Inter-State and Intra-State Conflicts in Global Politics

Tayyar Ari is professor and Head of Department of International Relations at Bursa Uludag University

• Chapter 1: Orientation of Turkish Foreign Policy: Disengagement From or Re-Engagement to the West by Tayyar ARIChapter 2: The Legal Foundations of Turkey’s Eastern Mediterranean Policy by Mehmet DALARChapter 3: Turkey’s Foreign Policy Towards the Balkans: Policy Principles, New Agendas, and Perceptions by Bülent Sarper AĞIRChapter 4: Energy Security, Geopolitics, and Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Caspian Basin by Gökhan ÖZKAN and Fatma SARIASLANChapter 5: Turkey’s Approaches on the Safe Zone Plans in the North of Syria: 2011-2014 by Ömer Göksel İŞYARChapter 6: Soft Power, Domestic Dividends, and Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of Palestine by Sabri ÇİFTÇİChapter 7: The Middle East in the Republic of Poland Foreign Strategy in the Post-Cold War Era by Magdalena KUMELSKA-KONIECKOChapter 8: The Structure of Intra-State Conflicts in the Post-Cold War Era by Muzaffer Ercan YILMAZChapter 9: Nonviolent Action and Nonviolent Resistance: Nonviolent Peacekeeping and Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) The Analysis of Non-Violent Mechanisms in Peacekeeping by Sezai ÖZÇELİKChapter 10: Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Possible Threats They May Pose by Saadat DEMİRCİChapter 11: The Integration Issue of the Syrian Refugees Who Acquired Turkish Citizenship: A Field Study by Veysel AYHANChapter 12: Turkey-EU Relations: Preference or Necessity? by Kamuran REÇBER and Samet YILMAZ Chapter 13: Will China be able to Transform Itself into a Great Maritime Power? by Mesut Hakkı CAŞINChapter 14: Energy Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Choice: Turkmenistan’s Relations with China by Yaşar SARIChapter 15: Turkish World and the Future of the New Great Game in China’s Westward Politics by Mehmet Seyfettin EROLChapter 16: Transboundary Water Problem and Environmental Security in Central Asia by Giray Saynur DERMANChapter 17: The Turkic Republics in the Eurasian Security System by Kamer KASIMChapter 18: Possible Effects of North-South Corridor on Regional Power Struggle in Eurasia by Göktürk TÜYSÜZOĞLU

This far-ranging volume discusses numerous security issues across Eurasia. With a focus on Turkish foreign policy, which has been active in the Balkans, the Middle East, the Caucuses, and Central Asia, this work usefully illustrates the importance of Turkey as a "rising power" and how various contemporary developments create possibilities for both conflict and cooperation among global and regional powers.