The Foreign Policy of Turkey – between Transatlanticism and Orientalism

• Authors: Jakub Wódka

Title variants

PL

Turecka polityka zagraniczna. Między atlantycyzmem a orientalizmem

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł analizuje przemiany zachodzące w tureckiej polityce zagranicznej w ostatniej dekadzie pod rządami postislamistycznej Partii Sprawiedliwości i Rozwoju. Turcja, która w czasach zimnowojennych w swojej w polityce zagranicznej koncentrowała się na budowie sojuszu z USA i aspiracjach członkowskich we Wspólnotach Europejskich, w ostatnich latach dywersyfikuje kierunki zaangażowania międzynarodowego. Otwiera się na nowe regiony, przede wszystkim Bliski Wschód, ale również intensyfikuje relacje z innymi wzrastającymi potęgami. Budując swoją pozycję w regionie, wykorzystuje „nowe” instrumenty dyplomatyczne, takie jak softpower. Ambicje Ankary w polityce zagranicznej ograniczane są jednak przez wydarzenia w regionie, przede wszystkim związane z arabską wiosną.

EN

The article explores the transformation which the Turkish foreign policy has been undergoing in the last decade since the post-Islamist Justice and Development Party had come to power. Whereas in the cold-war era Turkey concentrated its foreign policy on bolstering the alliance with the United States and on efforts to join the European Communities, last couple of years have seen the country diversify its international engagement. Turkey has been using ‘new’ instruments, such as softpower, to build up its regional status. Yet, the ambitious foreign policy is constrained by the regional developments, the Arab Spring turmoil being the prime example.

Keywords

EN

Turkey; foreign policy; Arab Spring

PL

Turcja; polityka zagraniczna; arabska wiosna

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 89-100

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Jakub Wódka

• Polish Academy of Sciences

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/athena.2014.44.05

Biblioteka Nauki

2021219