Strategic Depth Turkey’s Position and Role on the International Stage

Description

This book examines the features related to historical depth, as defined within the framework of strategic depth in foreign policy formulation. It also comprehensively explores the geocultural, geopolitical, and geoeconomic dimensions of this strategic depth, highlighting its characteristics and their impact on strategic orientation.

The book’s chapters analyze Turkey’s position as a pivotal state at the center of international and regional strategies, while also considering its identity as a fractured state, as described by Huntington. This, according to the author, necessitates a change in the nature of Turkey’s dynamic structure, given that it represents a small-scale dynamic existing within a large-scale global dynamic framework.

The importance of this book stems from its consideration of the historical transformations of the post-Cold War era and the shifting balance of power in the world. It offers a new reassessment of the situation, linked to understanding the dynamic and highly evolving nature of the Turkish state. For a long period of history, the world viewed Turkey as a bridge state, its sole purpose being to serve as a conduit between major powers, without being an active participant among them. Thus, Turkey appeared to the East as a Western state and to the West as an Eastern state. It was therefore necessary to draw a new map for Turkey, one that would position it as a candidate for a central role, a nation capable of generating ideas and solutions in Eastern forums and institutions, proudly embracing its Eastern identity, and able to discuss Europe’s future within European forums and institutions from a European perspective.

This book, an important study of Turkey’s current standing and position on the regional and global political stage, offers Arabic readers a comprehensive and accurate analysis of the historical and geographical depth upon which Turkey’s international position and foreign policy are based. It aims to support and solidify Turkey’s relations with Arab states, with the goal of envisioning a brighter future for this region of the world.