The arab spring: should Turkey coordinate its foreign policy with the european union?

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2012

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Duke University Press

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

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Turkey's increasing involvement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its foreign policy approach based on a zero problem with neighbors concept along with its soft power has led to the emergence of a new and independent Turkish foreign policy. The Middle East's geographic proximity and strategic importance make this region vital to the economic and political well-being of the EU, as well as to its security. The EU thus developed projects such as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) and European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) toward MENA. The Ottoman Empire ruled the Arab world for nearly four centuries. During the First World War, Arab revolts embraced Arab nationalism, and with British support the Ottoman Empire was defeated. Forty years of Turkey's slog toward EU membership and foot-dragging by some EU member states, particularly France and Germany, have resulted in anti-EU backlash in Turkey. But it does not appear that Turkey is abandoning a Europe-centric policy.

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Mediterranean Quarterly-A Journal of Global Issues

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