其和美国之间的紧张局势逐渐升级。文章分析了单位层面的变量和系统变量，以解释土耳其在不断变化的权力结构下不断发展的安全和国防政策，以及这些政策对该国与美国日益恶化的关系、与俄罗斯的竞争性合作以及跨大西洋联盟的未来的影响。

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Southeast European and Black Sea Studies AREA STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： The aim of the journal is to establish a line of communication with these regions of Europe. Previously isolated from the European mainstream, the Balkan and Black Sea regions are in need of serious comparative study as are the individual countries, no longer "at the edge" of Europe. The principal disciplines covered by the journal are politics, political economy, international relations and modern history; other disciplinary approaches are accepted as appropriate. The journal will take both an academic and also a more practical policy-oriented approach and hopes to compensate for the serious information deficit on the countries under consideration.