Daring and caution in Turkish strategic culture : republic at sea

Mufti argues that Turkey's security policy is dominated by an insular and risk-averse 'Republican' strategic culture paradigm, that this paradigm has fallen into crisis, bringing some of its core elements in conflict with others, and that this crisis has permitted the reassertion of a more cosmopolitan and risk-taking 'Imperial' counter-paradigm. Daring and Caution in Turkish Strategic Culture investigates the determinants of Turkey's security policy. It argues that Turkish policy has been dominated by a 'Republican' strategic culture paradigm which is risk-averse, minimalist, insular, and suspicious of the outside world; that exogenous social developments have plunged that dominant paradigm into crisis since the 1980s, bringing some of its core elements (such as upholding the Kemalist order at home) into conflict with other core elements (for example, avoiding dangerous entanglements abroad); and that this has permitted the reassertion of an equally enduring 'Imperial' counter-paradigm which is risk-taking, acquisitive, cosmopolitan, and willing to engage with foreign actors. Detailed case studies of key episodes during the past two decades illustrate how the interplay of the contending paradigms explains the unprecedented assertiveness of Turkish security behavior in recent years, and suggest more general conclusions regarding the role of culture and statecraft in policy formulation during times of flux Machine generated contents note: PART I: TAKING ROOTImperial LegaciesRepublican FoundationsCracks in the EdificePART II: TAKING SAILTurgut zal and the Gates of DesirePART III: FLOUNDERINGThe Years of Living DangerouslyDead EndsParadigm CrisisConclusion: A Second Sailing?Appendix: National Election Results PART I: TAKING ROOTImperial LegaciesRepublican FoundationsCracks in the EdificePART II: TAKING SAILTurgut zal and the Gates of DesirePART III: FLOUNDERINGThe Years of Living DangerouslyDead EndsParadigm CrisisConclusion: A Second Sailing?Appendix: National Election Results. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Imperial Legacies....Pages 9-16 Republican Foundations....Pages 17-28 Cracks in the Edifice....Pages 29-46 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Turgut Özal and the Gates of Desire....Pages 49-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 The Years of Living Dangerously....Pages 87-122 Dead Ends....Pages 123-148 Paradigm Crisis....Pages 149-172 Conclusion: A Second Sailing?....Pages 173-178 Back Matter....Pages 179-233 "Malik argues that Turkeys security policy is dominated by an insular and risk-averse 'Republican' strategic culture paradigm, that this paradigm has fallen into crisis, bringing some of its core elements in conflict with others, and that this crisis has permitted the reassertion of a more cosmopolitan and risk-taking 'Imperial' counter-paradigm"--Provided by publisher.