Turkey Between East And West: New Challenges For A Rising Regional Power [Hardcover]

As a rising regional power in the critical borderland between Europe and Asia, Turkey has been more challenged than its neighbors by the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the break-up of Yugoslavia. A secular Muslim nation with a history of involvement in European affairs and some with Western international structures, Turkey is positioned toPreface; The Ottoman Rule in Europe From the Perspective of 1994; Turkey and the West Since World War II; Turkey in the New Security Environment in the Balkan and Black Sea Region; The Turkic and Other Muslim Peoples of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans; Developments in Turkish Democracy; State, Society, and Democracy in Turkey; The State and Economic Development in Contemporary Turkey: Etatism to Neoliberalism and Beyond; Black Sea Economic Cooperation; Turkey and the European Union: A Multi-Dimensional Relationship With Hazy Perspectives; Turkish Communities in Western Europe.In this book, experts from Turkey, Europe, and the United States address key aspects of Turkey's multifaceted role in the changing international arena, including both its historical and contemporary place in Europe, the Cold War legacy, and strategies for future political and economic development.

R. Craig Nation is associate professor of international relations and coordinator of the Russian area and East European studies program at the Bologna Center, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University. Vojtech Mastny is professor of international relations and director of the Research Institute at the Bologna Center, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University.

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