Turkey’s Power in the Middle East and North Africa: An Assessment of the Potential and the Limits of Non-Coercive Power

Türkiye’nin Kuzey Afrika ve Ortadoğu Bölgesindeki Gücü: Zorlayıcı Olmayan Gücün İmkân ve Sınırları

Abstract

This study aims to examine the debates on Turkey’s power in international arena with atheoretical perspective. Various theoretical schools in Political Science and InternationalRelations analyze forms of non-coercive power in different ways. Soft power, economicinterdependence, cultural power and conflict resolution are predominant practical noncoerciveforeign policy instruments. Turkish foreign policy has made remarkable progress inthese fields in the last decade. The study argues that non-coercive power will become morecentral in World politics in the coming years. Non-coercive forms of power will especially bemore important for the Middle East and North Africa, where the authoritarian regimes aredissolving under the influence of the “Arab Spring”.

Özet

Bu çalışma, Türkiye’nin son yıllarda uluslararası arenadaki gücüne dair tartışmaları kuramsal

Keywords: Zorlayıcı Olmayan Güç, Yumuşak Güç, Uyuşmazlık Çözümleri, Kültürel Diplomasi, Türk Dış Politikası, Ortadoğu ve Kuzey Afrika