Turkish Foreign Policy av Zenonas Tziarras

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<p>In the context of rapid developments in Turkey and its broader geopolitical environment over the past decade, this book examines and conceptualises Turkey''s changing foreign policy towards a more assertive and revisionist paradigm. More specifically it details the rhetorical and practical-political content of what is termed ''Lausanne Syndrome''; namely, Turkey''s efforts in recent years - under the AKP government - to revise the geopolitical status quo brought about by the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) in its broader neighbourhood.</p><p>By employing a Neoclassical Realist theoretical framework and paying particular attention to ideational factors, the book argues that, contrary to the more widely known ''S¿es Syndrome'', which predicts a more cautious brand of Turkish foreign policy, the ''Lausanne Syndrome'' is associated with a different political-ideological current and predicts a more revisionist type of foreign policy behaviour, even though it has emerged out of the same histori