Turkey's Relations with Israel

The First Sixty Two Years,1948-2010
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-138-58580-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 717 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

This book offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of Turkey’s relations with Israel since 1948, when the state of Israel was established, up until 2010 and places them within the wider framework of Turkey’s foreign policy. It highlights the remarkable lack of consistency in Turkey’s foreign policy towards Israel, under different Turkish governments, which has given the relationship a pervasive sense of unpredictability.

Combining empirical-analytical evidence with role theory insights, as developed in Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), it explores Turkish foreign policy makers’ perceptions regarding the proper role and function of the country in the international system and the sub-system of the Middle East and how they affected the policy towards Israel. The author argues that Ankara’s ambivalent policy towards Israel for over sixty years can be explained by Turkey's multiple and often contradictory national role conceptions. The study, which draws from archival material and over fifty interviews with Turkish, Israeli, American and Arab officials and experts, places Ankara’s policy into a larger analytical framework, which helps link the past to the present and future.

The book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in understanding Turkey's foreign policy in general and towards the Middle East in particular.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Athanassopoulou, Ekavi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  Part I: The Cold War Period  1. At the beginning: 1947-1949 2. Ebb and flow: the 1950s 3. In bold relief: 1960-1965 4. End of an era: 1965-1969 5. From cold to warm: the 1970s and 1980s  Part II: The Post-Cold War Decade  6. A chronicle of striking developments 7. The alignment decision under the microscope 8. Push and pull  Part III: At the beginning of the New Millennium  9. The AKP in power: the first eight years, 2002-2010 Concluding remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Ekavi Athanassopoulou is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Athens. She has a PhD from SOAS, University of London. Her books include Strategic Relations between the U.S. and Turkey: 1979-2000: Sleeping with a Tiger (Routledge, 2014) and Turkey - Anglo-American Security Interests, 1945-1952: The First Enlargement of NATO (Routledge, 2012).