An Assessment of Turkish and Saudi Policy towards the Gulf Crisis

Three Levels of Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID12923788
AuthorsSinem Cengiz (0000-0001-9526-8728, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume12
Issue2
Pages151-167
Publication date2019-06-21
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Arab Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1755-0920 • E-ISSN: 1755-0912
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/caa.2019.122007
OpenAlexW2961014895
LanguageEN
References cited8

This paper investigates the policies of both Ankara and Riyadh toward the ongoing crisis between Qatar and the Saudi-led quartet since mid-2017. The crisis has shaken the balance in the region and laid the foundation for new understandings regarding Gulf unity and regional order. On these grounds, it is worth examining the stances of regional actors through different approaches of foreign policy. By using the “three-dimensional” methodology of Kenneth Waltz, this paper analyzes the rationale behind Turkish and Saudi policy toward the Gulf crisis on individual-, state-, and international-based levels since these two countries are among the most influential actors in the region. It argues that Turkish and Saudi approaches can confront each other if the regional developments carry an ideological nature, as in the case of the Gulf crisis

Development economics · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Ideology · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Turkish · Waltz · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society

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