Turkish Foreign Policy – Reaching Out for New Frontiers?
Turkish Foreign Policy – Reaching Out for New Frontiers?

Summary/Abstract: In the past years, Turkey was able to readjust the relations it maintains to the states of its neighbourhood. Approaching regional security – be it on the Balkans, be it in the Middle East, be it in Central Asia – can no longer afford to disregard the strategic role being played by Turkey. However, Ankara’s declining relationship to the West raises serious doubt whether the country will really be able to position itself as a reliable partner on the global stage. The structural alienation between Tel Aviv and Ankara or Turkey’s hidden agenda on Iran, deliberately overriding US and European interests, illustrate the country’s emancipation from Western considerations. In the end, Turkey might be able to maintain a policy of regional leadership, especially in its Middle Eastern neighbourhood, however, such an approach goes to the disadvantage of its Western anchoring.

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