Turkey-Russia Relations in the Twenty-First Century - by Muhammet Koçak (Paperback)

About the Book

This book provides a comprehensive examination of Turkey-Russia Relations in the twenty-first century. It analyzes the complex interactions between Turkey and Russia within the wider regional and global dynamics.

Book Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive examination of Turkey-Russia Relations in the twenty-first century. It analyzes the complex interactions between Turkey and Russia within the wider regional and global dynamics.

Review Quotes

Much has been written about recent Russian foreign policy ndash; toward the U.S., toward the EU, toward the ldquo;Near Abroad.rdquo; But much less is available about Russian policy toward and with the countries of the Middle East, including Turkey. Muhammet Koccedil;ak has made a superb and comprehensive contribution to that limited literature with his new study. He details how relations between Turkey and Russia gradually evolved and generally improved appreciably over the period 2001-2022, beginning with trade, but expanding to political and security support, such as that to President Assad of Syria against his domestic opponents. A major strength of the analysis is Koccedil;akrsquo;s noting events that shaped Important shifts in relations between the two countries in the first two decades of the century -- the U.S. invasion of Iraq, then the civil war in Syria, and finally the failed coup in Turkey itself. Central, as well, is the extensive treatment of the growing importance of the two states in regional and even global politics.

Muhammet Koccedil;ak provides a comprehensive empirical overview of Turkish-Russian relations in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, coupled with a novel periodization of bilateral relations into three different intervals punctuated by the United States invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring, and the failed coup attempt in Turkey. This book is impressive and commendable in its empirical scope and refreshing in its balanced and objective treatment of a critical bilateral relationship of the world order in the twenty-first century.

About the Author

Muhammet Koçak received his PhD in International Relations from Florida International University.