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1 online resource |
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1. Introduction: The Study of Turkey-Syria Relations / Raymond Hinnebusch -- 2. Ripeness Theory and Coercive Diplomacy as a Road to Conflict Resolution: The Case of the Turkey-Syria Showdown in 1998 / Berna Suer -- 3. Syrian-Turkish Relations: Geopolitical Explanations for the Move from Conflict to Co-operation / Marwan Kabalan -- 4. Turkey's Cold War Alliance: Nation-building and the Utility of the 1957 Syrian Crisis / Reem Abou-El-Fadl -- 5. Paradise Lost: A Neoclassical Realist Analysis of Turkish Foreign Policy and the Case of Turkish-Syrian Relations / Ahmet K. Han -- 6.M̀ilking the Male Goat' and Syrian-Turkish Relations / Sami Moubayed -- 7.V̀ictory of Friendship'?: Asad, Erdogan and Football Diplomacy in Aleppo / Philip Robins -- 8. As Seen From Damascus: the Transformation in Syrian-Turkish Relations / Raymond Hinnebusch -- 9. The Importance of the Unimportant: Understanding Syrian Policies towards Hatay, 1939-2012 / Emma Lundgren Jorum |
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10. Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Policy: Turkish-Syrian Relations since the 1980s / Ozgur Ozdamar -- 11. Back to Conflict? The Securitization of Water in Syrian-Turkish Relations / Marwa Daoudy -- 12. Turkey-Syria Water Relations: Institutional Development and Political Confrontations in the Euphrates and Tigris Region / Aysegul Kibaroglu -- 13. The Political Economy of Turkish-Syrian Relations in the 2000s -- The Rise and Fall of Trade, Investment and Integration / Ozlem Tur -- 14. Explaining the Transformation of Turkish-Syrian Relations: A Regionalist Approach / Meliha Benli Altunisik -- 15. The Syrian Uprising and the Iran-Turkey-Syria Quasi Alliance: A View from Turkey / Ozden Zeynep Oktav -- 16. Conclusion / Ozlem Tur |
| Summary |
In 1997 Turkey and Syria were on the brink of war, engaged in a very real power struggle. Turkey was aligned with Syria's main enemy, Israel, and there were seemingly intractable differences on the issues of borders, the sharing of river waters and trans-border communities. In less than a decade, relations were transformed from enmity to amity. What explains this remarkable change? Given that Turkey and Syria are two pivotal states in the region, what are the implications of this changing relationship for the international politics of the Middle East, the balance of power and regional stabilit |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Außenpolitik
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| SUBJECT |
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Syria
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Syria -- Foreign relations -- Turkey
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Syria
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Turkey
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Türkei
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Syrien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tür, Özlem
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| ISBN |
9781409452829 |
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1409452824 |
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9781472401229 |
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1472401220 |
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9781315549545 |
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1315549549 |
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