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AK Parti
Arab Uprising
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Asad Regime
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conflict resolution theory
economic interdependence studies
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EU Foreign Minister
EU's Declaration
Euphrates Tigris Region
Euphrates Tigris River System
EU’s Declaration
foreign
GAFTA
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High Level Strategic Cooperation Council
identity politics in international relations
Iran's Central Bank
Iran’s Central Bank
Kurdish issue analysis
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Middle East geopolitics
NATO Coalition
NATO Member
NATO Membership
policy
regime
regional power dynamics
strategic
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Syrian Arab News Agency
Syrian Crisis
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
Syrian Turkish Relations
Syrian Uprising
Trans-boundary Water
Trilateral Front
Turkey Syria Relations
Turkey's Foreign Policy
Turkey’s Foreign Policy
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Turkish EU Relation
Turkish Foreign Policy
Turkish Syrian Border
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- ISBN 9781409452812
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 11 Apr 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In 1997 Turkey and Syria were on the brink of war, engaged in a very real power struggle. Turkey was aligned with Syria's main enemy, Israel, and there were seemingly intractable differences on the issues of borders, the sharing of river waters and trans-border communities. In less than a decade, relations were transformed from enmity to amity. Border issues and water sharing quarrels were moving towards amicable settlement and the two states' policies toward the Kurdish issue converging. Turkey undertook to mediate the Syrian-Israeli conflict and close political and economic relations were developing rapidly between the two states. Yet, with the Syrian Uprising, relations returned to enmity. What explains these remarkable changes? Given that Turkey and Syria are two pivotal states in the region, what are the implications of this changing relationship for the international politics of the Middle East, the balance of power and regional stability? In this internationally collaborative work, co-edited by Raymond Hinnebusch and Özlem Tür, British, Syrian and Turkish scholars address these questions and examine the various domestic and international drivers in this key regional relationship. They discuss what theories best help us understand these seismic realignments and explore the impact of economic interdependence, identity changes and power balances on the evolving relationship between these two key regional powers.
Raymond Hinnebusch is Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, co-founder of the Institute for the study of the Middle East, Central Asian and the Caucasus and Director of the Centre for Syrian Studies. Dr. Özlem Tür is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Her main expertise includes the political economy of the Middle East, Arab-Israeli Conflict and Turkey's relations with the Middle East (especially Syria, Israel and Lebanon).
