Is a Strategic Partnership Between Turkey and Russia Feasible at the Expense of Turkey’s Relations with the EU and Nato

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ID18949754
AuthorsMehmet Bardakçı (0000-0002-8116-0545, Istanbul Aydın University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume69
Issue4
Pages535-559
Publication date2021-12-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Southeast European Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2701-8199 • E-ISSN: 2701-8202
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/soeu-2021-0001
OpenAlexW4206372507
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

The article mainly contends that since the real and expected benefits from the European Union (EU) and NATO were not delivered sufficiently from Turkey’s perspective, Turkey looked for alternatives and collaborated with Russia more intensely in recent years. Turkey’s cooperation with Russia was also facilitated by several global, political, economic, conjectural, security-related, and individual-level factors. Another argument of the study is that despite Turkey’s intensive collaboration with Russia, it is not feasible for Turkey to build a strategic partnership with it in the short- and medium-term at the expense of its relations with NATO and the EU. The main reasons for this are, in addition to the institutional and social shortcomings, geostrategic divergences, Russia’s inadequacy as an economic actor, the pitfalls of an asymmetric relationship with Russia, the security risks posed by Russia, NATO’s continuing importance for Turkey’s security needs, and the incompatibility of Russia’s and Turkey’s political systems

Economic system · Economics · Economy · European union · General partnership · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Strategic partnership · Global Energy Security and Policy · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration

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