Analysing Turkish foreign policy and Turkey’s global engagement
Turkey’s standing as an emerging power has evolved since the turn of the 21st century and its new forays into regions such as central Asia, Africa and Latin America have attracted wide international attention. From its initiatives in the Horn of Africa to its involvement in civil wars in the Middle East, Ankara’s formulation of a ‘new’ Turkish foreign policy reflected changing domestic and external factors as well as an overall trend away from Western orientation to emerging power foreign policy.
Analysing the interplay between domestic and external drivers of Ankara’s foreign policy outreach will allow us to better grasp Turkey’s engagement with international politics. LSE IDEAS Turkey and the World aims to contribute to academic and policy debates on contemporary trends in Turkish foreign policy.
Turkey has increased its international presence in recent years and attracted wide academic attention. In this Strategic Update, Dr Buğra Süsler discusses Turkey’s engagement with global politics, questioning whether and how Turkey fits into the international system as an "emerging middle power".
Global middle powers and the changing world order | LSE Festival Wednesday 12th June, 6.30pmWith recent elections in Turkey, and forthcoming voting in South Africa and the Western world (the UK, EU and the US), this panel delved into the aspirations and perspectives of global middle powers, and analysed the impact of their rise on the global order.
NATO Enlargement and Türkiye's Partnership with the West, Wednesday 24th Jan, 6-7.30pm This event brought together experts and practitioners to examine Türkiye’s past and future role within NATO in light of the organisation’s 75th anniversary, its recent enlargement and current challenges.
After the Earthquakes: Turkish Elections, Politics and Foreign Policy in 2023 This event will explore the consequences of the 6 February 2023 earthquakes for Turkish society, politics and foreign policy.
Research workshop: LSE IDEAS Turkish Foreign Policy Workshop. 5-6 October 2022. This event examined contemporary trends in Turkish foreign policy as a part of the collaborative research project with Koç University. Speakers: Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Belgin Şan Akça, Mustafa Kutlay, Chris Alden, Katerina Dalacoura, Buğra Süsler.
This conference was held in Istanbul, Turkey, in collaboration with LSE International Relations Department and Koc University the Center for Research on Globalization, Peace, and Democratic Governance (GLODEM) and International Relations Department. 7-9 February 2019. Speakers: Chris Alden, Buğra Süsler, Katerina Dalacoura, Tarık Oğuzlu, Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Belgin Şan Akça. Discussant: Ziya Öniş.
