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Turkey between the Balkans and the Caucasus in the Post-Cold War Era: ‘insulator’1 or player state?
(Çankaya Üniversitesi, 2010) Ekinci, Didem; 17316
As regionalization became a new trend after 1990, Turkey’s longstanding relations with the Balkans and the Caucasus unfolded in an altered context. While Turkey had fulfilled its role mostly as an insulator between the two regions due to the polarized structure of the international system for nearly fifty years as part of the Western camp, renewed Turkish interest towards both regions carried with it motivations shaped by certain commonalities. In turn, these commonalities were functional in transforming Turkey’s previous role from an insulator state into a player in these regions. These rested on, but were not limited to, Turkey’s alliance with the US, both regions’ efforts of Euro – Atlantic integration, Turkey’s common past with the two regions, and the rather new cooperation area of energy. In retrospect, parallel disintegration processes in both regions were two test cases for Turkey’s new post-Cold War position as a player and future prospects give hints that Turkey’s new role is not likely to be reversed