Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 23:10:03 GMT -5
Balance Lasted More or Less Until the Preparations for the Montreux Convention of , Which Gave Turkey Control of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Straits. No Turkish Government Prior to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Had Established Such Deep Strategic, Military and Geopolitical Relations With Moscow. However, It is Necessary to Distinguish Nuances. Both Moments (Atatürk/lenin and Erdoğan/putin) Are Similar, in Part, in the Sense That They Contain a High Degree of Functional Bilateral Relations, as Well as a Policy of Geopolitical Balance.
However, They Also Differ in Important Ways. World War Ii; Ankara Joined the Atlantic Alliance in , Anchoring Turkey to the Western Security Structure. Furthermore, Leaving Aside the Ussr , During the First Experience of Rapprochement UK Mobile Database There Were No Other Important Alternative Power Centers (to the West). Now, However, There Are Multiple Centers of Power in World Politics: the West, Russia and China, to Name the Main Ones. Furthermore, Regional Powers Are Increasingly Relevant. Unsustainable Balance Policy, Prohibitive Enmity for Reasons That Include Maintaining Its Policy of Balance.
Turkey Has Shown a Willingness, for the Moment, to Act as a Mediator Between Russia and Ukraine. However, Mediation Does Not Appear as an Option for the Conflict, Since Moscow Seems to Cling to a Military Solution.. Turkish Mediation Efforts Also Serve Their Own Interests: Greater Visibility for President Erdoğan and a Prominent Role for Turkey on the International Stage, Both Elements Well Regarded by the Domestic Public. What's More: These Diplomatic Initiatives Also Make Turkey's Residual Balance and Non-participation in Western Sanctions More Acceptable to Western Actors. Finally, as the War Continues, Turkey Has Been Exploring Ways to Play More Roles (Humanitarian, Diplomatic or Geopolitical) and to Make Itself Relevant to Different Actors in Different Ways.
However, They Also Differ in Important Ways. World War Ii; Ankara Joined the Atlantic Alliance in , Anchoring Turkey to the Western Security Structure. Furthermore, Leaving Aside the Ussr , During the First Experience of Rapprochement UK Mobile Database There Were No Other Important Alternative Power Centers (to the West). Now, However, There Are Multiple Centers of Power in World Politics: the West, Russia and China, to Name the Main Ones. Furthermore, Regional Powers Are Increasingly Relevant. Unsustainable Balance Policy, Prohibitive Enmity for Reasons That Include Maintaining Its Policy of Balance.
Turkey Has Shown a Willingness, for the Moment, to Act as a Mediator Between Russia and Ukraine. However, Mediation Does Not Appear as an Option for the Conflict, Since Moscow Seems to Cling to a Military Solution.. Turkish Mediation Efforts Also Serve Their Own Interests: Greater Visibility for President Erdoğan and a Prominent Role for Turkey on the International Stage, Both Elements Well Regarded by the Domestic Public. What's More: These Diplomatic Initiatives Also Make Turkey's Residual Balance and Non-participation in Western Sanctions More Acceptable to Western Actors. Finally, as the War Continues, Turkey Has Been Exploring Ways to Play More Roles (Humanitarian, Diplomatic or Geopolitical) and to Make Itself Relevant to Different Actors in Different Ways.