The Evolution of Turkey’s Asia Policy in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

作     者：Omair Anas 

作者机构：Department of International RelationsAnkara Yildirim Beyazit UniversityAnkaraTurkey 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies》 (亚洲中东与伊斯兰研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第14卷第3期

页      面：430-446页

学科分类：030207[法学-国际关系] 03[法学] 0302[法学-政治学] 

主　　题：Asia Anew Turkey Middle East Asia and the Middle East Turkey and Asia 

摘      要：Turkey’s transition from a Western foreign policy template to a‘multidimensional foreign policy’has brought Asia-Turkey relations once again into ***,the transition is yet to find a strategic convergence by accommodating Asian powers in a way that does not destabilise Turkey’s relations with the *** paper argues that Turkey’s increased attention on Asia,now through its rebranded Asia Anew approach,is to be determined by three factors:first,the changes in ideological fault-lines within Turkey have helped reset its foreign policy;second,the changing global balance of power between the West and the rest in which the role of Russia,China and India has grown globally and regionally;and thirdly,Asia’s internal struggle for global and regional leadership mainly between India and China and bilateral competitions such as the triangle of Pakistan,India and *** paper also argues that Turkey’s assertive politics in Syria,Libya,Qatar,and elsewhere in the Middle East,Mediterranean and the Balkan,and its increasing soft power are also factoring in their Turkish ***’s quest for an upgraded relationship with Asia to strategic levels depends on how Turkey engages,not just bilaterally,but also how it accommodates the Asian perspective of international politics represented by collective visions of SCO,BRICS and other regional groups which are so visibly critical of the West,of which Turkey is a longtime ally.