Anthony Deriziotis

Lecturer

aderiziot[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

In recent years, Turkey's foreign policy is highly active and in a state of significant change in relation to the past. The course aims to introduce students to the historical context of the country's foreign policy choices vis-a-vis the Middle East, Central Asia, Caucasus and the US. A historical overview forms part of the course, examining the aims of this policy, the factors that have historically affected it and their role, since the end of WWII. We further aim to analyse the parameters that have formulated the country's modern foreign policy since 2003.

Course Structure

The core modules of the course are as follows:

1. Introduction

This module aims to present and analyse the basic tenets of the science of International Relations, so as to assist students in realising the factors that have formulated Turkey's foreign policy, per geographical/geopolitical space, and per individual country of its focus.

2. Middle East

This module aims to present and analyse Turkey's foreign policy vis-a-vis the countries of the Middle East, and, more specifically, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Israel. This is achieved by examining the facts, the external factors, the aims and the crucial issues of concern for the region (i.e. the Middle East problem, the Kurdish issue, the issue of energy and the issue of water).

3. Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia

The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War have brought about the formation of new countries, in new geopolitical zones that during the Cold War had formed part of the geopolitical sphere of Moscow. The aim of this module is to present the factors formulating the relations of Turkey with these countries, the role it aims to assume, the problems faced in its bilateral relations with these countries and the role of external factors, such as Russia and the US. Particular focus is on the issue of energy.

4. US

Since the end of WWII and the commencement of the era of bipolarism, Turkey is connected to the Western world. Moreover, with its accession to the North Atlantic Treaty, Turkey consolidates its ties with the US. This module aims to present Turkey's relationship with the US, its factual development, both bilaterally and globally, as well as through the aims of this relationship. The study of the bilateral relations of the two countries develops in conjunction with the study of the region of the Middle East, of which Turkey forms part, as well as with the greater geographical/geopolitical zone with which it has been interacting since the end of WWII.

Assessment

Written final examination.

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