Turkey Between East And West: New Challenges For A Rising Regional Power

by Vojtech Mastny, R. Craig Nation

Overview

As a rising regional power in the critical borderland between Europe and Asia, Turkey has been more challenged than its neighbors by the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the break-up of Yugoslavia. A secular Muslim nation with a history of involvement in European affairs and some with Western international structures, Turkey is positioned to

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367313746
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

R. Craig Nation is associate professor of international relations and coordinator of the Russian area and East European studies program at the Bologna Center, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University. Vojtech Mastny is professor of international relations and director of the Research Institute at the Bologna Center, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Preface; The Ottoman Rule in Europe From the Perspective of 1994; Turkey and the West Since World War II; Turkey in the New Security Environment in the Balkan and Black Sea Region; The Turkic and Other Muslim Peoples of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans; Developments in Turkish Democracy; State, Society, and Democracy in Turkey; The State and Economic Development in Contemporary Turkey: Etatism to Neoliberalism and Beyond; Black Sea Economic Cooperation; Turkey and the European Union: A Multi-Dimensional Relationship With Hazy Perspectives; Turkish Communities in Western Europe.

Editorial Reviews

Contributors from Turkey, Europe, and the US address aspects of Turkey's role in Europe, including its ethnic and religious ties to Central Asia and the Balkans; the Cold War legacy; the quest for a new security role in the region; problems of political modernization; and strategies for future economic development and regional cooperation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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