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China’s role in the regional and international management of Korean conflict: an arbiter or catalyst? / Mehmetcik, Hakan; Belder, Ferit

Mehmetcik, Hakan	Journal Article
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There are diverging assessments of China’s role in resolving the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula. China’s role has been characterised variously as a bystander, arbiter, catalyst and mediator over the years. This paper aims to clarify where China stands on North Korea and assesses the different phases of the Chinese approach to conflict resolution during the North Korean nuclear crisis. The main argument is that China wishes to maintain the regional status quo while appearing to adjust its position in line with the international community. China’s current duplicity stems from its different priorities and concerns to the remainder of the world, and can best be explained using a role theory analysis.

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Conflict Management ; China ; North Korea ; Role Theory ; North Korean Nuclear Crisis

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Past as a benchmark in defining Turkey’s status politics / Mehmetcik, Hakan; Belder, Ferit

Mehmetcik, Hakan	Journal Article
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This article deals with Turkey’s status politics since the 2000s, by employing an aspirational constructivist approach that links social psychology with social constructivism in international relations. It focuses on the temporal side of status, stemming from historical identity construction in Turkish foreign policy (TFP) rhetoric and practices under the rule of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) since 2002. Turkey’s status politics is motivated by its past legacies rather than by a peer-to-peer comparison. Therefore, different variances and practices of identity politics in TFP offer valuable insights into its status-seeking practices. The article offers five images of the past that define various role sets and status claims for Turkey.

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Turkey ; Turkish Foreign Policy ; Status ; Status Politics

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