| Publication |
2012.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Turkey's foreign policy activism on a range of regional and global issues
has sparked enormous interest in academic and policy circles in recent
years. Turkey occupied a central place in discussions on the Iranian nuclear
program when it formulated, with Brazil, a plan to transfer part of Iran's
nuclear stockpile to Turkey in apparent opposition to the US policy of
spearheading a new round of sanctions in the summer of 2010. Turkey's
attempts to interject itself as a mediator into regional crises-be it between
Israel and the Arabs; Afghanistan and Pakistan; Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia,
and Croatia; various Iraqi groups; various Lebanese groups; or Russia and
Georgia-has been another area of activism for Turkish diplomacy. At the
same time, Turkey has initiated dialogue with such neighbours as Armenia,
Greece, and Iraq to resolve decades-old disputes and normalize bilateral
relations. Turkey's efforts to capitalize on its geographic location to turn the
country into a major hub for the transportation and marketing of Eurasian
and Middle Eastern energy resources to global markets has provided yet
another dimension of Turkey's growing visibility in international affairs.
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