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Turcja: samotne mocarstwo regionalne?
A lonely regional power?

Author(s): Henryk Szlajfer
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Turcja

Summary/Abstract: The case of Turkey as a state aspiring to the role of a regional power, while not unique from the comparative perspective, has special importance in the context of transatlantic and European relations. The picture is pretty exceptional, reflecting a complex tangle of domestic economic modernization, evolution of the political system towards a non-liberal democracy, impasse in EU membership talks, presence in NATO and regional ambitions. Transforming Turkey’s previous traditional relations with global powers and with Europe into a policy suitable for the ambitions of a regional power in statu nascendi will be neither simple nor conflict-free.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 5-6
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Polish